Is Linkedin Premium Worth It

Is a LinkedIn Job Seeker Premium account worth it?

On balance, I'd say YES. Let's look at what's being offered:The ability to send InMail messages (5 per/month for Job Seeker Basic, 10 per/month for Job Seeker Plus) is not worth the money if you understand the advantages provided by joining large (10,000+) LinkedIn Groups. 2 reasons to join LinkedIn Groups: (1) to connect with like-minded LinkedIn users and (2) communicate with fellow Group members for free. You can send 15 FREE messages to your fellow group members per month. That’s 15 messages across all groups and only if the member in question has allowed group messages (the default).'Who's Viewed Your Profile' (WVYP) - definitely a game-changer, since knowing who has come to your door is vital actionable information, especially if you are a Job Seeker. If you sign up for Job Seeker (or any other LinkedIn premium package) you'll get to see all of your Profile browsers for the last 90 days. Do bear in mind that even though you upgrade to see who's stopped by, that doesn't always give you data - some browsers will be partially hidden (semi-anonymous) i.e "Someone from Acme Co'" or invisible (anonymous) i.e "LinkedIn member". The default privacy setting when browsing others is set to full identity. So when you see partially hidden or invisible, that means that those folks changed the default and chose to hide partially or be invisible.'Featured Applicant'- Personally I don't have enough information to rate this option. As an ex-recruiter, I'd trust my own judgement rather than look for a quick fix. When I google, I look at the organic search results, the paid search results don't do much for me. Moving an applicant to the top of a list could therefore be counterproductive/risky.'Premium Badge' - This just signals that you've paid for using LinkedIn. A recruiter would not necessarily be swayed by this.'Salary Data' - This information is available elsewhere for free (i.e Glassdoor).'Job Seeker Group and Webinar' - A Group could be helpful but all depends on the quality/nature of support provided. Webinars for job seekers are plentiful and often free these days.Thanks for asking!Andy

What about the LinkedIn premium subscription? Is it really worth it?

In most cases NO.You MUST be online at least 8 hours and use it to get real outcome from the paid service ,as it cost from 100$ month to 400$Only one way to decrease time you spend on LinkedIn is to use some automation tools. My personal choose is LinkedIn™ Automation Tool - Recruiter NerdYou can send personalized message, invites , manage special groups of shorthanded contacts to send them updates as soon as you have special offers, news..With this tool you can :Send invitesSend messagesPersonalize messages/invites with personal dataIncrease you salesExpand your social networkAnd all of this with a build in CRMTry it for free : LinkedIn™ Automation Tool - Recruiter Nerd——-With RegardsJakob

I am new in B2B Sales, is LinkedIn premium account worth it?

Mostly not. The primary feature of a premium account is that you can send InMail messages to those who are not your connections. Usually those messages fall on deaf ears. Most of the serious buyers have overcome the LinkedIn frenzy so you are not going to generate interest just because you are sending them a message. The other perks of a premium account is that you can be invisible when you visit someone’s profile or you can find out who has visited your profile. All those features also do not help sell.The advantage with LinkedIn is to get introductions through your connections. For e.g. if you want to sell in company XYZ and you know someone who knows the buyer or a person who can lead you to the buyer, then you can get introduced. Again, it is not full proof but better than sending cold messages on LinkedIn.Now the reason I said mostly is because if you have a unique product or you address a unique challenge in a hot space and your company has a strong brand then reaching to prospects through LinkedIn InMail messages may give a slightly higher return on investment. But I believe there are better ways to open doors than send messages on LinkedIn.

Are LinkedIn Premium accounts worth it for hiring managers?

I am currently working on a technology resourcing contract for a Global Technology Solutions company that has high volume difficult resource requirements.   The LinkedIn premium account is worth it's weight in gold.  But as @Paul Reiber has mentioned, it must  be used efficiently and not to be treated as a Job board.  Your profile should provide useful content to potential candidates who you contact for a job opportunity, the more info you provide (outside of the fact you have a job opportunity) the greater credibility presumed and the greater the response rate on InMail submissions.

Is it worth it to subscribe to LinkedIn Premium? Has anyone tried it and saw a difference?

Which premium account? Difference in what?For jobseekers - as the answers indicate, premium does not appear to be a well designed product.Let’s try and evaluate based on the actual offering:With Job Seeker premium you get:I’m going to put a value on these from 1–5. If you assign value to this in comments, we’ll get a nice little survey going.Direct messaging to recruiters or postersValue =1 (contact information is available already to recruiters but not to company poster. Some value but will that give you? You can just apply to the regular channels and get similar resultsFeatured ApplicantValue = 2 ( recruiters seek candidates that match their candidates needs - not whoever gets to them first).Online video coursesValue =2 (I think they are on to something here BUT Safari is cheaper and has outstanding curated training courses)Who’ve viewed your profilevalue = 0 (Come on! What does it really really matter)Application sightsvalue = 2 (kinda useful in a general way. You can see what keywords are missing in your profile to raise up to the top. )Instant access to salary insights.value = 0 (Available for free elsewhere)Average = 1.17/5Assign your values to the above and let’s get an average.