{"id":49381,"date":"2018-05-02T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T09:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/?p=49381"},"modified":"2018-05-02T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T09:27:25","slug":"video-uploads-for-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluflamingo.net\/blog\/video-uploads-for-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing video uploads for LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49382 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bluflamingo.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/in-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Personal profiles have had this ability for months, but LinkedIn is now rolling out native video posts to company pages, too:<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" 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