LinkedIn releases Javascript API
LinkedIn released a Javascript version of its application programming interface (API) in a bid to increase inclusion on more websites.
It works a lot like those ubiquitous “sign in with Facebook” modules you see nearly everywhere — except this one lets you sign in with your LinkedIn credentials. It adds a social aspect to sites that have none, where a LinkedIn membership gets you membership on third-party sites. Authentication is passed through to LinkedIn’s member database.
The API is still undergoing testing, the company says in its blog.
Facebook, Twitter don't bring B2B leads, says LeadForce1
While Facebook and Twitter can be used to engage with your existing readers, advertisers, customers, media, and other stakeholders, neither are good resources for business to business leads, according to the latest study by B2B marketing automation provider LeadForce1.
The study of 261 LeadForce1 business clients determined that LinkedIn and Wikipedia were the top social sources for business leads. Twitter, Facebook, Squidoo, Stumbleupon and Delicious significantly contributed to site traffic, however.
Other findings: Continue reading
LinkedIn talks of expansion plans
In a video interview with Bloomberg News, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner reiterated the company’s growth plans, including adding hundreds of employees — in part, to cope with rapid growth in India, Brazil and China – and making acquisitions that would enable it to grow its mobile footprint.
He said the company still has $76 million it raised in 2008.
The video is here.
LinkedIn adds Portuguese; taps 5th board member
LinkedIn now supports Portuguese, as the pro-social network targets the more than 1 million Brazilian members who have started more than 8,000 LinkedIn groups.
Besides English and Portuguese, LinkedIn supports French, German and Spanish. The site currently has operations in the U.S., U.K., Australia, India and the Netherlands.
In other news, LinkedIn recently tapped Skip Battle to its directors board, expanding the board to five members. Battle is the former CEO of Ask.com and also sits on the boards of several other companies, including Netflix, Expedia and OpenTable. Battle was CEO from 2001 and 2005 back when it was commonly known as the search engine AskJeeves.com. Ask.com is now owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp.
CEO Jeff Weiner said that enlisting more independent directors was not a sign that LinkedIn was moving closer to a potential initial public offering, noting that the company did not need to raise capital and still had all of the roughly $76 million in venture funding that it raised in 2008.
LinkedIn reports that it has more than 65 million members.Weiner said that the company has hired more than 100 employees this year and plans to expand to about 850 employees by the end of 2010, up from about 500 at the end of 2009.
Are you LinkedIn? Need a laugh?
Everybody’s doing the social networking thing, because…everybody’s doing it. From Current Super News, courtesy of Huffington Post, via Network Hippo, a skeptical and humorous look at LinkedIn: it’s like joining arms in the desert waiting for a headhunter.
Twitter and LinkedIn? Of course.
Twitter and LinkedIn announced a deal that lets users link their accounts on both services so they can tweet LinkedIn status updates and have their tweets sent to LinkedIn connections.
At first blush, you might ask why. I know I did.
Then I got to thinking how I use Twitter. I don’t tweet to tell you how many Carolina wrens are feasting from the bird feeder out in my breezeway. (FYI: All of them, it would seem.)
I use Twitter to send you the latest headlines on AIMGroup.com. That might not seem too personal, but frankly, if I’ve got something to tell you, it’ll be on AIMGroup.com anyway.
For me, Twitter is professional tool. It’s a wire service. And so it is for thousands if not millions of other tweeters who use Twitter to advance their businesses and / or their careers. Used wisely, it’s a good way to keep your professional network updated.
(Oh, look. The doves are back.)
Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimtownsend
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