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Optin Accelerator Closed – Too Risky?

By Andy Beard | Published: April 13, 2008

When I first read about Optin Accelerator I had a few initial thoughts

It took a long time for internet marketers to copy the viral signup mechanisms used by many internet startups, including the more established Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace etc.
It is a massive business security risk
People are going to buy it and use it and their customers are going to face the risk
Some of my subscribers might damage their business either by using it for one of their sites, or giving their account access away.

Now I hoped that as soon as people realised it was a bad idea despite having massive

Posted in marketing | Also tagged aweber, facebook, myspace, optin accelerator, tell-a-friend, tellafriend | Comments closed

Exclusive: LinkedIn Kill LinkedIn Fast Widget Functionality

By Andy Beard | Published: March 28, 2007

It was good while it lasted, and provided needed functionality to LinkedIn, and was widely supported by open networkers on the social networking platform.

During a routine check of functionality I discovered that the “get” method of form completion which was used by the fast connection solution is now being blocked, and thus have made a notification post on the LinkedIn Answers service within “Using LinkedIn”, and have also changed the graphic that was being served to a number of sites to hopefully notify them of the change.

Posted in web 2.0 | Also tagged linkedin_button, linkedin_fast, linkedin_script, linkedin_widget, social network, social networking, social networks | Comments closed

LinkedIn Invites – LinkedIn Fast Generator Improvements

By Andy Beard | Published: March 1, 2007

Unfortunately LinkedIn decided to block this solution because it represented a security risk. There were other alternatives to make things secure, but they decided it was better not to have a free method of connecting with someone you know quickly.
It is assumed that this is nothing related with them wanting to charge money for premium services

Posted in Projects, marketing | Also tagged geek, hack, linkedin_button, linkedin_invite, linkedin_script, linkedin_widget, php, social networking | Comments closed

LinkedIN Fast Generator

By Andy Beard | Published: February 4, 2007

My LinkedIn Fast Button has proven to be quite popular but some people might struggle with customizing the code, and it is easy to make a mistake, so I have developed a simple generator.

Hacking LinkedIn To Speed Up the Invite Process

By Andy Beard | Published: February 2, 2007

LinkedIn as a concept is great, but the Invite process is fairly laborious. That is probably why I have 160+ MyBlogLog community members and at time of writing, only 10 connections in LinkedIn.

Posted in marketing, web 2.0 | Also tagged geek, hack, social networking | Comments closed

MyBlogLog – Social Networking Opportunity

By Andy Beard | Published: January 8, 2007

I decided to write a second MyBlogLog post in a row, just to give a positive indication of how MyBloglog can and should be used.

I just received a contact request from Joe Beaulaurier of PRWeb. He had visited my blog, maybe liked what he read, and had also already joined my community. There is a fair chance he has also subscribed to my RSS feed.

Posted in marketing | Also tagged advertising, article marketing, article_marketer, community, email marketing, marketing, mybloglog, prweb, social marketing, social networks, yahoo | Comments closed

Linked In Answers

By Andy Beard | Published: January 4, 2007

LinkedIn have added an answers service.

This is probably the best reason to join LinkedIn as it allows you to not only find contacts, but also to demonstrate your skills which I believe is an essential part of the sales & marketing process.

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