A presentation on Getting Started with LinkedIn Plugins - inspired by the excellent presentation "Getting Started with the LinkedIn API" by Taylor Singletary. Available at http://www.slideshare.net/episod/getting-started-with-the-linkedin-api

1. Getting Started
with the
LinkedIn Plugins
Ivo Brett
Ivo Brett
Technical Solutions Consultant
Technical Solutions Consultant
ibrett@linkedin.com
ibrett@linkedin.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ivobrett
www.linkedin.com/in/ivobrett
Note: for information on “Getting Started with LinkedIn APIs” see
http://www.slideshare.net/episod/getting-started-with-the-linkedin-api

2. What are Plugins
A plugin is a stand-alone application that can be embedded on a page
(e.g. a webpage, blog, etc).
LinkedIn provides are a set of plugins that allow companies to leverage
LinkedIn on their external websites.
For example, you can embed a LinkedIn share button on your
company’s blog to allow readers of the blog to share blog posts to their
LinkedIn professional network.

3. Where do I begin?
Start by navigating to :
http://developer.linkedin.com/plugins
This is our page within our developer
site specifically for Plugins
From here you can read a bit about
each plugin and navigate to a simple
to use code generation page.

4. Example Plugin Generator
– Follow Company (Step 1)
Start by entering your
Company’s Name.
Or select a company from a drop
down of suggested companies
as you type.

5. Example Plugin Generator
– Follow Company (Step 2)
Next: Customise your plugin
For this Plugin you can select how
you want the “follower count” to be
shown. “Follower Count” is the
number of followers your company
has on LinkedIn

6. Example Plugin Generator
– Follow Company (Step 3)
Next, press the button saying “Get Code”
A tailored segment of Javascript code has been
generated for you
Copy and paste the code to your webpage source
code

7. Example – Follow Company (You’re Done)
Now, the Follow Company Plugin is
embedded and prospective
clients/candidates can now start
following your company by clicking
the “follow button”
Followers can start receiving targeted
status updates from the company

8. What other plugins are available?
Get more information on:
http://developer.linkedin.com