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Six Privacy Pointers for The Facebook Socialite

Posted by Dave on January 26, 2012 · 0 Comment

Having upgraded to the new version, Timeline, with 500+ friends on Facebook, it is no longer difficult to manage your social life. If you are wondering how to hide certain comments from certain friends, family or business associates, you will be surprised about how Facebook has countered privacy issues. They seem to have gotten deep into the mindset of their millions of users to understand and tackle [...]

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Business pitfalls to avoid on Facebook

Posted by Dave on January 16, 2012 · 0 Comment

Our business Fan page died yesterday. Rather than create a new one or just forget about it, my team decided to find out why. The long list was unexpected. Avoiding Facebook As regional sales manager of a countrywide factory-supplying unit, last month I instantly rejected a junior assistant’s idea of introducing a Facebook page for our company. Until one of our big contractors bid from our competitor. [...]

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Gateway to social shopping

Posted by Dave on January 11, 2012 · 0 Comment

If you are still undecided as to whether social shopping is a safe bet, this is not an assurance that it is. But then, so is physical purchasing if you don’t check the item before purchasing only to discover too late that the brand was not genuine. The responsibility is yours, no matter what claims and refund options offered in business-to-consumer (B2C) shopping. So if you can spend time deciding [...]

Category: Open Graph

THE SOCIO-VIRTUAL VILLAGE OF 2012

Posted by Joshua White on December 27, 2011 · 0 Comment

If you think this year was gadget filled, wait till the next --when modifications and innovations will be so fast paced that you’ll need to keep upgrading by the minute! The active pressure amongst competitors is tremendous as each one races ahead of the other, only to be overtaken by yet another virtual inspiration. Here is what some techno experts see coming in 2012: Socio-mobile Mobile [...]

Category: Social Media Marketing, Social Network

Emerging Christmas Facebook Apps 2011

Posted by Joshua White on December 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

With the holiday season fast approaching and Christmas right around the corner, a multitude of relevant social media and mobile apps have suddenly sprung up on the digital media airwaves. Christmas apps consisting of page tab apps, chat apps, card apps and calendar apps have all exploded in popularity, as is measured by the spike in monthly average users (MAU) in the existing time period. ‘Emerging [...]

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Apps and the Facebook Mobile Platform

Posted by Joshua White on November 30, 2011 · 0 Comment

One of the main features that Facebook was able to use to draw users away from MySpace was apps. MySpace was late to that game, and it cost them. Apps have not only been a wonderful way for businesses to promote themselves, but they’ve become a revenue source in their own right. Some Facebook apps have more than 50 million daily users. At the same time that Facebook was taking over social media, [...]

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Increase Brand Preference using Social Media

Posted by Joshua White on November 23, 2011 · 0 Comment

Making customers aware of your brand is one thing; convincing them to choose your brand over the completion is something else entirely. Developing a solid relationship where a customer is more likely to pick you over the rest of the choices in the marketplace isn’t easy. You need to get to the place where your customer base sees your company as the preferred place to get not only products, but information [...]

Category: Social Media Marketing

Online Learning Portals – Changing the Education System

Posted by Joshua White on November 22, 2011 · 0 Comment

The US Department of Education reported over 12.2 million enrollments in college-level credit-grating distance learning courses in 2006 - 2007. Of these 12.2 million enrollments, 77 reported online courses, 12 percent reported hybrid/blended on-line courses, and 10 percent reported in other types of distance education. Of the institutions included, public 2-year institutions reported the highest [...]

Category: Monetization, Social Network

Killer Facebook Profile Tips

Posted by Joshua White on November 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

The key to effective Facebook marketing is your profile. If your profile is weak, no amount of other marketing efforts will help out. The profile is the centerpiece of your Facebook marketing strategy. While other endeavors and components – including things like Facebook apps – are essential to success, it all starts with the profile. There are several basic elements that your Facebook profile [...]

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Facebook Ticker Box Gets the Boot with Praises for ‘Timeline’

Posted by Faizan Subzwari on September 27, 2011 · 2 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg might have overcome his public sweating issues and captivated the audience at f8, but will Facebook ever stop changing? Twitter was flooded with tweets from across the Atlantic with people ranting about the changes Facebook made to its layout. Few of the prominent tweets as portrayed by Mashable are as follows: It is vividly clear from public reactions on Twitter and Google+ [...]

Category: Monetization, Open Graph

Facebook collaborates with Spotify, MOG and Rdio for Music Platform with Scrobbling and Track Unification features

Posted by Faizan Subzwari on September 12, 2011 · 5 Comments

Facebook is known to be susceptible to change and collaborations on its way up. Multiple platforms are now either part of Facebook or are working in partnership with Facebook (e.g. Microsoft’s Skype). A recent addition to the list is Facebook Music. Facebook has partnered with top music services Spotify, MOG and Rdio to enable is user free flow music streaming on Facebook.com. With the help [...]

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12 Steps for Crafting your Social Media Policy

Posted by Melissa Higbee on August 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

Social media presents a unique opportunity to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Companies from the local hardware store to the major worldwide brands are using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to gain a distinct advantage over the competition. Yet, crafting the right social media strategy is key; you can pump a significant amount of time and money into a campaign with very little to show [...]

Category: Facebook Policy, Social Media Marketing

10 Tips for Taking your Facebook Presence Viral

Posted by Melissa Higbee on August 12, 2011 · 0 Comment

The true potential of Facebook and other social media sites lies in the person-to-person aspect. In this way, Facebook lends itself to viral phenomena. Getting your Facebook presence to go viral – to garner hundreds or thousands of fans – takes time and it takes work. More importantly, it takes real creativity and uniqueness. So, how do you get from here to there? How do you create a viral response [...]

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Push Pop Press, Digital Bookmarking Service now Powered by Facebook

Posted by Faizan Subzwari on August 10, 2011 · 13 Comments

Facebook can never be out of news. Whether its merger with Skype or its CEO being Google- , it’s always in the mix of affairs. Latest from the Palo Alto HQ is Push Pop Press. Push Pop Press is a digital bookmarking service initiated by techies like Kimon Tsinteris and Mike Matas, is re-imagination of the e-book. The first project that ever came under Push Pop Press’s banner was Al Gore’s [...]

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