Tag Archives : facebook development
Holiday Shopping and Social Media
Posted by Dave DiCola on February 21, 2011 · 5 Comments
With some current estimates suggesting that over 33% of the world’s population now enjoys Internet access, the impact of the Information Age continues to expand worldwide.
If you believe those estimates, they mean that nearly two billion people have access to the Internet on a global basis. And those two billion people are using that access in different ways; for example, 41% of Americans [...]
Category: Social Media Marketing
Getting Up for Mainstream Social media
Posted by Dave on November 15, 2010 · 10 Comments
While most can agree that a social media presence is highly advantageous in today’s marketplace, one of the biggest mistakes a company can make is to assume that one social networking site or another is the ideal place to begin. The temptation is obvious – if everybody’s on Facebook and Twitter, why not dive in and start creating fan pages and Tweets right away?
While an enormous number of [...]
Open Graph Privacy
Posted by Muaz Halees on May 21, 2010 · 3 Comments
Facebook Open Graph will not fundamentally change the user experience. It will, however, disseminate public information to a wider audience. Information classified as "public" on a person's page will now be public to a world not bound to Facebook.
Now that the 24-hour data storage restriction is lifted all your public info will be interconnected with websites that integrate Facebook's platform. [...]
Category: Facebook Policy, Open Graph
Trends in Player Retention for RPG Applications on Facebook
Posted by Anum Zehra on April 21, 2010 · 2 Comments
When the Facebook development platform opened to independent developers, many rushed to create games for the space. In the beginning the games were primitive. Now social games are complex and the most lucrative form of Facebook applications. Long-term users are key to the success of these games.
Creators of Facebook role-playing games (RPG's) delight long-term players with a variety of [...]
Category: Advertising, Facebook Applications
B2B and Facebook Marketing
Posted by Hakim sadik on January 26, 2010 · 12 Comments
The B2B sector is not accustomed to social marketing. An easy way for a B2B to enter social media is to choose one popular social network to focus on initially. This is a great way to start your social marketing campaign.
Facebook is the best social network to start for B2B marketing campaigns. A company can use Facebook to do combinations of advertising and branding to make their image [...]
Category: Advertising, Social Media Marketing
Branded Facebook Apps that Agencies Can Offer Clients
Posted by Hakim sadik on January 25, 2010 · 0 Comment
Small and Big Businesses both need branded Facebook apps which can market and promote their business effectively. Social Media is not an option anymore, it is a vital need for brands in their marketing campaign. Most brands approach their Marketing Agencies to consult or build these apps for them whereas the conventional agencies are not geared to offer them a social media campaign as their [...]
Facebook Gives Resharing a Boost with New Via Attribution Feature
Posted by Hakim sadik on January 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
Share Button on Facebook Given Super Powers With New 'VIA" Attribution Feature
Facebook gave new powers to the "Share" button for shared items making this whole feature a lot more interesting and sociable.
Clicking on the 'Share button' on any content, video link, etc from any of your friends or pages that you are a fan of will now also show a line of text which says "via" (your friend's [...]
Facebook – From Freemium to Premium
Posted by Hakim sadik on January 18, 2010 · 1 Comment
The most plausible contender for an "entirely new economic model" made possible by the internet is what Fred Wilson, the New York venture capitalist, has dubbed "freemium".
Can everything be free on the internet? I don't think so. There will always be a lot of services and products on the internet for which you have to pay for and that’s okay considering that these might be the services [...]
Warning: Facebook Showing 0 Monthly Active Users
Posted by Azam Khan on September 10, 2009 · 3 Comments
There are 0 monthly active Facebook users showing on all applications. Fear not, it is being resolved. This tends to occur due to bugs in the MAU calculation. This is an issue that comes up from time to time, but it does not mean your traffic has dropped.
One point to note is that Monthly Active Users means Monthly Active Users. A drop in MAU's does not indicate a trend the day the numbers [...]
An Overview of Social Games
Posted by Azam Khan on September 8, 2009 · 5 Comments
Social games, games that are playable within social websites such as Facebook and MySpace, are on a path to revolutionize the gaming industry, a similar feat attempted by downloadable casual games that seems to be hindered by the aforementioned titan. They spread like pandemics and can actually be fun.
It´s no surprise then that this industry has attracted much investment dollars, 98 million [...]
iPhone for Facebook is now in App Stores
The eagerly awaited iPhone 3.0 for Facebook is finally out in the market and is available in iTunes App Stores for iPhone and iTouch. The newer version was submitted to Apple 12 days before its final approval. Earlier, Facebook released snapshots and some details of the most anticipated application. Several new features have been added to application on iPhone for a much easier and simple but [...]
Tips to outbreak your Facebook notes like an epidemic
No one is paying heed to your words? No one is reading your notes?
Why would someone listen to you unless you have a word with them? Remember the old saying, “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”? Yes! People will give you attention if you will also show interest in them. But I don’t mean here that tagging is the way to resolve this. Analyze yourself. If someone tags you in a note, [...]
Category: Facebook Connects, Facebook Policy
Will a Facebook Fan Page work for your product?
Posted by Fauz Amir on August 26, 2009 · 5 Comments
So why become a fan of a product? I posted this question on Facebook. Here are few replies that I got back:
“Facebook is my mirror. I want people to know what I like. I become a fan of a product to show people why I like and support a particular product.”
“Hey, it’s the best way to spread a word around. I become fan of a product so that my friends can try it too.”
A Fan Page is an epidemic [...]
Are you looking for a Facebook Social Game Developer?
Posted by admin on August 5, 2009 · 2 Comments
Its true that social game developers spend millions on facebook advertisements, likewise there must be a reason why they spent so much. Facebook may be generating significant revenues from these application developers spending on ads but it is without a doubt how beneficial the advertisements become as a resultant and help boost application developers business in the long run.
It is no surprise [...]
Category: Facebook Developers, Facebook Games
