May 2008
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Facebook Marketing Success Stories for Businesses (2 of 3)
On the company page of Rootsgear’s, which designs T-shirts with political and social messages, people can look at the firm’s designs and see a calendar of upcoming events. The company stokes its group membership of about 1,400 by every few months sending out invitations to join to new Facebook friends collected by cofounder Sunmit Singh. [...]
links for 2008-05-11
Widgets: The Marketer’s Recession Survival Tool
Companies facing a slowing economy are looking for more cost-effective ways to reach customers. Forrester’s recent post on the role of social media during economic recessions supports the idea that social media can help companies survive and thrive in t
(tags: widgets, marketing, userplane)
links for 2008-05-10
Facebook’s New Profile Page Gives Users Greater Control
The new profile page design on Facebook will give users greater control over their profiles and bring new challenges for developers, according to the Inside Facebook blog, which offered a glimpse of the new look.
(tags: facebook, profile)
Cafe.com’s New Social Casual Gaming Website
Cafe.com, the social gaming site that offers [...]
links for 2008-05-09
New Amazon Affiliate MP3 Widget | Affiliate Marketing Blog by Shawn Collins
New Amazon Affiliate MP3 Widget May 8th, 2008 · Thanks for visiting the Affiliate Tip blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed or enter your e-mail on the top right to get updates by e-mail. The Amazon.com affiliate program has a new MP3 widget, to [...]
links for 2008-05-07
Social Networking Wars // Current
Think social networking sites are fun and useful? See what happens when things get a little out of control for one social networker who might just be over the whole social network thing. Let the social networking wars begin!
(tags: social networking, viral video)
links for 2008-05-06
MediaPost Publications – Former Microsoft Exec Named Media6º CEO – 05/05/2008
Former Microsoft Exec Named Media6º CEO
by Tanya Irwin, Monday, May 5, 2008 7:00 AM ET
headshotFormer Microsoft senior executive Joe Doran has been named founding CEO of Media6°, a New York-based startup that provides analytics and insights to help ad
(tags: social media, analytics)
Twitter Can Be Liberated [...]
links for 2008-05-05
Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise – New York Times
(tags: twitter, collective wisdom)
Oh Behave! – Hidden Forces that Shape Irrational Behavior
When marketers design a marketing campaign – we typically design them for “rational” buyers. But do buyers ever act rational?
And what about us?
When we make decisions we think we’re in control and making rational choices. But are we?
Dan Ariely a faculty member at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and member of the Media Lab has [...]
Facebook Marketing Success Stories for Businesses (1 of 3)
Bryce Gruber is the 23-year-old owner of IntenCity Global, a five-person marketing and public-relations firm in New York. She says Facebook works well for her and has brought tangible results. She recently drew more than 300 people to an opening party for a clothing store that she expected would only attract 150 to 200. And [...]
links for 2008-05-04
Yahoo! Buzz Widget | Widgets Lab
Yahoo! Buzz is a Social News Portal just like Propeller, Mixx or Digg but with the advantage of bieng part of the still biggest Internet Portal there is. a honor that Yahoo! still conserves to this day.
(tags: social news, Yahoo Buzz)
Watercooler: Yet another social network app company that’s making money [...]