Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

 

Facebook Places: The Newest Location-Based Social Media App

Friday, August 20th, 2010

On Wednesday, August 18, Facebook launched Places, their location-based social media application – which is gradually rolling out to all U.S. users in the next few days. Like other popular location-based social media networks, you can check in from your mobile device to immediately share where you are. Facebook Places also allows you to share [...]

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Facebook Reaches 500 Million Users…and Some Interesting Facebook Facts!

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

This week, Facebook reached its 500 million members milestone. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is the youngest self-made billionaire CEO, appeared in an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC World News. A full-length feature film about the rise of Facebook called The Social Network is set to hit theaters in October. Mark Zuckerberg has already recorded [...]

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iPhone 4: The Big Announcement

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Apple held an invite-only press conference in Cupertino, California at 9am Pacific Time to discuss the iPhone 4 and issues with the phone’s reception.  Since the phone was launched three weeks ago, it has sold over 3 million units. In the last few weeks, the iPhone 4’s reported antenna problems have spurred rumblings of dissatisfaction [...]

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Zynga Expands its Social Media Marketing

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Anyone that enjoys the games and applications on Facebook knows the enormous popularity of Zynga’s games Farmville, YoVille and Mafia Wars. Nearly 64 million people play Farmville each month, which is how parent company Zynga brought in $490 million in revenue last year, according to CNET News.
Taking the Facebook games’ popularity and bankability one step [...]

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‘Follow’ Companies on LinkedIn!

Friday, June 25th, 2010

With over 70 million professionals on LinkedIn, the social media networking platform features a tool that gives members the ability to ‘follow’ companies. The feature works like a Facebook fan page, so by following a company on LinkedIn, you will get access to status updates such as recent hires and promotions, new job opportunities and [...]

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SEO Tip of the Day: How to Improve Your Facebook Fan Page

Friday, June 4th, 2010

With over 400 million users on Facebook, the social media platform can be extremely useful to tap into a large audience at little or no cost. From small companies to large corporations, businesses are marketing their brand through Facebook fan pages. In fact, there are about 2 million active fan pages in existence. But what [...]

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The Powerful Influence of Web Video

Friday, May 21st, 2010

At the South Florida Interactive Marketing Association Summit last Friday, May 14th, online marketing experts and social media strategists shared their insights and experiences in the interactive marketing realm. One common topic that came up among several speakers was the growing influence of video in social media.
Of the many companies that engage in social media [...]

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