Facebook To Be Partnering With Eventbrite March 10, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment TECH CRUNCH - Mar 8 - Facebook looks to be partnering with Eventbrite
to let users sell tickets to the 3.5M events added to Facebook each
month. And even though only a small percentage of events need ticket
sales, lots of them want to give out free tickets. Eventbrite does
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myYearbook Revenue At $20 Million Annually And Growing March 1, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment MASHABLE - Feb 27 - myYearbook remains one of the most popular social
network, with 20M members and a place in the top 30 most trafficked
websites in the U.S. According to CEO Geoff Cook, the company ended
2009 with an annual revenue run rate of $20M, up 70% from 2008. Most of
that
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DST Has $1 Billion For Social Media February 21, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a commentBUSINESS WEEK - Feb 19 - Digital Sky
Technologies, investor in Facebook and Zynga, intends to make big
investments in social Web startups over the next five years. Yuri
Milner, the owner of the company said: "We monitor close to 50 companies globally
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Microsoft Announces Facebook, MySpace Partnerships For Outlook February 18, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment EWEEK - Feb 17 - Microsoft
announced partnerships with Facebook and MySpace that would see
social-networking information from those services ported into Outlook,
as well as the release of LinkedIn for Outlook beta. LinkedIn for
Outlook will enable users to view their contacts’
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10 Types of Widgets for Your Blog or Website February 15, 2010
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How much do you know about website widgets?
Last week, in Website Widgets and Ads Raise Security and Privacy Issues, I shared my concerns about security and privacy issues connected with the use of widgets on a blog or other website.
I concluded, “You… Continue reading
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Twitter’s Now A Dating Tool February 5, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment STRAIGHT - Feb 4 - Meeting a romantic partner on-line isn’t a new
phenomenon, as dating sites like Lavalife and eHarmony have been around
for years. However, social-media services like Twitter and Facebook are
opening up new avenues through which people can make on-line
connections. While profiles
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My Top 10+ Blog Traffic Sources January 25, 2010
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In 8 Simple Ways to Penetrate Social Media Clutter, I recommended that you leverage multiple traffic sources. In Looking for Traffic in All the Wrong Places, I gave you a partial list of the places I look to get
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11 Things to Consider Before You Send the Next Email January 23, 2010
Posted by admin in : Blogging , add a commentThis is a guest post by Amit Banerjee. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Email is the primary mode of communication between Internet users. You use email to network with other bloggers, to grow your online business, to convert potential prospects into clients and so on. The… Continue reading
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Facebook’s U.S. Usage Boomed In 2009 January 23, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment PC WORLD - Jan 22 - In December 2009, ~112M unique visitors went to
Facebook, up 105% compared with Dec '08, making Facebook the
fourth-most-popular site in the country. On average, 37.7M people
visited the site per day, up 181%, and viewed a total of 45 billion
pages during the month, up
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How To Add A Custom Landing Tab To Your Facebook Fan Page January 21, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a commentLet’s assume you have your Facebook Fan Page up and running now. (If not, see FANtastic Fan Pages for ideas and help). Some of the basics include adding a custom graphic, installing apps – particularly Static FBML, adding custom content including a landing tab, and ensuring you’re adding relevant, quality content… Continue reading
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Brits Spending 500 Million A Year On Virtual Goods January 19, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment LITTLE ABOUT - Jan 18 - Britons are shelling
out more than 500M pounds a year to buy virtual goods on social
networking and dating sites. Virtual goods firm Zynga, whose FarmVille
app on Facebook has 56M users spending on animals and equipment that
does not exist outside world wide web, reportedly made
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says The Age Of Privacy Is Over January 11, 2010
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Why Blogs Make More Sense January 4, 2010
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As we begin 2010, I wish you real success, both online and off, in the year ahead.
In a video I’ve already already shown you, marketing expert Darren Rouse, author of 31 Days to Build
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Zynga CEO Mark Pincus On Charlie Rose January 1, 2010
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a commentTECH CRUNCH - Dec 30 - Charlie Rose welcomed Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on his show last night for a 15 minute interview. Pincus says 60-70M people a day are playing social games on Facebook and MySpace, and 1%-2% are willing to shell out actual cash to enhance gameplay. Zynga is behind some
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Virtual Goods Give Web Firms New Revenue In Ad Slump December 31, 2009
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a comment REUTERS - Dec 30 - 90% of new online game start-ups sell virtual
goods, estimates Jeremy Liew, managing director at Lightspeed Venture
Partners. In November, video game publisher Electronic Arts paid $275M
for Playfish, which makes games for social networks such as Facebook,
which sell virtual goods. A month later, a group
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8 Social Media Basics for 2010 December 29, 2009
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I’ve bookmarked and skimmed a dozen or more articles that project the path of social media in 2010. Collectively these articles represent many days of researching and writing.
Search Social Media 2010 on Google, and you’ll be able to compile… Continue reading
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10 Tips for Choosing a Social Media Consultant December 17, 2009
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I hesitate to write an article about choosing a social media consultant because of concerns about bias and my obvious conflict of interests.
After writing Social Media Carpetbaggers and Snake Oil Salesmen, readers remarked that they had heard enough about the kinds of… Continue reading
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Social Network Privacy Hampers Marketers December 7, 2009
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A short announcement followed by a shorter article than the past one: On Wednesday, I shall be speaking on commercial radio and streaming on the Internet. You’ll hear the voice behind the blog. Visit my Media Buzz page for details.
Privacy and spam concerns… Continue reading
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Valuing Social Networks December 2, 2009
Posted by admin in : Social Networking , add a commentWSJ - Dec 1 - Using prices from internal company share deals, advisory firm and market maker NYPPEX puts the implied value of Facebook at $7.6 billion, LinkedIn at $1.25 billion and Twitter at $1.13 billion. NYPPEX also provides estimated 2010 revenues for Facebook and LinkedIn: $710M and $205M respectively. Twitter, which has said that next year will be the
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Nielsen Social Networking Rankings From October November 14, 2009
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