Tommy Tutone – “Jenny (867-5309)” With apologies to the classic song shown above: “I got it, I got it! I got your number on the Facebook wall!” News that Facebook will make user phone numbers and addresses available to external sites is generating an understandable and expected outcry. “The plan to open up users’ address and phone numbers to […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2011 by admin
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The following post is based on a discussion at the Cincinnati Social Media LinkedIn Group. In what seems to be a race to oversimplify EVERYTHING, we’re creating misdefinitions. In many cases there’s simply (a lot) more to the story. Social media provides the latest example. Do you know anyone with “T&F Tunnel Vision?” This unfortunate […]
Posted on February 24th, 2011 by admin
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In 2009, I took a random sample of the Fortune 100 corporations and examined how they were using Facebook. I’ve just completed an update of that survey, which is here with a table that is here. The conclusion of the new survey is that corporations are using Facebook better than in the past but they […]
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by admin
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If you don’t see your new profile yet on Facebook, just head here and follow the three easy steps. Dave Knox notes this is more for the advertiser and Facebook – not the user. Take Facebook’s tour and you’ll see that Knox is right. I’ll also note, while LinkedIn has been drafting off Facebook for awhile, […]
Posted on December 6th, 2010 by admin
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A month away from Black Friday 2010 and Walmart is leveraging Facebook to increase its fan base as well as its online sales. Following in the steps of sites like GroupOn and brands like Dell**, CrowdSaver is Walmart’s social shopping application. Walmart stands to acquire thousands of likes from “fans.” As the brand notes it is […]
Posted on October 26th, 2010 by admin
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At Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference yesterday, it seems like they buried the lede.Several announcements were made at the conference and some anticipated changes went live on the 400-million-strong social network.Like Goes LiveInitially seen as semantics, changing “Become a Fan” to “Like” is designed to make it easier for Facebook users to participate on the network. […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by admin
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Fan, Friend, Follow, Like — all of these words have taken on new levels of meaning thanks to social media. It may have even motivated Facebook’s just-announced changes around Fan and Like. Fan Pages will still function the same way, but “people will soon be able to connect with your Page by clicking ‘Like’ rather […]
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by admin
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Facebook innovations continue as the popular social media platform tries to maintain its lead over other online destinations. Competition is a healthy motivator based on all of the recent Facebook news, including a redesign, more granular privacy controls and eliminating application notifications. More recently, Facebook announced eCommerce plans as well as a new ShareThis capability […]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by admin
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