Buzzword Chasers

SocialSafe: Facebook Insurance

SocialSafe gives you piece of mind should your Facebook account get hacked, lost, or deleted, and provides you with a starting point to help restore your Facebook profile.

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SoCo puts $10 million worth of eggs in the digital basket

Southern Comfort has decided to place the entirety of their $10 million budget into digital media. TV has become less effective in reaching their target audience, ages 21-29.

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At&t combines your favorite social networking sites in one Mobile App

AT&T has now combined all your favorite social networking applications, Facebook, MySpace and  Twitter, into one all inclusive mobile app. They call it the AT&T Social Net App, and its available to download for free. This nifty little app allows users to view and manage their social networking profiles through and easy to use single menu [...]

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Facebook has a hard time letting you go!

Facebook is now up to 250 million users, with 50 million of them just signing up for a profile in the past 90 days! So how is it they have a such a high user retention rate? The answer just may be GUILT. Let’s pretend you are applying for a new job, and you don’t want [...]

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FaceBook Family Link Reaches a Milestone

If you’re a Facebook member, you’ve probably seen the logo and came across the application “We’re Related” at some point, got an invitation, or are even a current user. “We’re Related” allows FaceBook users to keep up with family, build a family tree, share news and photos with family, and even share links. The Family Link [...]

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Social Networks Do the Marketer’s Dirty Work

My profile is full of information which makes me ripe for marketers. I have a list of the music, movies, and books that I enjoy. I list the jobs that I have and post the groups I’m a part of, not to mention all of my interests. I put myself into a demographic; I spoon feed the marketing industry.

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Linked in beefs up their Advertising Potential by releasing Direct Ads

Linkedin who boasts having a community of well over 27 million users and growing, launched a beta version of their text ad serving platform called Direct Ads. Similar in nature to Facebooks SocialAds program they are now offering targets based on age, gender, industry and senority of ad viewers. Displaying these advertisements above the fold in [...]

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