Tag archives for Facebook

Agency Flash Mobs vs Social Flash Mobs

If flash mobbing was originally a group of strangers from the internet/Facebook meeting in the real world, doing a flash freeze at a set time and then walking off, what is agency created, arts organisation choreagraphed and danced, performance installations with professional filming and promotion to flog products?

Facebook Credit: Zuckerberg next Treasurer of the Internet App2User

Facebook credits and liquidity program – integrating real world currencies, gift cards and virtual economies. What will happen now Facebook is 500,000 members strong? The currency of the internet?

Monetization: Social Network Advertising

Online ads are dropping in price and blaming online communities. Yet social advertising rarely work because we are chatting with mates, and not to be interrupted by situationally irrelevant ads.

Ford & Social Media – a con? Ford Australia and spam

It’s a mistake when companies use social media to gain email addresses to do spam email marketing campaigns. No really, it is. Business realities? Don’t kid yourself…. A while ago, I joined a Ford Facebook campaign. You entered your name and contact details on Facebook to become a social media reviewer – get the car [...]

Facebook: Reclaim Privacy Security and Safety

Facebook keeps changing around what is private and what is public in the default settings. But the crowd is smarter than the individual company so ReclaimPrivacy have tools for you. Also a diagram on private to public social networks. What will take Facebook’s place as the most secure, most protected, most private of sharing spaces [...]

Facebook Open Graph: Washington Post and Future of Social News

What would happen if you owned a newspaper but you asked your readers to do the distribution for you? The Washington Post has implemented the Social Graph from Facebook: Use your Facebook network on the Post Web site Note to readers: Today you will find a new home page feature, at the top right, that [...]

Facebook: Open Graph “Like” is the new Beacon

Facebook has recently launched a new version of F8 (their development platform) with Open Graph connectivity. You can now “Like” fanpages (instead of “Become a fan”) and with external sites like Pandora, if you “Like” the website (connect to it) you’ll get updates on music. This is basically Beacon in a new dress. For example, [...]

Facebook Page – get your own Facebook URL name

I thought I had already blogged this but I can’t find it. How to swap your hideous http://www.facebook.com/pages/SilkCharm-Laurel-Papworth/26531835640 for http://facebook.com/SilkCharm – your own Facebook address! 1. Go to Facebook.com/Username – I don’t know why it’s called that. I’ve already set my personal account to be facebook.com/LaurelPapworth – this is how you do Business Pages, Fan [...]