Post tagged "social networking services"
Facebook and FriendFeed
I see two problems with this:
Facebook will have a problem managing the public/private divide. Making some things public and some things private makes the logic exponentially more complex. …more…
TWTRCON SF 09
We’re really psyched that we’re part of TWTRCON SF 09, the first Twitter conference focused solely on Twitter for business. Tonia’s Modern Media is producing the event, partnering with Mike Edelhart …more…
12 Practical Ways to Use Twitter in Business
Twitter has been receiving an enormous amount of coverage in the mainstream press. My 82-year old mother-in-law recently asked me why all of the news anchors on her favorite morning show kept talking about this Twitter thing, and what is it anyway? Yet most business professionals, marketers and media people still don’t have a lot of personal exposure to Twitter, so many of them are scratching their heads and wondering what all the commotion is about. Unlike …more…
4 Lessons for Brands from the Facebook Terms of Service Controversy
In a marvelous case study for brands who worry about how to handle the today’s highly vocal and hyper-empowered customers, Facebook last night changed its response to the controversy around its new Terms of Service. In Monday’s post, Zuckerberg asked users to “trust” the company with their content. Last night, Zuckerberg announced the company would revert to its original terms and involve the Facebook community in the process of crafting a new, revised …more…
Research: Social Media Users Want Opt-in Ads
InsightExpress just released the results of a study that looks at the attitudes of social network participants toward advertising. The upshot? Traditional ads – not so good. Participatory and opt-in marketing campaigns – good.
The responses do vary quite a bit based on which sites the respondents are using; CafeMom users are especially …more…
The Social Inbox: Bebo Adds Feeds to Homepage
A message went up on Bebo’s blog today, announcing that they, too, will be attempting to convince users to port the rest of their web activity to the Bebo platform. Bebo says:
“We wanted to make your life online easier by bringing all of the things you care about to one place.
The top part of the homepage allows you to …more…
Sunday In the Sandbox with Facebook Connect
Having been told by Tonia that I would have to provide useful content for this site, rather than just pronouncing from on high, I spent the Sabbath playing around with Facebook Connect (website | Tonia’s post,) to see whether I could extract something useful from it. …more…
BusinessWeek's Business Exchange
In August, The New York Times broke the news about BusinessWeek’s plans to launch Business Exchange. The article described the new product as a mashup between Wikipedia, digg and LinkedIn, with vertical topics suggested by users, links to content from across the web, and an unspecified set of social networking features. The plans represent a “significant loosening of control” for a traditional media property–but not too loose: new topics require editorial approval, and the editors reserve the right to remove objectionable content. Users have profiles which, interestingly, can be imported from their LinkedIn accounts, …more…
Facebook Connect: The Social Graph Becomes More Social
This was the week that saw the official launch of Facebook Connect and Google’s Friend Connect. To get caught up, read the Economist’s story about Facebook Connect, or get the Wall Street Journal’s take (subscription required).
A lot of the buzz around these new services focus on their ability to connect your friends to products, services or entertainment outside the wall of the network in which you are connected; and for marketers to promote their products to other people in your entire …more…
