To all of our Friends, Which pumpkin farm
can get the most “LIKES” on Facebook? HELP US WIN! We are In a BATTLE
ROYAL with the other five farms that make up the Snohomish Festival of
Pumpkins Association! http://www.festivalofpumpkins.org/.
Starting today and ending at Noon on October 5, whoever gets the most
NEW likes wins. When we win, we get to put the losers to work on our
farm for a day! Ha!
But guess what? One
of our favorite charities also wins. Each farm has selected a charity. For
each NEW Facebook “Like” each farm gains during the contest period, that
charity will receive $1.00, up to $1,000. We selected Sherwood
Community Services. If all the farms max out donations, a total of
$6,000 will be donated. WOOT! Wouldn't it be awesome if you "liked" all
the farms? That way we could give away all the money. THANKS!
Click HERE to visit the page of The Farm at Swans Trail. Please share to your friends! Thanks again!
Hang up your straw hat: city planning is the new farming. Or it is on Facebook, anyway.
Launched just a couple of months ago, Facebook smash CityVille is not just the biggest game on the social networking platform, it's the biggest Facebook game ever.
CityVille averaged over 84 million monthly users this past weekend, which means it's bigger than previous record-holder and Zynga stablemate FarmVille ever was: the latter's high-water mark was 83.76 million users, a number it recorded last March.
Though the games are superficially similar, sharing a common crop-tending mechanic, CityVille's fields and barns are a literal and figurative background to its central theme: building a bustling city full of residents, businesses, and civic structures. It's a faster-paced game than FarmVille, and, if anything, it's even more aggressive in encouraging players to build in-game connections with real-life friends -- a factor that's bound to be helping its meteoric rise.
And boom town CityVille is looking set to grow even bigger. It continues to post gains of about two million players per day, according to blog InsideSocialGames, and fueled by the burgeoning popularity of Facebook in the U.S. and overseas the game could eventually top 125 million monthly players.
CityVille's success is good news for the game's developer, Zynga, which had been seeing a downturn in its total userbase over the latter part of last year. Almost all Zynga's Facebook titles have posted gains over the last month, including FarmVille, though at less than 60 million monthly players, it's a mere shadow of its former self.
Perhaps most impressively of all, the seven most-played games on Facebook are currently all Zynga games.
Facebook is rolling out a new breed of Pages called Friendship Pages that pull together the public wall posts, comments, photos (based on tags) and events that two friends have in common.
The Friendship Pages feature was cooked up by Facebook (Facebook) software engineer Wayne Kao and then brought to life in an internal hackathon event. The Pages are designed to the tell the story of two friends on Facebook through their shared activity.
HOW TO: Protect Yourself From Firesheep With a VPN
A wildly popular new bit of malicious code called Firesheep is making the rounds among script kiddies and black-hat hackers; it allows them to access the cookies of any user on a non-password-protected wireless network. Once the ne’er-do-well in question is on the same public network as you, he or she can save and use your cookies to access your accounts (e-mail, Facebook and many other types of accounts, as well) through a point-and-click graphic interface.
In the words of the person who created Firesheep, “As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website [Facebook, Gmail, etc.] known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed [in the Firesheep interface]. Double-click on someone, and you’re instantly logged in as them.”
For businesses with remote employees, Firesheep is a particular danger, as it potentially compromises your company’s data and accounts any time a worker logs in from a coffee shop, Internet cafe or other public network.
The practice is known as session hijacking; if you’d like more information on how the code works, check out this post on Firesheep’s technical details.
2. After Installing GreaseMonkey Plugin, Install Select All Facebook Friends Greasemonkey Script ( If You are Using Google Chrome 4.0+ Then you can directly install greasemonkey script without downloading the above plugin )
3. Go to any fan page or group you wanna suggest to your friends and you will see something like the picture below
You will see a Start# and an End#. Just put 0 at the Start# and the number of your friends at the End#.
Click Select Friends and it will automatically select the number of friends you indicated. Sometimes it may take a while if you have selected many friends so just be patient.
Did you ever wonder which Facebook Page has the most Fans?
Below is the list of the 20 pages with the most fans as of August 17, 2010.
Come check them out!
The Internet’s love affair with Facebook might hit a rough patch from time to time, but there’s no denying that it’s the social networking giant that keeps us connected to everyone and everything we like in one easy online platform.
So, to celebrate all things FB, we’ve rounded up a selection of Facebook-themed real-life products, from witty tees to cool stationery (because someone is still sending snail mail) that you can nab now to show your love for online social networking in the offline world.
You probably shouldn’t send this to your significant other (unless they have a great sense of humor), but you can’t beat this witty birthday greeting card, especially for a fellow social networking enthusiast. This high quality card pokes fun at Facebook’s handy highlighting of forthcoming birthdays. Cost: $3.50
We love these tees that offer something different from the “you like this” message, which is so last year. Bonaroo has taken characters from popular movies and imagined their “likes.” The example above is from The Goonies, but over on the site you’ll find fun with Predator, Back to the Future, Anchorman and more. Cost: £12.99 (approx $19.50)
No doubt we’ve all commented on our need for, or love of, caffeine in the Facebook status bar at one time or another, making this mug a great option for coffee-loving Facebookers. Cost: From $13.95
Just genius, we love these Like and Dislike stamps that bring Facebook feelings into the real world. You can buy the stamps separately or as a set, with the guys behind the design stating: “The Like/Dislike set combines everything you need to silently judge everything that surrounds you with nothing more than a flick of your wrist.” Cost: From £9.99 (approx $15)
You have to rock a certain type of style to pull off this Facebook-blue, talking-point timepiece with the pithy message “Facebook ruined my life.” Strap it on as you bemoan the hours you’ve lost thanks to the addictive nature of social networking (Or maybe Facebook did actually ruin your life?). Put your sob stories in the comments box below. Cost: $7.99
Although we’re not convinced most people would want it decorating their living room walls, we suppose this decal could add some Facebook fun to your office. You can personalize the word shown above the “You like this” text, and share your preference for a company, brand, person or website (hint, hint) with everyone. Cost: $13.99 and custom orders are also available
We adore this stationery set with its clean, Facebook-esque design that comprises 14 personalized cards and envelopes. For special missives, you can go old school and actually send a note via snail mail, rather than write on someone’s wall, but still keep that Facebook look and feel. Cost: $10
You can personalize this blank hardback notebook with your — and any other Facebook friends who boast a witty turn of phrase — status updates, which are printed randomly on the bottom of the inside pages, making it unique to you. Cost: $18
Promising a “precise and consistent glide,” this mousepad is just what you’d expect from the Meninos team — a witty take on a techie topic. Asking “what’s on your mousepad?” the Facebook wall icons are lovingly recreated for an FB-themed accessory any fan would be happy to have.
Disney has officially acquired Playdom, the makers of popular social games like Social City and Sorority Life, for $563.2 million, with an additional $200 million that could be paid out based on performance.
The company is one of the remaining big players in the social gaming space, competing against the likes of Zynga and its wildly popular FarmVille Facebook (Facebook) game. Playdom raised $33 million in funding just last month to help it acquire smaller social gaming companies.
Playdom will keep its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Playdom CEO John Pleasants will become an Executive Vice President of Disney’s Interactive Media Group.
Clearly Disney is serious about the social gaming space; the acquisition comes less than a month after the media giant acquired iPhone app development firm Tapulous. The company sees a lot of synergies between its new social gaming properties and its highly visible brands. “We see strong growth potential in bringing together Playdom’s talented team and capabilities with our great creative properties, people and world-renowned brands like Disney, ABC, ESPN and Marvel,” said Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger in a statement.
A mother has warned of the risk of children spending hundreds of pounds on "free" online games available through Facebook after her 12-year-old son ran up bills of more than £900, that’s nearly $1400 without her knowledge.
The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, discovered last month that her son had spent more than £900 on FarmVille. He had emptied his own savings account of £288 and had used her credit card to the tune of £625 to pay the bills.
FarmVille, one of the most popular games on Facebook, allows members to manage a virtual farm by planting, growing and harvesting crops, trees and livestock. New users are given virtual coins to set up their farm, and the revenue from matured crops can be used to maintain it. But those who are desperate to progress more quickly can buy extra virtual coins using real cash.
The mother said: "The first use of my card was on 14 March. I discovered it on the 29th and the card was stopped at that point. Any transactions after that date were already in the system, so what I thought was a £427 spend turned into £625 over the next few days.
"The total spend is about £905, but the credits are still rolling in. Facebook and [game creator] Zynga will not refund anything as [the son] lives in my house. Facebook has disabled his account and Zynga has unhelpfully suggested I use password protection on computers in the future."
She contacted her credit card company, HSBC, but was told she would only qualify for a refund if she reported her son to the police and obtained a crime number. "He would be cautioned and I have been told that this caution would stay with him. Obviously the idea of a stupid farm simulation jeopardising his future earnings is not something that I want to consider," she said.
She added that her son was "very shocked" when confronted with the amount he had spent, but it was clear he knew what he was doing. "When I asked him why he did it he said that they had brought out 'good stuff that I wanted'."
She does not blame Facebook, Zynga or HSBC, saying that her son was the one using the card and is entirely at fault. But she added: "I do think they need to shoulder some responsibility in this business and put systems in place to stop this happening again. The fact that he was using a card in a different name should bring up some sort of security and the online secure payment filter seems to be bypassed for Facebook payments."
A spokeswoman for HSBC said that had the credit card been used on a gambling site it would have started alarm bells ringing for "unusual usage". But because the card had been used to buy Facebook credits HSBC did not consider the transactions to be suspicious, even though £625 was spent in just two weeks.
Michael Arrington, founder of the Techcrunch blog, criticised Zynga last year for "monetising" the game, and warned that people who didn't have access to a credit card to buy extra virtual money could use "pay by mobile" companies instead.
The indebted 12-year-old has not used his mobile to pay for virtual money, his mother said, but only because his older brother lost all his credit buying a ringtone a couple of years ago.
"We sound terribly technologically unaware don't we? I wouldn't mind but I am always explaining that all of these online offers, ringtones and games are a scam designed to take money off stupid people. Kids know best though."
Facebook has been founded in 1st Feb 2004. It is the world's largest social networks with over 400 million users. It had beaten many social networking sites like orkut, my space etc.
Facebook brings new change in social networking with lots of features like uploading photos, links, videos, sharing content, fan pages, games, much more still going on. We assembled most frequently used scripts and add-ons for Facebook users. It enhances the capability of working more easily and helped you to avoid spammers in Facebook.
15 Tools and Applications to Enhance your Facebook Experience
Facebook Friends Checker is used within Firefox. It runs under the Greasemonkey extension Script. Facebook Friends Checker lets you to manage the friend list. It can help you to remove those friends who stopped your notifications, or probably cancel your friendship requests. It lets you to manage your friend list in every 2 hours. It will also work in Opera and Chrome as well.
ScrapBay is cool app for facebook, it is specially designed for enhance the facebook features. It is like IM that added one multiple features in one window. You can view photos, write post wall, facebook chat, opening multiple friends , Instant Pop-up notifications, even you can delete your unnecessary photos, notifications etc
Simple Photo Uploader is small app for facebook that makes easier for FB users to uploading the pictures. It can easily upload your photos by dragging your album. In addition, you can also choose your tag in these photos.
Facebook Organize is handy app that lets you organize your friends list along categorize. You can sort out your contact list into groups, like Work Friends, Social Media, Bloggers, School, and Higher School etc
Task Master lets manage your task efficiently. You can add your tasks, like categorize with its customize features of Task Master. You can select prioritize according to your task. It has simple interface that organize automatically.
Firefox is most customize browser just because its Add-ons. Developers are very keen to update or make new Add-ons.
Facebook toolbar For Firefox is another example of their creative work. It extends your facebook experience into your everyday browsing. You can search anything from this Search Box and get the information through DropDown results. There are more options like Get notified, Connect with Friends, share Content etc
Although Facebook is offering existing feature in writing Walls (photos, links, videos, flash etc) . But , there is few limitation that removed with Advance Wall. It added extra features that customize your sharing through Wall. You can post change text size, images, images, videos, flash, graffiti, and color, along with many other things using the simple WYSIWYG editor.
FacePad will be used in Firefox. It really make easier for you to download the entire album of Facebook. As you know, we have hundreds of photos uploaded in Facebook. This add-on help you to download any albums in one click. Even you can download any friend album from FacePad. But you need to be patient while it will start the download.
Facebook is another fantastic application. It lets users to upload photos from your mobile camera, replying through mobile, pokes, wall Posts using text messages. Facebook Mobile app will displays recent updates from your friends and keep you up to date.
Last Fm music app is for songs lover. You can make your favorite play list and enjoy the music. Even you can compare your track list with your friends and put your favorite Artist or Album images on your profile.
This is interesting app for Facebook users. You can draw on your friend’s wall instead of writing them on it. This app is called Graffiti. Even though, Yahoo and MSN has similar app like Graffiti.
Frustrated with Facebook’s maximum image size? According to the Facebook Developers’ page, users can expect to see larger photo sizes beginning tomorrow and rolling out over the next three weeks. Before you get too excited, know that the increase is going from 604 pixels to 720 pixels, but hey, bigger is bigger, right?
If you have a Facebook application that queries the photo FQL table or uses photo.get, be sure to update your styling to accommodate these new sizes.
It’s not just photo uploads that are changing in size; Facebook is also changing the size of profile pictures. In the next few weeks profile pictures will move to 180×540 pixels, this is down from 200×600. Yeah, that’s right, profile pictures will now be smaller. Again, developers, adjust your applications accordingly.
One of the biggest complaints that users of Facebook have with the network is the limit on picture size. As one of the largest photo-sharing sites on the web, the limits are indeed kind of surprising. Still, it’s nice to see an increase in pixel space, even if the increase isn’t earth-shattering.
I found this ad in facebook and i think its quite inappropriate to advertie this kind of things. I just hope politicians and supporters should play it nice and clean. This is a clear proof of propaganda devices that are used by the anti-Villar, anti-Gibo, & anti-Erap people.
I'm not into politics but i think Gibo Teodoro is the best presidential candidate. "Galing at Talino" like in the commercials, i believe any leader should have the proper knowledge and talent and not just have heart and rely always to God.
In the last couple of years, Facebook has gone from a college photo-sharing site to a burgeoning business- networking platform for self-promotion, advertising and multimedia interaction. With new apps and add-ons, Facebook users can send each other a virtual drink, create and host events, advertise their businesses through social ads, and more. When Charlie Gibson hosted the debate for the 2008 presidential candidates along with Facebook, the little networking site became a powerhouse in the online-marketing community.
If you're thinking of tapping into the Facebook crowd for some high-profile advertising, take a look at this list of 100 tools and tips that will help you maximize all of the applications and opportunities that Facebook has to offer.
Why Facebook?
Why has Facebook become the go-to networking site for marketers? Check out these articles to read up on the rise of this networking giant.
Inside Facebook: This blog is devoted to "tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform." You'll find useful stats, marketing tips and more.
Facebook's Ads Page: This page explains how Facebook provides business owners with self-service solutions, market-research solutions and integrated solutions when it comes to advertising.
Should You Advertise on Facebook?: This article helps U.K.-based businesses decide whether or not they should advertise on Facebook.
The Value of Facebook: Even in its earlier days, Facebook was considered a hot commodity in the industry. This post uncovers why there's good reason for all the hype.
How Did Facebook Become So Popular?: This blogger tracks Facebook's rise to social-networking stardom and its technique of "utilizing one of the most powerful viral marketing strategies ever conceived."
Facebook: More Popular Than Porn: Time magazine's Web site discovers that Facebook is more popular than porn sites among college students.
Fifteen Reasons Facebook May Be Worth $15 Billion: Back when Microsoft decided to invest $240 million in Facebook, it also declared the social-networking site to be worth around $15 billion total. The reasons for the site's popularity still hold true in 2008.
The Impact of Facebook's Platform: This article from ReadWriteWeb compares Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to a young Steve Jobs and applauds Facebook for opening up its company to developers and advertisers.
Advertising
Learn about current and future advertising opportunities on Facebook by reading these posts.
Sponsored Groups: Sponsor your own group on Facebook by purchasing a link that hosts ad content, message boards and more.
Mini-Feed: When it first came out, members weren't sure if they wanted to be updated each time a friend added new photos, changed their status or even wrote on someone else's Wall. As an advertiser, though, you can track your Mini-Feed to find out what your friends have been up to and more closely study your target audience.
AceBucks: Facebook users earn AceBucks by playing games and taking surveys, then cashing them in for real-life prizes like Wii systems and iPods. Create your own survey or game to promote your business, then invite others to play.
How to Effectively Advertise on Facebook: Trendcatching's post explores some of the more lucrative strategies advertisers have used to tap into the Facebook market.
Digging into Facebook's Ad Future: CNET News.com believes that Facebook has the capabilities to become an "advertiser's paradise," despite some social-networking sites' inability to make serious profits.
Facebook Ads: Facebook's official advertising page strives to prove how social ads, profile pages and paid ads can increase a company's business.
Free Marketing Opportunities
The beauty of using Facebook as a marketing tool comes from the endless ways in which you can advertise your business for free. Once you've set up a free account, use your creativity to maximize these features.
Profile Page: All Facebook members get their own profile page when they sign up. Use this as your canvas to upload pictures, logos and other information about your company.
Groups: Use the site's Groups feature to network with your target audience. You can join existing groups or create one just for your business to amp up the buzz about its services.
Facebook Marketplace: College kids use the site's Marketplace to scout out used couches and find roommates, but a savvy business owner can advertise services and product sales, as well as search for new employees.
Networks: Ignoring the Networks question when you create your company's profile could lose it a lot of business. List your business's city, industry, neighborhood and any other relevant information to let potential customers and business partners know where they can find you.
Facebook Badge: Facebook describes its Badge feature as "a customizable way to share your Facebook information on other Web sites." Creating your own Badge will link Facebook friends to your company's Web site.
Events: Instead of printing out flyers and mailers the next time you want to advertise an event, use the free Facebook Events app to get the word out.
FunWall: Mass emails are so yesteryear. If you want to keep in close contact with your Facebook friends, use the FunWall to create a message or send a greeting to everyone at once.
Top Friends Network: Reward your top friends by sending them a virtual drink or writing on their FunWalls. As a marketing tool, the Top Friends network serves as another way to group your contacts, keep an eye on your target demographic, and quickly and effectively reach out to your company's best customers.
Inbox: Send secure, private messages to your clients on Facebook with the Inbox app. You can still send out mass messages, but only to the contacts you select.
Notes: Mashable! calls Facebook's Notes application a blogging feature because of the way users post links, messages, photos and other information that they want to share with friends. Even if you maintain a blog elsewhere, give your Facebook friends an exclusive peek into your company's news and behind-the-scenes schedule by posting here.
Contact Importer: The contact importer helps you "find your friends on Facebook." If you want to find out if your clients or other work-related contacts use Facebook but think it's a little lame to come right out and ask, upload your contacts from AIM, Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and more to find out if they're online.
Share Partners: When you publish updates to your company blog or Web site, add the link or a link and a photo to your Facebook profile using the Share Partners app.
Tools and Applications
Facebook add-ons allow you to customize your profile page and build up virtual relationships with clients and customers. Check out these tools and applications that will give your marketing plan a boost.
Facebook Social Ads: Pinpoint your company's Facebook friends and friend wannabes by creating a social ad that reveals itself to visitors of your profile and friends of friends of friends ... you get the idea.
Facebook Pages: A more business-savvy name for Profile, the Facebook Page now includes all kinds of add-ons so that you can post videos, logos, pictures and other marketing info.
Facebook Polls: Businesses can effectively find out what their target audiences are thinking by utilizing this polling service on Facebook.
Facebook Beacon: Connect your company's Web site to your customers' Facebook profiles with the Beacon action alerts. By integrating just three lines of code, your customers can choose to let their friends see what they viewed and bought on your company's Web site and more.
Facebook Insights: Through charts and mapping devices, companies can accurately track their "presence and promotion on Facebook."
Facebook Platform: If you want stand out from the thousands of other Facebook advertisers, create your own tools and applications with Platform. This system helps Facebook users design interactive apps so that visitors and friends can easily explore what your company has to offer.
FeedBurner: Advertise your company's blog or podcast with the FeedBurner app for Facebook. A feed will appear on your profile, so visitors to your page are instantly updated with new postings, videos and more.
Gydget: Small companies, bands, nonprofit groups and other organizations should try out Gydget, "a stand-alone viral-promotions tool" that you can add to your Facebook page and also encourage others to integrate with their own pages Update fans and clients with details about upcoming events, networking opportunities, sales and product launches.
Ether: Charge by the phone call when you list your Ether number on Facebook with this ingenious app. By adding the button to your Facebook page, you can advertise your expertise and invite friends to call you for advice.
Jobster: Attract new talent from the Facebook pool by integrating a Jobster button with your profile. Your company can build its own job network, submit a listing in the Jobster network and more.
QOOP: QOOP helps you create promotional items like T-shirts and mugs from digital photos. Facebook users can use the QOOP app to share the items by letting friends view and purchase your marketing creations.
Oodle Classifieds: Organize your company's advertisements, job postings and classifieds on Facebook with the Oodle app.
Targeting the Right Demographic
Before you decide to tackle the entire Facebook market, try narrowing down your strategy by researching each of Facebook's demographics.
Could Facebook Become the New MySpace: Many have speculated over the relationship between Facebook and MySpace.com, and this article explores the specific demographics of each.
Facebook by the Numbers: This article is from May 2007, but readers can still use the post as a guide to study Facebook's age demographics.
Facebook's Most Popular Apps So Far: Want to know where to slip in ads and find your company's audience? Find out which apps people are using the most on Facebook.
Facebook Goes Beyond College, High School Markets: Even if your company's target audience isn't made up of college students, Facebook is still a viable marketing platform. This article explains why.
Facebook: The Future of Market Research?: This market research analysis holds that "sites [like Facebook] are providing useful business solutions not only to advertisers, but also to market research companies and marketing services companies." Read the whole article to find out why.
Social-Networking Demographics: This article tracks the general demographic stats of social networking sites like Facebook.
Exercise for the Reader: Facebook Member Stats: The author of this post decided "to pull together some stats on relative numbers of members from each country." Find out the results by reading the entire article.
How-to Guides
Follow these how-to guides to navigate the limitless marketing possibilities and tailor your own Facebook marketing strategy.
Six Ways to Market on Facebook: This article should help those business owners who are still relatively new to the Facebook world. Simple tips include "host an event and post it" and "post news articles."
Inside//Out: Facebook: This blogger gives great tips on how to effectively market your company on Facebook without disrupting the advertiser-customer relationship.
Tips to Marketing on Facebook: Writer Janet Meiners considers some of the basic but effective marketing tools that Facebook has to offer.
Eight Marketing Ideas from Facebook Groups: The Influential Marketing Blog dissects seven different Facebook groups and general event groups to find out what works and what doesn't when promoting your event or business.
Ten Killer Facebook Marketing Tips: From sending virtual gifts to adding friends, this article explains why certain Facebook actions are great self-promoters.
Facebook Usage and Marketing: Check out this guide for tips on how to make Facebook's apps work for you and your business.
How to Create a Successful Facebook Group: If your business wants to create a group on Facebook to reach a bigger audience, use these tips to gain a large following of fans.
How Marketers Use Facebook: This upbeat article has some useful tips to introduce marketers into the world of Facebook.
Facebook Marketing: Social Networking at its Best: You don't have to go all out with social ads and beacons to use Facebook as a marketing tool. This article explains the benefits of setting up your profile page and networking with new friends.
How to Use Facebook Status for Marketing Purposes: Instead of letting friends know that you're "sleeping" or "at work," use the Status feature to clue customers in on what big business idea you're working on.
Small Business Strategies
Even if you don't have the budget to promote a presidential election with ABC, your small business can benefit from Facebook's marketing strategies. Find out how with this list of tools and tips.
Networking: Use Facebook as a Marketing Tool: This article focuses on how entrepreneurs can use Facebook as a self-promotion tool and turn social networking into professional networking.
Top Five Viral Facebook Techniques: Learn how to make the most of referrals, giveaways and other simple apps with the tips in this article.
Web 3.0 Marketing with Facebook: Find out why Facebook is great for small businesses wanting to tap into a large, global market.
Facebook as a B2B Marketing Tool: This article chronicles how ordinary Facebook users have begun to use the social networking community as a place to self-promote and improve business.
Entrepreneurs Need Both Facebook and LinkedIn: This article from the Small Business Trends website details why entrepreneurs should take advantage of the many self-promotion and networking opportunities that Facebook offers its members.
Time for Facebook?: This author tries to figure out why Facebook, not just e-mail, is a useful tool for keeping contacts. Readers will also find tips on how to become more savvy at online networking.
Make Money with Facebook Applications: Web designers and developers are encouraged to create their own Facebook applications as an on-the-side moneymaking project.
Using Facebook for Business: A Real Life Example: The analysis of a real-life Facebook marketing strategy will help other small-business owners determine if a similar technique is right for their company.
Facebook Platform: This page includes "everything you need to get started building a Facebook Application." Ready, set, design!
Facebook, a Marketer's Friend: This article from The Wall Street Journal tracks a small-business owner and her lucrative, profitable adventures with Facebook marketing.
Before you invest all of your company's hard-earned marketing budget into Facebook advertising, check out these guides that discuss some of the negative challenges you might encounter.
Why Facebook Is Not a Viable Marketing Platform: Blogger Muhammad Saleem considers the reasons why Facebook marketing isn't always a good idea. From lack of focus to lack of visibility, he argues that there are several reasons to avoid this strategy.
Facebook Grooming Us for Intrusive Marketing?: A blog at CNET News.com suggests that Facebook's cozy relationship with advertisers treads on the dangerous concept of intrusive marketing.
Facebook Marketing Stunt Backfires: This article reveals how careless marketing tactics can lead to controversial, shady ad campaigns and bad public relations.
A Failed Facebook Marketing Campaign: Discover why Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Facebook marketing campaign wasn't a success, and what your company can learn from its mistakes.
Facebook Beacon: A Cautionary Tale About New-Media Monopolies: This article condemns certain Facebook marketing opportunities like Beacon by calling the technique "a classic case of overreaching." Read this post before setting up a Facebook-oriented marketing strategy.
Madison Avenue Stampedes Onto Facebook: This video/article combination warns Facebook users against huge corporations that are "using Facebook ... to exploit the site's functions for their own business-networking pursuits, personal expression and just plain goofy fun." Make sure you steer clear of these sketchy techniques if you want to attract new customers via Facebook.
These resources provide even more insight into the many ways that advertisers can capitalize on Facebook's popularity.
Social-Media Marketing in a Nutshell: Dosh Dosh introduces the concept of using social-media sites as venues for cutting-edge marketing techniques.
Facebook is the Marketing Story of '07: According to Influxinsights, "Facebook emerged from college dorms late in 2006 and then exploded onto the cultural scene in the U.S., U.K. and Canada in 2007." Read the rest of the article to learn why 2007 was Facebook's year.
Facebook Members Sell Their Own Ads: Though it's currently against the rules, "more than 1,500 Facebook users have started placing advertisements on their own profile pages." Find out how selling ads on your profile eventually backfires.
Why Your Company Needs to Be on Facebook: Harvard Business School's Conversation Starter site publishes this article from Forrester's Charlene Li. Check out the many reasons why all companies should consider joining Facebook.
We’ve known for a while that Facebook users are getting a lot older, but now new data released by Nielsen reveals that the number of seniors (65 and older) using the web has increased by 6 million in the last five years. Not only that, but nearly half of online seniors visited Facebook or YouTube last month, making them their 3rd and 4th most visited online destinations.
The research confirmed a trend that we’ve seen in recent years: that more seniors are becoming active on the web. In November of 2004, there were 11.3 million active seniors online. In November 2009, that number jumped by 55% to 17.5 million. In addition, they spend more time on the web, totaling an average of 58 hours a month in front of the browser.
While those numbers didn’t surprise us, we were interested in data that Nielsen collected on their browsing habits. Take a look at these two tables. The first reveals the most common activities among active online seniors. The second shows the top ten websites and online destinations that this demographic visited last month:
A majority of online seniors check their email, print maps, play around with photos, and check the weather. All of these tasks seem utility-based, but then again, we expect that these numbers would be similar in almost any other demographic. Come on: who here hasn’t checked their email, mapped something out, or paid their bills online in the last 30 days?
The more interesting data comes from the top 10 online destinations table. While Google Search was an obvious winner, Windows Media Player is a bit of a surprise until you realize just how many websites embed the thing. However, the rise of Facebook (Facebook) to #3 on this list, when a year ago it was the #45 most visited website by seniors, is a huge sign of just how mainstream social networking has become. YouTube (YouTube) at #4 is another confirmation of this trend.
This is just what happens when new technologies become more accessible and more mainstream. Let us know what you think of these trends in the comments.
Description of this Promotion During the Promotion Period (as defined below), download the PayPal WishList application on Facebook (“PayPal WishList”), create your own PayPal WishList, and we will pay $1 USD into your PayPal account. In order for us to pay you the amount you earned pursuant to this Promotion, you will need to provide us with your PayPal email address via the PayPal WishList. To submit the PayPal email address you would like linked to your PayPal WishList, go to the home page of the PayPal WishList at www.paypalwishlist.com and click the link below to the 'submit your email address' in the upper left side of the page.
In addition, share the PayPal WishList with your friends via Facebook, and for each friend who downloads and creates his or her own PayPal WishList from your invitation, we will pay you an additional $1 USD (up to the maximum total sum of $100 USD per PayPal account).
Timelines This Promotion begins at 00:00:01 Singapore Standard Time (“SST”) on November 16th, 2009 and ends at 23:59:59 SST on December 31st, 2009 ("Promotion Period").
Eligibility In order to qualify for this Promotion, you must:
successfully complete registration for a new PayPal account within the Promotion Period or already have an existing PayPal account prior to the Promotion Period;
submit to PayPal via the PayPal WishList and within the Promotion Period, the email address to which your PayPal account is linked;
be at least of 18 years of age, and have a PayPal account with a valid registration address in relation thereto located in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia or Singapore (“Eligible Countries”);
have a PayPal account in Good Standing, with current contact information throughout the Promotion Period. In order for an account to be deemed in Good Standing as that term is used herein, the account must not have a hold status and/or be suspended or past due as of December 31st, 2009; and
complete the downloading of the PayPal WishList, and use the same to create a PayPal WishList, within the Promotion Period.
You will be entitled to $1 USD for your own PayPal WishList, plus an additional $1 USD per friend who uses your invitation to create his or her own PayPal WishList, provided your friend has a PayPal account. Each person is only entitled to create one (1) PayPal WishList. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event your friend receives more than one invitation, only the person whose invitation is used to create the former’s PayPal WishList, will be entitled to the $1 USD.
If you reside outside of the Eligible Countries, you may be permitted to download the PayPal WishList; however, you will not be eligible to participate in this Promotion. Additionally, you will not be entitled to receive an additional US$1 or cash back for those PayPal WishLists created by a person(s) outside of the eligible countries, even if the sum stating ‘you’ve earned’ on your Facebook page may indicate otherwise. This means that at the end of the Promotional Period, you may be entitled to less earnings than stated on the ‘you’ve earned’ counter on your Facebook page.
Prizes You may receive up to the maximum total sum of $100 USD, through this Promotion.
How Prizes will be Awarded You will be notified by PayPal no later than February 28th, 2010, via email or any other method as PayPal may from time to time determine, of how much you have earned.
Prizes will be credited to your PayPal account as per your submission to PayPal via the PayPal WishList, no later than February 28th, 2010. If you do not provide us with this, we will not be able to deposit your earnings. To submit the PayPal email address you would like linked to your PayPal WishList, go to the home page of the PayPal WishList at www.paypalwishlist.com and click the link below to the 'submit your email address' in the upper left side of the page. Any cash prizes to be paid to your PayPal account, will be credited in the currency as set out herein and currency conversion fees (if applicable) or any other related fees, will be borne solely by you.
In the event of any unclaimed or unaccepted Prize(s), PayPal may in its sole discretion decide on the disposal of the said Prize(s). For cash prizes paid to your PayPal account, you would have to log into your PayPal account within 30 days of payment, to accept the prize. If you do not claim this within the 30 day period, the amount will be returned to PayPal.
Other Terms and Conditions: PayPal Pte. Ltd. ("PayPal") reserves the right to make all final decisions regarding this Promotion, and no correspondence in relation thereto will be entertained.
This Promotion is subject to all the terms and conditions contained herein, and by participating in this Promotion all participants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Employees of PayPal, and of all its subsidiaries, affiliates, and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings and their respective spouses) and individuals living in the same household as such employees are ineligible.
Limitation of Liability: PayPal reminds participants of the nature and limitations of the Internet and is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any communications network, online system or computer hardware or software failure that may affect entry to this Promotion or reaching the specified targets.
PayPal shall not be liable, in contract or tort (including negligence) or breach of statutory duty or in any other way, for the loss or damage howsoever arising suffered by the participant resulting directly or indirectly from this Promotion, provided that nothing in these terms shall limit PayPal’s liability for death, personal injury or fraud. PayPal is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any materials related to this Promotion; for stolen, lost, late, misdirected prizes; or for transactions and/or emails that are lost, misdirected, fail to enter into the processing system, or are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason including computer, telephone, paper transfer, human or other error; or for electronic, computer, or telephonic malfunction or error, including inability to access any web site associated with this Promotion, or process any transaction thereon. If in PayPal's opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of this Promotion, or if computer virus, bugs, unauthorised intervention, fraud, or technical difficulties or failures compromise or corrupt or affect the administration, integrity, security, fairness, or proper conduct of this Promotion, PayPal reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, to modify or suspend this Promotion, or to terminate this Promotion. In all matters relating to the interpretation and application of any rule or phase of this offer, the decision of PayPal shall be final. PayPal reserves the right to cancel, amend or revoke this Promotion at any time due to reasonable business consideration or circumstances beyond its control. Any attempt by a participant or any other individual to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of this Promotion is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, PayPal reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any attempts by an individual to access any web site associated with this Promotion via a bot script or other brute force attack or any other unauthorised means will result in the IP address becoming ineligible. Use of automated entry devices or programs is prohibited.
No Combination or Transfer of Promotion. This Promotion cannot be resold, transferred, or combined with any other offer, discount, or promotion. No cash alternatives will be substituted for prizes and no alternative prizes will be offered.
Governing Law These terms and conditions will be interpreted, construed and enforced in all aspects in accordance with the laws of Singapore and all participants hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Singapore.
Promoter The promoter is PayPal Pte. Ltd., of 89 Neil Road, Singapore 088849.
Consumer advisory: PayPal Pte Ltd, the holder of the PayPal™ payment service stored value facility, does not require the approval of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Consumers (users) are advised to read the terms and conditions carefully. Create a Paypal Account here!!!
