Another Fan Page Tool Gets a Boost — Will Facebook Grow Into a Place For Bands?
Wednesday, 19 January 2011 14:01 Published in BLOG
In the wake of MySpace’s massive wave of layoffs, yet another fan management tool for bands has received a boost. Damntheradio (a platform for creating Facebook fan pages), was just acquired by FanBridge, who recently secured $2 million in Series A funding.
FanBridge, a service that helps musicians grow, track and engage their fanbase, decided to acquire Damntheradio in order to tap into the Facebook market, which they feel is an extremely rich seeding ground when it comes to growing a band’s popularity.
Facebook profiles are like belly buttons: Everybody’s got one.
Perhaps that statement’s still a bit of an exaggeration, but by the numbers, we (that is, Internet users around the globe) are becoming more obsessed with Facebook by the day.
One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans is on Facebook, and one out of 26 signs into Facebook on a daily basis.
I could rattle off stats like that until the cows come home, but instead, I would like to show you this fascinating infographic from SocialHype and OnlineSchools.org.
Here, in a visual nutshell, are some highlights about Facebook usage, 2010 trends, adoption numbers and a great deal more.
Take a good look at this information , and in the comments, let me know what you think about our global fascination with Facebook. Is Facebook an amazing connective medium? A plague that preys on the easily addicted? A little bit of both, or something else entirely?
U.S. Facebook users will now be able to receive AMBER Alerts — the notifications issued when a child is abducted — on the social network, the result of a new partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Details of the new program were made available Wednesday morning, one day before the fifteenth anniversary of the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, whom the alert system was named after.
5 Key Tips for a Successful Social Media Content Strategy
Monday, 10 January 2011 11:33 Published in BLOGGood, smart, fun and relevant content should be at the core of any social media strategy. Great content should reflect your brand and give people a reason to stay engaged.
- 1. Facebook: More than 25% of the firm’s buyers and potential buyers indicated that they were interested in Facebook. With the company reportedly on track to bring in $2 billion in revenue this year and attracting 81% of Gen Yers daily, it’s easy to see why.
The 5 Critical Errors Most People Make When they Start Using Social Media for Business
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 13:48 Published in BLOGFor most businesses, participating in social media is unchartered territory. When there are no examples to follow, the only way to learn is to experiment. Over the last 18 months, I’ve been observing what’s worked and, more importantly, what hasn’t.
Yesterday I shared a big news on the redesign of the Facebook profile when Mark Zuckerberg made appearance on the 60 minutes show. I was wondering what this redesign is going to be likeand if we will see a backlash. Yeah, expect that just like it has happened in the past as users have taken time to adjust to the social network’s redesign attempts and even complained a lot.
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