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Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Facebook's Cut From Deal Partners: Nothing

Facebook is currently charging businesses nothing to participate in the new deals program. read more>>

Facebook Prank Backfires On Two Preteen Girls

A Facebook prank has backfired on two Seattle-area preteen girls charged with cyberstalking and first-degree computer trespassing. read more>>

You May Need A Facebook Intelligence Command Center

Your Facebook page might need to be dedicated resource for crisis management, marketing measurement, customer support, market research, and engagement marketing. read more>>

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Is Facebook Good Or Bad For Students? Debate Roils On

Whether Facebook has a positive or negative effect on students depends upon who you ask. read more>>

Will Facebook Deals Really Be A Groupon Killer?

It will take at least several months before anyone can truly call Facebook deals a Groupon killer. read more>>

14 Status Updates We Wish You'd Kept To Yourself

Some people volunteer the strangest, oftentimes most offensive personal bits of information to an open forum of literary voyeurs. read more>>

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Facebook & Hollywood: It's Complicated

Facebook has become an integral component of the marketing plan for some studios, but others seem less convinced that Pages and Facebook Ads can contribute to real box office success. This report examines ways movie studios are using Facebook to generate awareness and why very few of them are using it to drive ticket sales. Read the report.

Is A Sale Of $1 Billion Facebook Shares In The Works?

Word has it that a group of Facebook shareholders wants to sell up to $1 billion of stock in the private marketplace, but the company's top executives have yet to approve of any such transaction. read more>>

Lady Gaga Holds $1 Million Facebook Charity Contest

Lady Gaga's hosting a $1 million charity contest on her Facebook page. Is it any wonder why she's got almost 33 million likes? read more>>

Chinese Use Social Media Way More Than Americans

While China's social networking sites of choice may be Youku, Tudou, and Sina Micro-blog, rather than Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, social media use is more prevalent among a much larger population base. read more>>

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Social Media Optimization Conference gives you the lowdown on organic user engagement and advertising. Experts including Jon Fougner (Facebook), Scott Bulbransen (Applebee’s), Bob Tripathi (Sears), and Leslie Grandy (R2Integratedl), will share techniques for fueling your readers’ desire to comment, consume, and share. Register before April 27 and save!

Watch The 11 p.m. News ... On Facebook

Technical difficulties thwarting the 11 p.m. news? No problem for WCTV of Tallahassee, Fla., as the CBS affiliate kept the news flowing via Facebook, Twitter, and its website. read more>>

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Gamification Strategies & Virtual Goods: What Works and What Doesn't

Whereas virtual goods are still largely associated with online games, “gamification” adds fanciful, game-like metaphors on top of trackable user behaviors. This report offers insights into the best strategies and examples of gamification, and forecasts future trends in this sector. Read the report.

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