by Steaprok on December 6, 2008
If you haven’t already, check out my RSS or Twitter feed.
I’ve been using Facebook Ads for a little less than a year now. And contrary to my initial thoughts and most of the posts I’ve read about them, they have worked out pretty good for me and my clients. Just to be clear, it [...]
by Steaprok on November 3, 2008
As of September 2008, TNS Media Intelligence estimated that the candidates have spent an estimated $7 million in online advertising and estimated $300 million on TV since February of 2007. To put it in perspective, the 2008 Presidential election online ad spend was just over 2 percent of the traditional media spend for the same period of time, compared to an estimated 7 percent of total ad spending in the US. So on pure percentages, these presidential campaigns spent less per dollar than the average US spend.
by yogini on September 5, 2008
This is a first in a series of guest posts by Yogini. Detailing how to use Social Media to raise awareness for charitable causes. In the coming posts I will go into much more specific detail on tips and techniques used to do this.
Over the last 15 months, I have been using the Internet, specifically [...]
by Steaprok on August 25, 2008
On July 23, 2008 right after the f8 Developer Conference in San Francisco, Ca. Facebook opened up its Facebook Connect program. Initially it is launching with 24 Partners including Digg, Hulu, Six Apart, CBS, CNET, CollegeHumor, Disney/ABC, Seesmic and Vimeo. A notable statistic is that 33% of the initial partners are from the Online Video [...]
by Steaprok on May 23, 2008
Yesterday friendfeed launched it’s ‘rooms’ feature. The “who’s who” of the Social Media crowd were there rubbing virtual elbows and commenting back and forth on each others “shares“. In fact, the first Social Media room was created by Muhammad Saleem within hours of the launch.
The rooms are very easy to set up. Just click the [...]
by Steaprok on April 14, 2008
I have been using FireFox exclusively for 4+years. I love everything about FireFox, the add-on’s, the themes and definitely the versatility. A year ago, I started playing around with the new Mozilla based social browser called Flock. Several versions later, I think I’m ready to make the switch to full time use of Flock for [...]
by steaprok on November 20, 2007
“Watch out Uncle Spam is watching what your up to on Social Media!”
Check out this PowerPoint presentation I found on Google. It is entitled – Social Media -2007 Web Managers Workshop- by: The World Bank-US Government
It was presented to conference of Government webmasters and IT professionals earlier this year.
The presentation starts off friendly [...]
by steaprok on November 20, 2007
FunWall
Author: Slide
APIs used:
OpenSocial
Leave videos, edited images, and interactive notes on your friends’ walls.
Moodget
Author: LabPixies Ltd.
APIs used:
OpenSocial
Share your feelings with your friends using this fun, social gadget.
BuckDrop
Author: E-junkie
APIs used:
OpenSocial
E-junkie allows you to send and receive funds via Google Checkout and PayPal.
FotoFlexer [...]