by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 26, 2011
Facebook is launching its group buying service “Deals” today.
Here’s what’s special about Facebook Deals:
- While you’ll be able to receive offers by email, they will mostly show up in your Facebook news feed. Most group buying services rely on email first to send deals, but Facebook won’t.
- You’ll be buying the deals with Facebook Credits. This is pretty huge, as it’s the first time Facebook’s payments system will be used to buy physical goods and services and not just virtual goods. A lot of people are wondering if/when Facebook will go directly after PayPal and offer an online payments service; if it’s planning that, this is a good first step toward doing that.
- Facebook is partnering with other services like OpenTable. It will also rely on its own sales force to sell deals but it also partners with other companies that also have relationships with merchants, which is smart.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-deals-launch-2011-4#ixzz1KdfI8rOH
Facebook is partnering with other services like OpenTable. It will also rely on its own sales force to sell deals but it also partners with other companies that also have relationships with merchants, which is smart.
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by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 25, 2011
Today, Facebook announced a new companion to its quickly growing Like Button, the Send Button. Facebook’s new Send Button creates a more private sharing option for website visitors.
Facebook Announces Send Button, Like Button Companion.
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by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 21, 2011
Although a recent study indicates that the vast majority of marketers have embraced the idea of using Twitter as a marketing tool, there are still plenty of skeptics who are uncertain about whether or not this channel holds any real business value for them.
Perhaps the following 10 Essential Twitter Facts will help to clarify the scale, impact, and potential value of engaging on this particular platform.
Check out the 10 Essential Twitter Stats and tell me what you think…
Read more: 10 Essential Twitter Stats [Data].
by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 20, 2011
Throw away all those outdated, short term SEO tactics that no longer work.
1. Link buying
2. Publishing Online Press Releases
3. Article Submissions to ezine websites
4. Blog Commenting (only for the sake of a link)
5. Link Exchanging
6 Directory Submissions
7. Keyword Stuffing
Read the details on what you should do on the link below:
7 Outdated SEO Tactics and What You Should Do Instead | BNET.
by Cheryl Wolhar - MyVineSpace on April 13, 2011
As you have probably noticed, we mainly post wine articles on MyVineSpace. But I know that some of my social media friends and clients are also subscribed, so from time to time I will post social media tips and techniques that I find and think would be helpful. So if you subscribed mainly for the wine posts, just delete these emails as they come through. There will usually be a wine post coming soon.
For those of you that are trying to measure your social media efforts, here is a great article that tells you what to do with those statistics on your Facebook Insights page. Confused on whether you should be counting fans, number of impressions, the percent of feedback? Read here for the details:
How to Measure Your Facebook Engagement | Social Media Examiner.
