Archive for September, 2007
Friendvox IM Connects Facebook Friends
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Software.Rating: I am an IM kind of guy. I use IM to talk to a lot of my friends and business associates. I can multi task and get quick answers to questions that I have, or just to chat a little with my friends. An increasing number of them are on facebook and the number [...]
The Stanford Facebook College Course
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford September 28th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.So you are discussing your fall college course schedule with your parents and you tell them you are taking a Facebook Class at Stanford… “Say what? I am not sending you to college to screw off on some website” might be the initial response. There is actually a course at Stanford that is aimed at [...]
Facebook Friending Etiquette 101
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 27th, 2007 in Facebook, facebook Business.So how many friends do you have on facebook and who really cares? Facebook is all about having a friend network of people that you know in the real world primarily. But it can also help you to make connections with people where you share a common interest or mutual friend. It can also be [...]
What Emerging Companies From DEMO are Planning Facebook Applications?
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 26th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, facebook Business.I am at reporting from DEMO today (the 17th year). This is an amazing conference that showcases new launches of products, technologies and companies. There are 69 companies participating in the event at San Diego. Each demo is under 6 minutes while they present to a group of about 500+ attendees. So what does DEMO [...]
Facebook Statistics for Applications
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford September 26th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Facebook just went live with statistics for applications in the last 2 hours. Having applications performance stats is critical for application owners. This is a great tool for application owners to gain more insights into their application performance on a few levels. The initial facebook statistics offering is somewhat limited, but it beats the heck [...]
Microsoft and Facebook Business Connection Strengthens
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 24th, 2007 in Facebook, facebook Business, Facebook News.It was just reported in The Wall Street Journal that Microsoft is in talks to acquire up to a 5% stake in facebook. This is big technology and business news. Microsoft already has an existing advertising agreement with facebook that runs until 2011. Here is a short WSJ excerpt about Facebook and Microsoft: “Microsoft’s approach [...]
Facebook Business Conversations: 4
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 24th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, facebook Business.I (Rodney Rumford) was recently asked to sit down and have a conversation about Facebook Business Strategy with Gary Gil from PodClass.com about the business side of facebook applications. Gary and myself were recently at Facebook in Palo Alto for the Facebook Developers Garage. Gary also attended the San Diego Facebook developers garage that I [...]
Facebook At iMarketers San Diego Event
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford September 22nd, 2007 in Facebook Applications.I will be speaking at the iMarketers event on Monday with facebook. iMarketers is a great group based in southern California that really delivers advanced professional marketing advice to sr level marketing professionals. It is a sophisticated and enlightened group, and I enjoy speaking at these high quality events. I spoke last year to a [...]
How Not to Build a Facebook Application: Affiliate Marketers Are Clueless
11 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 21st, 2007 in Facebook Applications, Facebook Marketing.Rating: I guess it is only normal for affiliate marketers to flock to facebook. It has some great application potential for the industry and could be used for many ways to help their business. Most affiliate marketers are all about pushing information; build that list, push promotional information, controlled participation and messaging, make sales… uuuuggghhh. [...]
Bob Dylan on Facebook
8 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford September 21st, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Fun.Rating: We are huge Bob Dylan music fans so this facebook application was very fun for us. With the Bob Dylan Facebook application you can have a personalized video greeting from Bob on your profile page. You can also send personalized video greetings to your friends as well. This is really fun. This Bob Dylan [...]
