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NYC Social Media Event for Business
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford November 9th, 2009 in Branding, business, social media.Gravity Summit NYC is an event that I am producing on November 16. This event is unlike most social media events as it is focused on the business world with real case studies and best practices from brands that are doing it right.
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8:30 AM — Registration - Prepare for the day (please be on […]
A Must Attend Social Media Event For Business: Gravity Summit
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 11th, 2009 in Branding, business, social media.This is an event that I am producing. We have had 2 previous events at UCLA and Stanford that sold out and the feedback from attendees was phenomenal. We educate, inform and empower the attendees by having tier 1 presenters that share actual case studies, best practices and lessons learned.
This event is different from […]
You Have to See the Future of Social Media Marketing at Gravity Summit
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 27th, 2009 in Facebook Marketing, business, social media, social networks.SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR BUSINESS
AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Stanford Faculty Club
8:30 – Registration
9:00 AM — Welcome and Introduction
Co—Hosts: Beverly Macy, Rodney Rumford
Setting the stage for a full day, Beverly and Rodney will introduce the core concepts of social media, review the speaker agenda and anticipated takeaways for the day.
9:15 AM — Social […]
EVENT: Social Media Marketing For Business: Gravity Summit
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 30th, 2009 in Branding, Marketing, business, social media, social networks.I wanted to share this information with all of my readers of this great event that is coming Feb. 25, 2009 to Los Angeles. Full Disclosure: This is an event that I am producing with Beverly Macy who is an instructor (of the social media class) at UCLA. You can follow the event on Twitter […]
MySpace DevJam: Virtual Currency and Real Dollars
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 29th, 2009 in MySpace, MySpace Platform, business.MySpace devJam on February 5th just announced. Hosted jointly by Offerpal Media and the MySpace Platform Team, this devJam will focus on monetizing MySpace applications through the use of virtual currency. We’ll look at the different ways to create a virtual economy within your app and the best practices for extracting real revenues from your […]
Facebook and DAVOS Partner to Poll Users on Several Topics
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford January 29th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook News, business.The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, brings together the world’s political, business, and thought leaders to discuss the most pressing issues of our time. Of course, conversations such as those that are happening at the World Economic Forum are also happening in everyday life: in people’s living rooms, in local communities, over a […]
Napoleon Hill Knows the Secret to Twitter: Even Tho He is Dead
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford November 13th, 2008 in business, twitter.If you have studied the master of life and business success from the original pioneer in this field; Napoleon Hill, then this blog post will make sense to you instantly and you will understand what I mean immediately. Hill has written what is one of the best selling and still very popular business books of […]
Facebook Excel Reports for Advertisers
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford November 12th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Marketing, business.Facebook Adds Exportable Excel Reports for Advertisers. In another baby step forward in their advertising offering facebook has just launched exportable Excel or CSV reports today.
Advertisers can now exports the associated report for the following 3 types of data:
1. Advertising performance
2. Responder Demographics
3. Responder Profiles
This data can be sliced by weekly, monthly or all […]
Note to Employees: Don’t Criticize Your Employer On Facebook, You Might Get Fired
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford November 3rd, 2008 in Facebook, business. Virgin Atlantic recently fired 13 employees who were part of a Facebook group that criticized the airline and its passengers. The 13 employees supposedly spent most of their time on Facebook.
The staff members slammed the airline’s maintenance records on Facebook. They also criticized passenger hygiene. They called some passengers smelly and annoying. This is […]
Report: Retailers Have Facebook Fan Pages. Most Are Pretty Lame!
9 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford October 30th, 2008 in Branding, Facebook, business.eMarketer has released a list of Retail brands that have created a facebook page. More retailers maintain fan pages or distinct pages on facebook over every other social network. The number is up over early 2008 numbers. This is good and bad. The good news are brands are moving into social networks. The bad news […]












