Archive for the 'business' Category
Facebook IPO Filing Coming Wednesday
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 31st, 2012 in business, Facebook IPO, Facebook News.What a long time coming this has been. It appears that Facebook is going to file for its IPO on Wednesday. According to IFR It is looking like they are starting with raising approximately $5 billion in this offering. Indications are that they are going to start small and then move up with 5 Billion [...]
XGames Fail over DQ of Skier for Wearing Sarah Burke Armband
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 29th, 2012 in business, Facebook Pages.XGames simply refuses to talk about the specific circumstances and reasons for why they chose to disqualify Womens Skier X Final participant Langely McNeal. According to what we have heard it was over the fact that she was wearing a tribute band to Sarah Burke. I am stunned by this on several levels. It appears [...]
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. Register NOW 8:30 AM — Registration – Prepare for the day (please [...]
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 business, Facebook Marketing, 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 [...]
EVENT: Social Media Marketing For Business: Gravity Summit
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 30th, 2009 in Branding, business, Marketing, 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 business, MySpace, MySpace Platform.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 business, Facebook, Facebook News.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 family [...]
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 business, Facebook, Facebook Advertising, Facebook Marketing.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 [...]
