New Mexico Congressman Steven Pearce, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is using Facebook to make himself more accessible to his constituents who are halfway across the country.
News of the extensive changes Facebook made to its platform last week traveled quickly, to say the least, but how will the announcements at f8 affect a company that uses social-plugins for comments on a travel site?
Meet the company that has introduced members of Congress to Facebook advertising.
Meet Zac Moffatt, who took the reigns of Governor Mitt Romney’s digital media strategy last week, at the same time the candidate made his campaign for the White House official.
Here’s an interview with Don Seymour the head of Facebook strategy for the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner, who’s an Ohio Republican.
Catalin Cosoi, head of the BitDefender Online Threats Lab, talked to us about malware on Facebook and what users can do to protect themelves.
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with the NutshellMail co-founders, Mark Schmulen and David Lyman, about building their company and the quick exit to ConstantContact. While we had a long conversation, I’ve cut down the interview to 7 key points that we covered during our conversation. There are some great takeaways for entrepreneurs looking to build their own businesses.
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What better place than among your friends to find free stuff? As soon as someone gets a tip on something, they are sure to pass it along their social network first, right? Surprisingly, the freebie game has not lit up on Facebook just yet. Sites like slickdeals.net, dealcatcher.com and redflagdeals.ca don’t really have much of a Facebook presence, and it’s somewhat surprising. That doesn’t mean that Facebook isn’t affecting these sites. Here, we talk with Ryan Eubanks from HeyItsFree.net, a site dedicated to alerting people to free giveaways on the web, and ask him about how Facebook has changed his business.
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Earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak with Will O’Brien of TrialPay to discuss the company’s offering and the current state of offer-based advertising on the web. While there has been the argument that social applications don’t have effective monetization strategies, there’s no doubt that social games have already cracked the monetization nut and are bringing in significant revenue.
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