Article Archive for September 2009
Half Day Social Media Marketing Seminar in San Diego
A half day Marketing Seminar(http://www.best-net-marketing.com) will be hosted by award winning Abolt Process Service and Abolt Marketing (http://www.AboltProcessService.com) on September 30, 2009 in San Diego, California and via web conference for those unable to make it to San Diego. The event is entitled “Expanding the Reach of Marketing Through Social Networks *Working with Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook*” and will focus as its name implies on the various methods of social media ... Read More
RightNow Completes Acquisition of Social Networking Company, HiveLive, Inc
RightNow (NASDAQ:RNOW) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of HiveLive, Inc., an enterprise-class social platform provider, under a definitive agreement previously announced on September 8, 2009. The acquisition combines RightNow’s on demand customer relationship management (CRM) solution with HiveLive’s innovative platform for customer support, engagement and loyalty, and ideation communities to help organizations maximize every opportunity to deliver great ... Read More
Dweeber First Social Network for Homework Collaboration
SmartWired today announced a new version of Dweeber (www.dweeber.com), the first social networking site for student homework collaboration. Based on positive response from teachers and the need for education technology in the classroom, Dweeber enables students to solve problems together, participate in virtual study sessions, and work with friends in a number of ways. The collaborative whiteboard can be used to solve math problems or to create joint drawings and diagrams. Most ... Read More
Social Network Sonico.com Partner With GlobalCollect
The popular Latin American social networking platform www.sonico.com offers its over 40 million registered users a safe and fun environment to connect and stay in touch with real-life friends, colleagues, and family. The partnership with GlobalCollect enables Sonico to process international online credit card payments via Visa, MasterCard, and American Express for its premium subscription services. Future plans entail expanding the range of payment methods to include local and ... Read More
WorldFriends turns Facebook’s old friends network into a global new friends network
WorldFriends, one of the world’s leading international social networking services, today announced that it has launched the WorldFriends Facebook application. The WorldFriends application enables any Facebook user to find new friends with common interests from WorldFriends’ more than 2 million registered members from 200+ different countries including 140,000 language teachers, browse more than 1 million photos uploaded by members, and share travel advice and tips. With the recent ... Read More
MeterNet Launches Webpage VoiceMail v2.0 on Ning
MeterNet today announced it is launching the upgraded WebPage VoiceMail Inbox Gadget v2.0 on Ning, the social platform for interests and passions online. By joining forces with Ning, the WebPage VoiceMail service is now available to more than 1.5 million Ning Networks and 33 million Ning Network members. Ning Network Creators now have even greater choice over the features and applications they can add to Ning Networks to create the perfect social experience for a given topic, interest or ... Read More
Adventures in Social Media Show
Adventures in Social Media released their second video and audio this week with some great news, and fun stories. Hosts Bob Liddle and Gary Davis reviewed the news items in an entertaining format that is fun, fast and easy to watch and listen. Burglars use Facebook and Twitter. Interesting that thieves are using Social Media to see what you have, and how to get it. So the deal is, you post on Facebook, you are going out of town, you have also posted pictures of your Plasma TV. ... Read More
Calgary Twestival: Global Twitter-Based Charity Event
The first global Twestival on February 12th 2009, involved events in 202 cities, including Calgary, and raised over $250,000 for charity: water. Twestival is back. This time with a local twist. Events continue to be volunteer-run, charity fundraising events for people who know each other through the micro-blogging service twitter.com. But each city voted, via twitter, for their charity of choice and chose a date between September 10 and 13. The Calgary event will take place on 12 ... Read More
Allviant Launches Social Media Philanthropy Initiative
Allviant, Inc. today announced the launch of its Social Media Philanthropy initiative to assist local and national non-profits and communities to best leverage the power of social media in their outreach to individuals, communities, donors and partners. “One of Allviant’s core values is a commitment to improving people’s quality of life and we have a special place in our hearts for children and teens,” said Lilian Myers, Allviant’s chief executive. “We understand that by ... Read More
Social Platform For Artists
A few years back, a new online art matchmaker site called BoundlessGallery.com popped onto the cultural scene allowing artists and art seekers a worldwide a place to connect. Now, the company has spun off an innovative online “social platform” for artists worldwide that is designed to help connect artists and their works with the ideal consumers who want them. It is called TheArtistFinder.com and it is free to join and just being launched to the market this month. “We see the ... Read More
