Article Archive for September 2009
Social Network Accelerators
Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today unveiled new Social Network Accelerators to help its clients effectively leverage social networks in their social commerce strategies. Bazaarvoice, which pioneered the social commerce market, launched ShoutIt! in 2007 to help marketers amplify the voices of their most influential customers on social networks. The company continues to lead the industry in defining new ways to ... Read More
SAS Fights Fraud, Builds Customer Relationships via Social Network
To prevent 2009 from becoming the “Year of the Phish” in Asia Pacific (as opposed to the Year of the Ox), SAS, the leader in business analytics, has launched innovative new software to fight fraud, but also to better understand customer sentiment. SAS® Social Network Analysis and SAS’ social media analysis solution help organizations uncover hidden relationships between individuals and data; detect patterns and trends; and mine text and other unstructured data. From phishing and ... Read More
Capsule Embarks on Social Media Journey
After extensive planning, strategizing, and consulting, Capsule, the leading provider of medical device connectivity, has announced that they are expanding their marketing program to include social media. From Twitter, to Capsule’s very own Facebook fan page, Capsule is ready to engage and gain new insights in order to better serve the clinical and HIT community. Capsule’s main goal is to be a trusted source in the industry and to provide useful content and meaningful ... Read More
Foreign Exchange Website Cites Success in Social Networking
In today’s Age of Information, a new trend is on the rise. Social Media is everywhere. What was once geared towards teens, sites such as Facebook and Twitter have captured the majority of Internet users’ attentions. Such a change in website traffic has caught the attention of how businesses advertise. The FX Trading Network has embraced social media. On a near daily basis free and informative information is provided to their viewer base. At the conclusion of each post in our ... Read More
Twitters-ers Flock To Hilton Sedona For Fundraising Tweet-up
Twitters from Sedona, Flagstaff, Cottonwood and surrounding area will gather Tuesday October 20, 2009 5:30 – 7:30pm at the HIlton Sedona to connect, to raise money for Camp Soaring Eagle’s Building Fund. http://campsoaringeagle.com. Event tickets are $10.00 per person and may be purchased at the door. All ticket proceeds will go towards Camp Soaring Eagle Building Fund. Attendees can purchase raffle tickets to win fabulous prizes, including one of a kind art donated by local ... Read More
Expats In Henan: New Social Platform
Henan China, the most populous province in China and home to some of the richest cultural heritages such as the Shaolin temple, and home to hundreds of thousands of foreigners who are learning, living, investing or working in this big province. For so long, there has been a lack of a social platform for expatriates and their families in Henan China. Foreigners go to Henan not knowing what to expect and have no one to turn to for help. At last, Optiontradingpedia.com and Masters ... Read More
Social Media Customer Engagement Now a Reality
Marketers will hear expert insight on how to develop scalable, profitable and measurable strategies in the social media channel during the next Global Marketing Performance Series event sponsored by Acxiom® Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) from 3:30-5 p.m. EDT September 9 at the Helen Mills Theater in New York. This is one of a series of regional symposiums that has already included events in Paris, London, San Francisco and New York. Each event focuses on a different aspect of global ... Read More
NASA Commanders Twitter About Possible Space Meeting
Two NASA astronaut commanders have perspectives like no others on Twitter — the views of twin brothers preparing on opposite sides of the world to command both the space shuttle and the International Space Station. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The tweeting twins are astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly. Mark is the commander of space shuttle mission STS-134, set to launch in late 2010. Scott is the commander of station Expedition 26, also set to fly in ... Read More
Social network for music enthusiasts
Website Development Company Hudson Horizons recently completed a new project for a client, marked by the launch of his new site, BuildAJam.com, a social network geared towards music enthusiasts. Hudson Horizons has been designing, developing and optimizing traditional websites for clients since 2003; but as social networking websites continue to grown in popularity, Hudson Horizons founder, President and CEO Daryl H. Bryant is proud to respond to new clients’ interest in the thriving ... Read More
Anti-To-All-Social-Networks Wooxie Surfaces to GO Micro or GO Macro: A MicMacro?
A new social network Wooxie has surfaced, with a Microblogging and Macroblogging feature. The new social network allows users to post short messages (up to 155 characters) and offers a GO Macro feature for 240-1440 character messages. Interesting! So is the MicMacro-blogging idea genius? Is this an innovative way to give options to users on the go and uncramp the long-winded chatter boxes? Or is this just another social network attempting to compete with Twitter and Facebook? You decide. ... Read More
