Ideas and Concepts from Damian Davila
Zuckerberg said the video, titled “The Things That Connect Us,” is the first time Facebook has ever created a “brand video” and that it is designed “to express what our place is on this Earth.”
“We believe that the need to open up and connect is what makes us human,” he wrote. “It’s what brings us together. It’s what brings meaning to our lives.”
One of the youngest billionaires in the world, also founder and CEO of Facebook, Mr Mark Zuckerberg seems to upset his board of directors and various business partners with his alternative way of managing a company that employs 3000 people. He is very laid back and “modern”, not the usual style of a public company, will this be hard on Zuckerberg or will he show the rest of those ‘experienced businessmen’ some more innovative skills.
$5 billion
Initial funding sought by Facebook, in one of the largest IPOs ever filed by a technology company
$75 to $100 billion
Estimated overall value of the social network — which may command “a valuation more than five times higher than Google Inc.,” says Bloomberg Businessweek.
$3.71 billion
Facebook’s annual revenue
85
Percentage of annual revenue in 2011 accounted for by advertising
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With LinkedIn’s current valuation of $8.16 billion dollars, the 5 LinkedIn founders would rank No. 5, at $274 million each, it seems as though there will be other high-profile IPOs in the near future.
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LinkedIn is at a tipping point.
(View more pictures from the bell ringing ceremony taken at the New York Stock Exchange, the day LNKD started trading – May 19, 2011.)
After becoming the first social network to go public on May 19, 2011, LinkedIn is now in the hot seat as finance pundits examine whether the company’s market valuation is realistic. One major question that investors have about LinkedIn is: “How can Linkedin grow?
Here is a brief analyis.
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While names like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are synonymous with great social media marketing, the true master is no one other than the Fast Five star, Vin Diesel.
Here’s a screen shot from Vin Diesel’s Facebook Page back in May 2009, where he was at a “mere” 3.5 million fans. Back then, the only person bigger than him on Facebook was President Obama.
According to AllFacebook.com, as of 5/9/2011 Vin Diesel’s Facebook Page had a total of 23,110,014 likes, with a daily growth of 50,704 and a weekly growth of 348,768.
Here’s what you can learn from Vin Diesel about Facebook Page management.
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Are you dying to join the growing ranks of startup companies? If you are, you’re definitely not alone! Most startups are much more about hard work and dedication than instant riches and world-wide renown, but break-out companies have been able to prove that there’s always an exception to every rule.
If you’re truly passionate about your vision for the future, you just might be the Twitter or Groupon of the future. Before making your final decision to start down this path, consider these 4 little known facts and trends:
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This is the 3rd part of a series analyzing the successes and failures of Facebook in the art of writing and implementing e-mail newsletters.
In the first part, we analyzed an example of a Facebook e-mail newsletter that was a great example of how to implement permission marketing, how to avoid the brochure mentality, and how to do seamless product placement.
In the second part, we analyzed the mistake that Facebook is doing by by using a no-reply e-mail and hiding away its contact form from its users.
In this third part, we will discuss how Facebook Research did right and wrong when sending a recent survey e-mail on Tuesday, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:04 PM (HST).
For a while organizations hesitated to jump on the Facebook bandwagon.
A couple brave organizations ventured into creating a Facebook Profile, Group or Page to manage its online presence on this social network.
However nowadays everybody and, even your mother, is present on Facebook.
On a daily basis, I receive questions at @idaconcpts, on whether or not a certain organization should have a presence on Facebook. My answer is always the same, it depends.
It depends on:
1) Your objectives.
2) Your target audience.
On this post, we’ll address the second point: your target audience.
Continue reading “Is Facebook the Right Marketing Channel for You?”
What do Facebook users want?
From obsessed Facebook users to so called social media socialites to marketers, everybody wants to find out what is popular on this social networks.
Finally, thanks to Chitika, Inc. they all can put down the magical 8-ball and have some guidelines.
Founded in 2003, Chitika (pronounced CHIH-tih-ka), is a full-service on-line advertising network serving over 2 billion monthly impressions across more than 80,000 websites.
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