Articles Tagged - facebookdeals

By Mary Manzo, Posted in Blogging

Since the dawn of the first daily deal services in 2010, the market for social buying has quickly grown. But is it fading just as fast? After just four months of testing, Facebook recently abandoned their “Deals” venture. And today Yelp announced that the site is also withdrawing from Yelp Deals. The oversaturated marketplace for online deals and coupons plus the growing complaints from customers that they are inundated and bored with too many offers may be a recipe for disaster. Groupon ann... read more.

• August 30, 2011
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By Rania Eldekki, Posted in The Future of the Internet

The popularity of deal sites is on the rise, with more and more daily deal sites being created every day. This daily deal infographic* takes a closer look at the top deal of the day websites so you can see for yourself how Living Social, Groupon, Facebook Deals & Google Offers compare. (*Scroll down to view the infographic) Here's a breakdown of the facts listed in the daily deals infographic: Company Founded In: Living Social: 2007Groupon: 2008Facebook Deals: 2011Google Offers: 2011 Reven... read more.

• May 31, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Facebook

Advertising on Facebook - like or dislike? Facebook Ads have really taken off and with the launch of Facebook Deals last week, the poplar social networking site is becoming the one-stop shop where businesses can promote their brands online. Whether your business wants to increase "likes" for a fan page, generate more web traffic or promote the sale of a new product or service, Facebook Ads are a great way to jumpstart any social media campaign; however, keep in mind that your business needs to create ad... read more.

• May 03, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in In the News

"Making stories from the social Web, finding moments to remember in the real-time stream" This is the mission from the Internet's newest and extremely exciting platform called Storify (@storify). Storify is a medium where users can pull content from social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in order to create a story about a specific event using social feeds. The platform is user-friendly with keyword searches and a simple grab and drag type function. To add a personal touch and narrate you... read more.

• April 26, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Facebook

Just as the well-known conglomerate Walmart conquered the idea of creating the all-inclusive shopping experience, Facebook with all of its recent changes and growth seems to be mimicking a similar domination, but within the world of the Internet. Yesterday, my coworker and I were having a conversation about why we were both so annoyed with some, not all of the changes that Facebook has made to fan pages. Not only are some of the convenient features of fan pages completely obsolete, but Facebook is also... read more.

• March 04, 2011
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