Dec 21, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

RATM Saves Christmas – Facebook Campaign Leads to Surprise Viral Victory

The ageless metal-rap rockers, Rage Against the Machine, are making noise again, and this time it’s by pure accident. The political-driven rock group hasn’t released an album since retiring back in 2000, however, they surfaced last week on the UK’s biggest radio station, BBC Radio One, to talk about how they suddenly emerged on the UK pop music charts for the much fought over... read more

Nov 24, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Facebook Releases Updated Contest, Sweepstakes Promotion Guidelines

Running contests or promotions on Facebook have become one of the most effective ways in building high-level engagement with your brand. Numerous companies have come up with a variety of strategies to link external social networks into their contest campaigns, and a large target in that funnel – FACEBOOK. The new rules that Facebook released ealier this month have now set specific guidelines for any... read more

Nov 19, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Facebook Now Rated the No. 3 Video Site

When it comes to online video, Facebook always seemed to be one step behind the usual online video giants…not anymore! According to Nielsen’s latest VideoCensus numbers, Facebook has rose to No. 3 behind online video giants Hulu and YouTube in terms of total streams. Facebook jumped from No. 10 last month – leap-frogging the likes of MSN, ABC Television, Fox Interactive Media, and Yahoo!... read more

Nov 17, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm Land on Xbox 360

They always said games would be more fun when you play them with friends, which is why the Xbox 360 just finalized their Xbox Live software to sync with your Facebook and Twitter accounts. Users will now be able to wrap themselves entirely in a “social-enabled” game experience and connect and play with their friends on Facebook & Twitter. With the integration, you can now use your Facebook... read more

Jun 29, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Facebook Launches ‘Live Stream’ Widget for All Website Owners

Do you remember CNN’s live stream of the inauguration, or when TNT did a live stream webcast of the NBA All-Star Game? If you did happen to catch both of those online events at the respective websites, you would have noticed that Facebook played a large part in those particular events. Each of these events integrated the Facebook Connect-enabled live stream widget. And now Facebook is making this... read more