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

Nov 17, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Oxford Dictionary Selects ‘Unfriend’ as Word of the Year

Drum roll please… Oxford Dictionary has announced its “word of the year” winner, and to no one’s surprise, they came through with a social media related term…”unfriend“, your new 2009 award winner. The definition reads as followed “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.” Over the past few years, dictionary makers... read more

Oct 17, 2009 Posted by Nick Cifuentes

Social Media Crisis Management 101

Social media is still a fairly new type of marketing tactic; it requires thought, proper leadership, planning and typical branding practices that go along with setting up any type of marketing plan. However, it is still a form of media that can feel an extremely negative backlash when campaigns go bad, more so than any other type of marketing campaign in the current age. Let’s dive right in…do you... 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