ReadWriteWeb:
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ReadWriteWeb:
The social media data company Rapleaf has just released the final parts of their 3-part study involving the demographics and online behavior of webmail users. In the first part of the study, gender and age data was examined and revealed some interesting findings...like the fact that Gmail has more female users than male, fo (Read More)
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AppointmentCity.com has raised an $800,000 angel round of funding for its online appointment-setting and lead generation platform, per an SEC filing. CEO Sherwin Krug said the money came from a group of private investors, including O4 Corporation CEO Desmond Miller; the startu (Read More)
mashable:
Last month, we wrote about Coca-Cola’s Expedition 206 campaign, in which the company uses social media to pick three individuals to travel the world in 2010, who in turn visit all 206 markets where Coca-Cola has a presence. Along the way, the “Happiness Ambassadors” will take photos, make videos, send out updates on Twitter (Read More)
Mashable!:
It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We've added a couple of more events to this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside each entry. This events guide is a weekly feature here on ReadWriteWeb. We publish it every weekend, a (Read More)
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Baked 1052 Thomas Jefferson St. NW Washington, 20007 Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM (ET) Register here http://sweetsandtweets3.eventbrite.com/?discount=VIPcupcakeeater About the Event The point of social networking on Facebook, Twitter, etc. is not about being social or frivolous (Read More)
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Salon has been overhauling its site design since late summer, but the changes aren’t just cosmetic. Salon Media CEO Richard Gingras wants to draw more revenue and traffic by developing customized display ad units, bringing in more user-generated content, and putting more focus (Read More)
Mashable!:
Somewhere around this date, every month, we look at the stats from various web analytics companies, and check how the most important social media and social networking sites are doing. And don’t get us wrong: these stats can be biased (Compete, for example, is US-biased) and they can be wrong (sometimes they will report a f (Read More)
Mashable!:
Although it’s not yet live to everyone, a new Xbox LIVE Dashboard Update that adds social networking integrations with Facebook, Twitter and last.fm is currently in preview mode to beta testers and will go live to the public in short order. Perhaps trying to play catchup with Microsoft, Sony apparently has plans to add its (Read More)
Mashable!:
Clay McDaniel is the principal and co-founder of social media marketing agency, Spring Creek Group. Find him via @springcreekgrp on Twitter.The Internet has already radically changed the way we shop. Googling for promotion codes, free shipping, free return shipping, virtual models, live chats with sales associates – it’s al (Read More)
Mashable!:
If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage Social Media for Career Success and How to Find a Job on (Read More)
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AppNexus, a company that provides online advertising via a cloud computing platform, has secured a $5 million third round funding as it looks to capitalize on the growth of real-time ad buying systems. In addition to building up its marketing efforts, AppNexus President Michae (Read More)
paidContent.org:
AppNexus, a company that provides online advertising via a cloud computing platform, has secured a $5 million third round funding as it looks to capitalize on the growth of real-time ad buying systems. In addition to building up its marketing efforts, AppNexus President Michae (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter and LinkedIn are announcing a deal tonight that will allow LinkedIn users to publish status updates to their Twitter profiles and pull in some or all Twitter updates to their LinkedIn accounts. Wait a minute...the two social media companies with the some of the most valuable, interesting data on the web made a deal (Read More)