Facebook advertising

Advertising on Facebook is big business. With so many accounts and people spending time on their pages, the sponsors have a captive audience and potentially able to target potential shoppers more efficiently. The result being sales. Read this article to find out more. A Facebook fan is worth...

All is not what it seems

In today's world of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc someones worth is often rated on the number of followers that they have. In the world of retail, if something is priced too cheaply there must be something wrong with it. Twitter accounts and the number of followers is just one of the tools that are used to boost rating of a person or product. Justin Bieber

Partnerships

In the internet world, collaborations often occur in order to maintain market share, climb up the SEO rankings and enhance one another products. Facebook and Netflix are no exception. Through the change in the Video Privacy Act, Netflix and Facebook are now able to share information. Users watch movies provided by Netflix and Facebook shares this information with the users friends. The rest you can figure out. Netflix and Facebook share.

Facebook decline?

Social media has become so intertwined in our lives. How do you use yours? Have you become too reliant on Social media? Have a think of the reasons why you use social media and what the next best thing is going to be. Is Facebook all it can be, or are there other avenues? Is Facebook in decline?

Statistics are fact but can often be easily interpreted.

Everyday we are subjected to statistics. If numbers are presented, the facts must be true, or are they? Read this article to see how the actual statistic regarding Facebook can be misleading. Facebook article.

Party anyone?

We hear about these stories from time to time. Girl has party, posts invite with time and date but does not make it a private message. Private message is not private, message is open and available to the masses, word is passed on about the party and loads of people, a heap of damage, police and riot gear follow. Have a read for yourself and think about what you post online. Article

Is it you?

Facebook has been a phenomenal success and has changed the way a lot of people interact with one another. Many of you no doubt check your Facebook pages on a daily basis, some spend hours each day reading one anthers status and putting your lives for others to see on your pages. Businesses are now expected to have a Facebook page too. Unfortunately like all good things, eventually the gloss begins to wear. When Facebook was floated on the  stock market, it made a lot of people wealthy (the ones selling the shares) and the one buying the shares saw the value of their investment in the initial stages fall. Unfortunately, the value is likely to fall again. In an article published, it has been recorded that there are 83 million extra accounts. This could be due to people having more than one account, setting up pets pages and others for sending spam.With 83 million less accounts, Facebook's advertising revenue is likely to fall which means that it is less profitable, therefore the company's market value lowers and it is less desirable for investors. For more information read the article. On the other hand the latest bright light is Linkedin and its progress would be a good company to chart. Will it go the same way as Facebook?

Bloggers Success

I love a good success story and Pete Cashmore is one of those stories that should be publicized in order to inspire others. He took something like being in hospital and using that situation for his own gain in terms of making his time spent there work for him.

He began blogging about his interest which is technology and wanted to explain to others how to use the technology such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and YouTube. His company is called Mashable and it has 50 million page views and 20 million different visitors a month to his site. He is now worth in the region of $100 million and his business Mashable has been valued in the region of $300million. He and his company have won many different awards and is definitely someone to watch in the future.

Entrepreneurship is about interest, passion, using the skills you have and being determined. Pete Cashmore has this in buckets. Read more about Pete

Instagram

Smartphones are the way forward. You can keep in touch with your friends via Facebook, watch YouTube, operate your burglar alarm and read through your PowerPoint presentations whilst checking your share price.
You have a QWERTY keyboard and a vast array of functions and options available for use on your phone. Computers are potentially on their way out. Tablet sales are increasing. Does this mean the end of the computer? Blockbuster are struggling - should they have invested in a Netflix style company as DVD rentals become a thing of the past with cloud computing and live streaming.

Facebook are in the process of purchasing Instagram, which is an app for your Smartphone which allows you to take superb pictures with different effects jut like you would take with a traditional camera with different lenses and shades. I have used this app and it is fantastic.

I think this is an excellent purchase by Facebook. Technology is moving on and new trends are occurring. Kodak should ave realized this years ago and moved into the digital era. Read all about Instgram and Facebook here.