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Social Tools to Help: Euro 2012 Last Minute Travel Tips

  • March 29th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Summer is just around the corner, and football fans from across Europe are eagerly anticipating this year’s UEFA European Championship 2012 football finals in Poland and Ukraine. With the likes of Germany, Italy, Spain and Holland all fancying their chances of landing European football’s biggest prize, together with dark horses England, Croatia and the two host nations, this summer’s footballing… Read more

Zynga’s Plans to Become the Next Big Gaming PaaS

  • March 29th, 2012 by Damian Davila
The Zynga.com Crew
Zynga is used to pulling off big stunts such as the time Snoop Dogg blew up the Mafia Wars truck. However, Zynga is now ready to pull the biggest stun of its life. Back in 2010, Zynga suddenly halted all game development and focused in a single goal: developing a self-hosted online gaming site in case the… Read more

Brogramming: Raging on the Codebase

  • March 29th, 2012 by Damian Davila
If you’re a coder and you carry your nerd card loud and proud, you need to Get with the Brogram. The term brogrammer is the mix of “bro” and “programmer” and is reaching new heights of popularity as the Get with the Brogram Facebook page has over 21,000 likes, the  thread on Quora called “How does a programmer become a… Read more

How Social Media Can Enhance Fitness Marketing

  • March 29th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Social networks are designed for the purpose of connecting individuals who share common goals and interests. For most people, social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are only useful for staying in touch with family and friends. However, social media can also be a very powerful tool for business marketing. You can use social networks to connect with your customers… Read more

And a 1, 2, 3, StageIt!

  • March 22nd, 2012 by Damian Davila
Some of the artists that have performed on Stageit.com.
StageIt is the response from musician Evan Lowenstein (best known for his and his brother’s hit, Crazy for This Girl from the TV drama Dawson’s Creek, which landed No. 15 on the Billobard’s Hot 100) to the industry’s inability to catch up with the social media revolution.

How It Started

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Zoosk Wants to Be With You Forever

  • March 21st, 2012 by Damian Davila
Love is hard business. Literally. Think about it: every time that a matching service like EHarmony successfully matches a couple, it loses 2 customers. “We’re done with you, now move on, there’s nothing here for you”, described Zoosk founder Shayan Zadeh to Bloomberg Businessweek back in February 2012 as the main problem with the mentality of matching sites such as… Read more

Finally, A Social Network That Allows Self Promotion

  • March 20th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
As much as social media has allowed individuals and companies to connect, the unfortunate fact has been that many social media sites did not allow self promotion. As a result, many business owners have struggled to find a way to use these sites to promote themselves and their businesses without breaking the rules and without being censored. All too often,… Read more

Social Media – Are You Having Your Say?

  • March 20th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
From playing an online version of a T.V show, to sitting in front of a camera competing for real – the transition is easier than ever before, but what implications does this hold for society at large? It used to be that audience participation was limited to the annual panto, where cries of: “Oh no, he isn’t!” were expected and… Read more

Reddit as the Current Social News King

  • March 19th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Have you heard of Reddit? It’s actually been around for quite some time, but it’s popularity is on the rise. If you’ve been in the internet marketing game for quite some time, you probably remember a time not so long ago when marketers were recommending that you submit your content to a social bookmarking site called Digg. That ship has… Read more

Facebook Pages: Worth the Work?

  • March 15th, 2012 by SEM Contributor
Facebook pages are said to be an excellent way for one to attract more visitors to their websites. However, at the same time if you go about it the legit way it can take quite a lot of work and time before your page produces you the results that you desire. Obviously, you would not want to pay someone to… Read more