Category Archives: Social gaming

Social sites and revenues? Do they make money (and how)?

USBundles.com published a great infographics answering to one of the hottest question these days in social media. Do social network heavyweights make money? And… by the way… how? This infographic from USBundles shows how the most popular social sites have … Continue reading →

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Facebook app top gainers: watch out for Draw Something and BranchOut!

This week top Facebook app movers were, according to InsideFacebook: # Name MAU Gain Gain,% 1. Draw Something 12,900,000 +7,700,000 + 148% 2. Angry Birds 12,800,000 +6,000,000 + 88% 3. BranchOut 7,800,000 +1,500,000 + 24% Draw Something by OMGPOP had … Continue reading →

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Coca Cola PaperTweetos: Argentina’s National soccer team gets huge support from Twitter

Ogilvy Argentina helped Coca Cola leverage Twitter to enforce Argentina’s National Soccer Team support from fans by using a special hashtag to filter all supporters tweets. Every time there is a soccer match where the Argentinean National Team plays, people … Continue reading →

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Facebook growth rate: quicker than a (social) ray of light – and almost a nation on itself

Following yesterday Facebook’s filing for IPO – and all the consequent hype about this, let’s look at what’s really behind the Facebook business. According to this infographic from Fusioncharts: every 8 seconds people from everywhere in the world sign in … Continue reading →

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Social Media world in 2011 by numbers – a video infographic with a lot of amazing data!

2011 is about to end so, all people using social networks (any kind) may be asking “how much has social media grown this year (and changed our lives)”? The answer: this video infographic shows all the latest facts & figures … Continue reading →

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Community vs. content? Or just as important?

This post on Mashable well deserves your attention. What are you doing to facilitate quality discussion on your blog or website? The main assumption is: News sites should think less about their comments and more about the discussion they’re facilitating. … Continue reading →

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Foursquare best check-in? It’s now topping 15 milion users

Foursquare now has 15 million users, tripling its base since this time last year. Half of the users are in the U.S., while the other 50 percent are international. How does it stack up compared to the 700+ million Facebook … Continue reading →

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Adam Ostrow 2012 forecast about advertising and media

Mashable‘s Adam Ostrow tries to predict 2012 trends in the post 5 Key Digital Media and Advertising Trends for 2012 The top 5? Social Curation and Mobile Will Drive Growth for Media Organizations The Impact of the Second Screen on … Continue reading →

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IKEA Happy To Bed: YouTube (and Facebook) Social Experience in the bedroom

Ikea UK has launched a new Youtube video along some Facebook interaction. Ikea in the UK has created a Facebook-enabled experience on its interactive YouTube channel that ties into the brand’s larger “Everything You Need To Go Happy To Bed” … Continue reading →

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Empire Avenue: the social stock market – what’s your social value?

{EAV_BLOG_VER:ed68284caedf1aa4} I’m on Empire Avenue, the virtual stock market. Check my stock as Pagavision (I wanted this name since 1982’s Wargames movie!). I really love Empire Avenue: there’s something pretty crazy in it and in getting social value for both … Continue reading →

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