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How To Improve the Facebook Developer Garage New York

Joe Ciarallo — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:29:33 +0000

I wasn’t able to attend this week’s Facebook Developer Garage in New York, but I spoke with several colleagues who did. A few colleagues from Buddy Media’s engineering team suggested how to improve the event moving forward. (more…)

Buddy Media Launches New Filter, Label and Search Features

Joe Ciarallo — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:28:14 +0000

It should come as no surprise to our clients that we constantly look at ways to improve the Buddy Media Platform, and are adding new features on a regular basis. On that note, we’re happy to announce that we’ve added robust new filtering, labeling and search features to the platform, which are now live. How will these features make your work on the platform more efficient? (more…)

MySpace Syncs Up With Facebook: Will It Help?

Joe Ciarallo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:15:37 +0000

News broke today that MySpace is finally syncing up with Facebook. The change is part of MySpace’s larger overhaul, and a clear signal from the social network that it just can’t ignore Facebook’s massive network anymore. But will it help MySpace drive more engagement and increase users? (more…)

Our Forrester Groundswell Submission With Cycle for Survival

Joe Ciarallo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:10:22 +0000

Buddy Media is happy to partner with Cycle for Survival, an indoor team cycling fundraiser that supports research on rare cancers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. We’ve teamed up with Cycle for Surival for the Forrester Research 2010 Groundswell Awards in the “Social Impact” category. (more…)

“Eat Pray Love” Goes Global on the Buddy Media Platform

Joe Ciarallo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:14:53 +0000

When we launched the Buddy Media Platform +GLOBAL, we know it would signal a massive change in how brands and agencies would utilize Facebook. But it wasn’t just us, of course. We constantly hear from brands and agencies who are eager to get in front of Facebook’s entire 500 million and growing user base, not just the small percentage of which who are English speaking users. On that note, would you like to see what a global implementation looks like? (more…)

An Interview With Paull Young, Director of Digital Engagement and Fundraising, charity: water

Joe Ciarallo — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:28:37 +0000

Buddy Media is happy to donate the use of our Buddy Media Platform to charity : water, a non-profit organization that is bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. Today, charity : water launched their “September” campaign, which features a Facebook page as a central part of the campaign.

We caught up with Paull Young, Director of Digital Engagement and Fundraising for charity: water to get some more background on the campaign.

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The Opportunity Within Global Facebook Marketing

Buddy Media — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:52:59 +0000

So, by now you know that Facebook has reached 500 million users worldwide. But did you know that only about 125 million of those users are in the U.S.? (more…)

Sawyer, Zuckerberg, and The Buddy Media Platform

Rebecca Raphael — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:29:09 +0000

As Facebook announced that it had reached 500 million active users earlier this week, Buddy Media celebrated an accomplishment of its own that complemented this astronomical milestone. (more…)

Caffeinated Facebook Pages

Greg Roth — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:53:34 +0000

This past week, Starbucks became the first brand to top the 10,000,000 ‘like’ milestone. When I first saw this news tidbit, I wondered ‘What took so long?’ (more…)

DoubleClick Reunion is DoubleFun

DavidHonig — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:29:33 +0000

Earlier this month, I attended a DoubleClick reunion as part of Internet Week New York. It was like a 10-year high school reunion of what we call the First Five Years Club. (more…)