Last week we finished up the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program and while some people may or may not have reached the 3,000 fan target, the real question is: does the number of fans really matter? Last night I was watching a video of Seth Godin where he says “it’s worthless to have lots and lots of friends on Facebook.” With so many people selling the importance of having fans, followers, and friends though, how could Seth Godin, a thought leader in marketing, make such an assertion?

It’s Relationship Marketing
Seth has a valid point. If you don’t build…

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Facebook has been slowly rolling out tests to select developers that want to integrate with the Facebook gift shop. As of today there are approximately 5 companies that have been participating in tests: American Greetings, RealGifts, JibJab, GreetBeatz, and someecards. The latter three only recently began showing up in the gift shop. However Facebook has been testing out the gift shop as a platform for developers to sell virtual gifts over the past few months.

Back in August, the company also announced the addition of a number of non-profit companies that have begun using the Facebook gift shop as a…

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Google has unveiled their latest web app. It’s called Google Sidewiki and makes it easy to “Contribute helpful information to any webpage”. We’re not quite so sure. If you have the Google Toolbar installed on your browser, Sidewiki allows you to open a side-panel, add your comments about the page, and read the comments of others.
In a Utopian Internet (Utopernet?) the world’s most predominant experts on all subjects would be browsing websites dropping off clairvoyant nuggets of wisdom like Greek oracles. In reality, letting anyone add to any web page does not equate to instant insight. We’re all…

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For motorcycle enthusiasts, it could really be heaven’s gift ifmotorcycles come from packages delivered by the storks’ This isthe kind of fantasy for those wishing hard for a baby. Andindeed, once you have your dream motorcycle, we doubt ifanything would prevent you from considering it as your baby. Butthe point of this is that, you have to go over the toughdecision of buying your dream motorcycle. So how do you go about this business and get the greatest dealand bargain of your lifetime? Well, here are several insights ofthe choice you can consider in the process of buying yourmotorcycle’ ‘Considering…

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Tomorrow afternoon Facebook will make a special announcement at Ad Week NYC and they’ve been promoting the announcement heavily via the Facebook Marketing solutions page. Apparently the live stream will be posted on the page and while no details have been provided regarding the announcement, it sounds as though a new advertising product will be launched or upgrades to the existing ones will be rolled out.

Last week I posted screenshots of the new Facebook ad manager which was being tested out with some advertisers so perhaps the company will be announcing the new service for everybody. Or perhaps we’ll…

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WHEN YOU FALL … … … …WHEN YOU FAIL … … … ….WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING … … … ..THAT SOMEONE WITH YOU … … … YOU ARE A TRUE FRIENDAlways DIFFERENT POINT … … .. BE WISE.WHEN YOU SUCCEED … … … ..WHEN YOU RICH … … … … … … ….WHEN YOU CAN CHOOSE AND YOUR PROPERTY AS IF THE WORLD … … … … … … ….THAT SOMEONE WITH YOU … … …. IS NOT A TRUE FRIEND YOU,HE WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU.BIGGEST ENEMY IS MAN HIMSELF ALONE

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[Costis] managed to dump a copy of the boot ROM for the Nintendo Super Game Boy. This small piece of code (256 bytes) writes a graphic to the display at boot time as it loads the ROM on the game cartridge. He was able to dump the code by finding the exact point at which the device locks down the boot ROM. Just as that point approached he overclocked the device causing it operate so fast it couldn’t write the lockout bits into the register. Once past that single point of security, he executes a code that writes the…

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Did your battery finally run out of juice? It can be frustrating, trying to replace a watch battery when you don’t know how. Luckily, this simple guide will walk you through it, step-by-step. If you follow these instructions, you should have nothing to worry about.
Step 1: Place the watch, face down, on a soft surface such as a towel. Inspect the rear of the casing, and find a tab-like indentation near the rear-edge of the cover. Use a tool with a wedge-head, something dull, like a butter knife or screwdriver. Shimmy the wedge into the back of the indentation.…