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How to Build the Next Facebook

  • August 23rd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
I write this at a time where Facebook has decided to enter the stock market. Of course it would seem like a good idea to invest in it given it’s sheer popularity, but that is until something overtakes it, the same way Facebook has overtaken MySpace in recent years. Now what site is exactly going to overtake Facebook, well that… Read more

How Zynga Uses MyLikes for a Social Media Campaign

  • January 3rd, 2011 by Damian Davila
San Francisco based social network game developer, Zynga is known for some pretty out of the ordinary antics such as letting Snoop Dogg blow up an armored truck in the middle of a dessert or hiring scantly-clad mobster ladies to promote Mafia Wars in Las Vegas. However, Zynga also did an innovative, yet less publicized, marketing stunt through social media… Read more

Old MacDonald Ain’t the Only One with a Farm

  • May 26th, 2010 by Tisha Tolar
“Making hay while the sun shines” was a popular saying in the farming world of yesteryear. These days it may even be as popular. If you don’t harvest those crops FarmVille might let them wither and die. Zynga’s FarmVille is one of the biggest draws on Facebook. Planting, tending, watering and harvesting virtual crops so that bigger and bigger farm… Read more

What’s So Great About Farmville?

  • April 2nd, 2010 by Bethany North
I have to confess that I am one of those few Facebook users out there that does NOT play Farmville. However, I’m willing to be fair and give it an exploratory look within this post to see whether or not it is worth the time. Of course, I play a number of other app games on my iPhone, so why… Read more