Posts made in February, 2010

Einstein’s Facebook Bagel Giveaway – The Aftermath

Posted by on Feb 8, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media | 0 comments

Did you get your free bagel on Facebook? A few weeks ago, Einstein Bros. Bagels offered a coupon for a free bagel to Facebook users who became a fan. All you had to do was become a fan of Einstein Bros. Bagels, print out the coupon, and take it to a store location to get your free bagel. The promotion received a lot of buzz and the Einstein Bros. Fan Page went from around 4,000 fans to well over 300,000 fans during this bagel giveaway. Fast Company has a good article recapping the details of the promotion. According to the article, Einstein’s had “done extensive homework to ensure...

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Facebook celebrates b-day with major redesign

Posted by on Feb 5, 2010 in Facebook, Social Media | 3 comments

Back in December, I blogged about how Facebook was planning to have a major redesign to their website and it looks as though that day is finally here. According to Facebook, they started rolling out the the new design changes to 80 million users last night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the lucky 80 million users (but somehow Jeff Hilimire was one of them). I got to take a look at his Facebook page, and although it will be a shock to most of the Facebook community at first, these changes will make “Facebooking” much easier. Below are my top 3 things I like most about the...

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SoCon10 Recap

Posted by on Feb 1, 2010 in Social Media, Tech & Gadgets | 0 comments

This weekend I attended SoCon10, the fourth annual Social Media “Unconference” held at Kennesaw State University. This was my first time at SoCon and I had a great time (definitely will be back again). I had the pleasure of attending the conference along with my colleague Kathlene Hestir. The conference was broken into two sections on Saturday, two keynote speakers in the morning and a diverse selection of breakout sessions in the afternoon. Below are a few highlights from the keynote speakers. The first keynote speaker at the conference was Carol Kruse, VP of Global...

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