Recent marketing and promotion articles surrounding social media, viral marketing, and online communities such as Facebook, Myspace, Blogs and forums

Myspace

MySpace, NBC Seek Newshounds in Contest

Two unofficial “citizen journalists” will be plucked from the crowd and sent to the presidential nominating conventions this election season as prizes in a user-generated video contest running on MySpace and sponsored by NBC News and MSNBC.com....

Facebook

Mystery Box Widget to Get Facebook Players Guessing

An interactive promotion launched by agency Lowe New York for a global client hopes to become a hot potato for Facebook members—in a good way....

Wilson Runs NCAA Facebook Photo Contest

Wilson Sporting Goods is inviting fans to show their college team spirit by posting photos on Facebook....

We Know Better

Late last year, facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared that Beacon, Facebook's new ad platform, would reinvent the advertising and marketing...

TRUSTe to Certify Facebook’s Privacy Policies

Social network Facebook, still recovering from the November launch of a controversial policy for tracking users’ off-site behavior, has partnered with privacy certification company TRUSTe on disclosure language for that program. ...

Hot topics

BabyCenter.com Delivers New Parenting Social Network

Parenting Web portal BabyCenter.com yesterday launched a beta version of a new online social community for expectant and current parents as part of its Web site, in a bid to engage parents and build its appeal for brand advertisers....

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