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3Degrees Launches, Brings Trust to Online-to-Offline Space

3Degrees, an independent web application that leverages Facebook to allow users to search their friends' networks for interesting people and activities, launches on December 20th. The majority of relationships, romantic or otherwise, begin with introductions by mutual friends. 3Degrees allows... - December 19, 2011 - 3Degrees

SoWink Debuts Activity-Based Social Dating and Networking for Gen Y

SoWink, the activity-based social dating and networking site for college students, recent graduates and young professionals between the ages of 18-35, released its public beta version of the product today. - December 18, 2011 - SoWink, Inc.

Lexington Social Media Company Launches First Custom Facebook Photo Gallery Tab

Talent Attach of Lexington KY, the leading provider of social media design, development and marketing services in Kentucky, has announced the release of the first customized Facebook photo gallery tab. This photo gallery tab enables brands to showcase their products, events, employees and overall... - December 17, 2011 - Talent Attach

Has Facebook Ruined Christmas?

The social networking site's latest innovations are sucking the festive spirit out of Christmas, but could the new development have gone a step too far? -A panel of experts at a round table event held by UKFast. - December 16, 2011 - UKFast

Snaso Inc. Announces Snaso.org

Snaso is the new social network designed specifically for adults aged 50 and over. It has all the features you’d expect from a great social network, without the complexities and irrelavance of networks catering to younger age groups. “Snaso is an easy to use network, feature packed... - December 15, 2011 - Snaso Inc.

Virtual Person Releases the Like Chat: Converting Website Traffic Into Social Media Leads and Likes

TA Vision’s online commercial division Virtual Person has released the first ever Facebook Like generator by automated chat. Powered by artificial emotional intelligence, this ground breaking application successfully converts website traffic into genuine Facebook likes on fan pages. Looking to kick start 2012 with a sophisticated and revolutionary application, Virtual Person has released the Like Chat for free for a limited time. http://www.virtual-person.com/site/Default.aspx?ws=86&lang=en&source=default&pw=Pius - December 15, 2011 - Virtual Person

The Targeted Group Provides Peak 10 Robust Employee Communication System

Peak 10 has partnered with The Targeted Group to bring a market leading social solution to its internal communication. The Targeted Group has created a robust online community that leverages social technologies to improve communication between employees, departments and markets. - December 15, 2011 - The Targeted Group

Brothersoft & I Christmas Event Offers Free Amazon Gift Card

Christmas is almost upon us again. Brothersoft has organized a special contest for all Brothersoft fans before Christmas. Just take a picture of yourself at “brothersoft & I” and upload to Brothersoft's Events share board. Brothersoft fans will be able to vote for any picture by... - December 14, 2011 - Brothersoft

StreamSend Offers Research Report: “Driving the ROI of Email and Social Marketing”

StreamSend has commissioned a research report to help guide businesses as they look to boost their return on investment by linking their email marketing efforts to social media. The report, produced by The Relevancy Group, is entitled “Driving the ROI of Email and Social Marketing: Tactics to Improve Relevance and Results.” - December 12, 2011 - EZ Publishing

Easy Publishing of Your Facebook Pictures as eBooks with fBooks for Android

Instebooks launches fBooks, a better way to enjoy and save your Facebook photos with viewing optimized for tablets and smartphones. Fast publishing of Facebook photos as an eBook. - December 11, 2011 - Instebooks

Zero-One Design Announce Social Media, Job and News Posting

Zero-One Design have enhanced their Start-Up Recruitment and Recruitment Website packages to include full social media integration for jobs and news. - December 10, 2011 - Zero-One Design Limited

Top Ranked Career Acceleration Expert Offers Five Fresh Tips to Harness Social Media Branding Power

One of America’s top ranked social media powerhouses explains how to leverage digital networking for greater professional brand and business success. - December 08, 2011 - Illustra Consulting

OnlyMeWorld.com: A Social Network That Promises Social Media Privacy

OnlyMeWorld.com promises that they are a different type of social network: no data mining; no web tracking; and no facial recognition. - December 07, 2011 - OnlyMeWorld.com

Fitness Guru John Spencer Ellis Engages Social Media to Offer Free Video Advice for Personal Trainers

John Spencer Ellis, founder of a leading national fitness and personal development solutions company, is currently taking fitness-focused questions from personal trainers and other fitness pros via his Facebook page. He then creates a video lesson in response to those queries. - December 07, 2011 - John Spencer Ellis Fitness & Personal Development

American Telephony, Inc Announces New Product, TIM, Text Information Message for Doctors Offices and Clinics to Notify Patients Via Text Messages

A new product called TIM - Text Information Messages has been developed primarily for doctor's offices, hospitals and clinics. The system can interface to virtually any practice management system or EMR to automatically send out text messages to patients to remind them of their appointment or other important messages. - December 07, 2011 - American Telephony, Inc

EchoVME Announces 20th Social Media Marketing Workshop on 16th and 17th of December in Chennai

Social media enthusiasts and social media marketers will practically learn about social media marketing through sessions by Mr. Sorav Jain and Mr. Ramesh Kumar. The certified Social Media Marketing workshop will be conducted at EchoVME in Chennai. - December 07, 2011 - ECHOVME

Twilight Fans Get Twitter Buzzing Over Indie Film "A Warrior’s Heart"

Twilight co-stars Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene Get Fans Buzzing as They Exchange Tweets to Promote Their Long-Anticipated Film "A Warrior's Heart" Now in Theaters and on Video-on Demand. - December 06, 2011 - Xenon Pictures

Aaron Schoenberger Extends Social Media Training to Latin America

Aaron Schoenberger, a Los Angeles Internet marketing consultant and founder of The Brainchild Group, has expanded his in-house social media training courses to companies in Latin America. - December 06, 2011 - The Brainchild Group - Social Media & SEO Agency

StreamSend to Small Business: Grow Your Business Through Your Email List

StreamSend has named key steps that small and medium businesses should follow to build their opt-in email list -- the core and infrastructure of their business. - December 05, 2011 - EZ Publishing

SourceGas Taps Customer Insight Group for Social Media Expertise

Sallie Burnett, President of Customer Insight Group recently announced the addition of SourceGas to its growing client roster. - December 03, 2011 - Customer Insight Group

Local Classified Ads Promotes to Social Networks

The recently updated site has streamlined its ease of use and added one click posting of ads to all states at a small cost. - December 02, 2011 - listdummy.org

Orlando Interactive Digital Agency Identified by Top SEOs as One of the Top 30 Link Building Firms for the Month of November 2011

This month marks the 12th time in a row that the award-winning firm has made the list. - November 30, 2011 - Xcellimark

Passports with Purpose Unites More Than 100 Travel Bloggers to Build Two Libraries in Zambia

Fourth Annual Online Fundraiser Leverages Social Media to Raise Funds for Room to Read - November 30, 2011 - Passports with Purpose

Finalists Announced for Toque 2011 Food App Awards

Finalists were announced for Toque 2011 Food App Awards. Judging will take place between now and early December to decide the winners in 15 categories, with an additional Best Overall app award. Awards will be announced at a Twitter event on December 8, 5:30 p.m. PST. - November 23, 2011 - Toque Magazine

Studica's "Thank You" Giveaway Contest Launches

Studica, Inc., has launched a “Thank You” Giveaway contest. This contest is open to legal U.S. residents of the 50 United States or DC who are eighteen years and older. “We are grateful to our customers who have been instrumental to our success. This contest is our way of saying... - November 18, 2011 - Studica

iFabbo Partners with CMP.LY for Transparent Social Media Campaigns

CMP.LY Becomes Official Disclosure Solution for International Beauty, Fashion and Style Blogger Organization - November 17, 2011 - iFabbo - International Fashion & Beauty Bloggers' Organization

The Bernard Group Relaunches New Branded Agency as Bernard Group Communications

Agency to focus on customer centric social media, PR, marketing and advertising for consumer, health & fitness, beauty & fashion, luxury, and entertainment markets in addition to technology. - November 16, 2011 - Bernard Group Communications

ASmallCircle.net – Social Networking for the Affluent Caribbean

A Small Circle - A network for business executives and high profile professionals of the Caribbean, promises its users absolute privacy and endeavors to connect the Caribbean’s most influential individuals has just been launched. - November 16, 2011 - A Small Circle

SociallyBuzz Gives Businesses Free Advertising Credits to Intensify Engagement in Social Media

Receive free advertising credits to use on Facebook, Google, Yelp, or Urbanspoon - November 16, 2011 - Sociallybuzz

e-book Published for "Do It Yourself' Internet Reputation Management

Companh publishes this week an e-book on “Do It Yourself Internet Reputation Management and Repair.” With the explosive growth of the Internet and Social Media sites, Internet Reputation Management has increasingly become a significant part of public relations businesses. The book is available at www.reputationworkbook.com - November 14, 2011 - Don Martin Public Affairs

Click Consult Announce Record Results for the 2010/2011 Financial Year

Click Consult, an award winning search marketing agency, have announced another set of successful performance results at the end of their business year, which finished on the 31st October 2011. The Cheshire-based digital marketing experts, Click Consult, have not only seen staff numbers more than... - November 12, 2011 - Click Consult

HIV Positive in the U.S. Military

OutMilitary.com, a social network for LGBT service members and their supporters, is proud to release a series of interviews from their members who served under Don't Ask Don't Tell. The second interview, from an HIV positive U.S. Navy E-4, Daniel Ianniello, spoke with OutMilitary.com about his career, gay Pride, and being diagnosed HIV positive. - November 11, 2011 - OutMilitary.com

Practice Velocity Announces Collaborative Campaign Supporting Fourth Annual Urgent Care Awareness Week November 14-18

Practice Velocity, LLC, the leader in software solutions for urgent care and occupational medicine clinics, has announced it will launch a week-long email and social media campaign in support of Urgent Care Awareness Week. The campaign will have two key components: five short videos featuring practical urgent care marketing tips and a call for Facebook submissions to help urgent cares increase the reach of their marketing efforts. - November 11, 2011 - Practice Velocity

Keep Up with Social Media and Social Messaging with Two New Socially Acceptable Books Sweety Tweets in a Fast-Paced World and Sweety Mail in a Wigged-Out World

Author, Kathleen Barbier, announces the release of two new books, Sweety Tweets in a Fast-Paced World and Sweety Mail in a Wigged-Out World. With these two new books, readers will learn how to stay connected with love ones, even in this technology driven world. - November 11, 2011 - Author, Kathleen Barbier

SMEStorage Cloud File Manager for Windows Mobile 7 Updated to Support Mango

SMEStorage have now updated their Windows Phone 7 Cloud File Manager to support Windows Mango and this release is now live on the Windows Market. - November 11, 2011 - Storage Made Easy

Improved Social Networking Website for Global Kerala Malayali Community

An exclusive social networking website for malayalees around the globe. Kerala malayali community website for social networking onlinemalayali.in. They have done an excellent job to socialize the world malayali community through an exclusive website. - November 11, 2011 - Finsoft IT Solutions

Black Box Social Media Releases the 7 Minute Dashboard

Black Box Social Media, LLC, creator of the revolutionary do it yourself online social media marketing training called "Social Media in 7 Minutes" (www.SocialMediaIn7Minutes.com) is now releasing access to it's all in one software tool called the "7 Minute Dashboard." The 7... - November 10, 2011 - Social Media in 7 Minutes

"Follow" Necky Scarf on Twitter and be Entered to Win a $25 iTunes Gift Card and Necky Scarf Gift Set

In commencement of the holiday season, BOC Ventures is holding a contest where a random winner will win an iTunes Gift Card and a Necky gift set. - November 10, 2011 - Necky Scarf

Gonzalo E. Mon, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP to Speak at KC’s Social Media for Business: Boon or Bane? Live Webcast

The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced that Gonzalo E. Mon, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Social Media for Business: Boon or Bane? - November 09, 2011 - The Knowledge Group

OutMilitary.com Members Tell Their Story

OutMilitary.com, a social network for LGBT service members and their supports, is proud to release a series of interviews from their members who served under DADT. - November 06, 2011 - OutMilitary.com

Announcing the Launch of Like Engine, the New Social Network Like Exchange

Like Engine is a free site used to increase your Facebook likes, Twitter followers, Google +1's, and YouTube views. - November 04, 2011 - River City Web Solutions

FreshStart Living Invests in Social Media

A Salford-based property development firm have seen their online audience figures almost triple thanks to some remarkable advertising and social media integration. FreshStart Living, which specialises in investment property, recently launched a variety of campaigns through popular media sites such... - November 04, 2011 - FreshStart Living

Social Media Management Company, Social Chakras, Launched

Social Chakras, a company providing Social Media Management Services for businesses was launched yesterday. The company offers customised social media solutions for businesses which include consulting, strategy development, setup & training and full service management. - November 04, 2011 - Social Chakras

Carter Group CEO Reveals Facebook and Twitter Marketing Tips

Carter Group CEO Brian Carter will speak three times next week at Pubcon Vegas in Las Vegas on Facebook and Twitter marketing topics. - November 03, 2011 - The Carter Group

Connecting to Create Social Change, NobleHour Launches in Closed Beta

TreeTop Software Company has announced the closed-beta release of NobleHour.com, an online community that helps users connect and share with their world. NobleHour fosters civic engagement online by enabling users to contribute, communicate and track and measure impact made offline. Specifically... - November 03, 2011 - TreeTop Software Company LLC