There’s a useful post over at econsultancy by Eric Abensur of cloud-based commerce company Venda, that asks a simple, but very pertinent question, is social commerce worth the investment? The short answer – according to the post –...
Dropify is a slick new social file sharing service from Cologne-based social app builder Hike that allows Facebook Page managers to share premium digital content exclusively with Page Fans. It’s a Facebook-oriented spin...
We’ve had a number requests for a “clean” – expletive-free / management-friendly version of the Top Twitter #Fails infographic that we published on Friday. So here it is. A higher resolution of the original is also available...
Here’s an original fresh infographic of top Twitter #fails from consumer brands that we put together yesterday for a course on reputation management in social media. Our point was simple; there’s reputational risk in using social media...
Here’s how to sell cars fast on Twitter. Create a special limited edition that will not be available for sale elsewhere – a Twitter exclusive. Theme and schedule the special edition around a popular calendar event (e.g. Chinese New Year)...
Yesterday, Dominos in Japan sold out of pizza, or rather pizza boxes. Why? Because a new ‘social’ promotion. The new Dominos pizza box in Japan doubles up as a concert stage. Point a smartphone at it, and one of Japan’s biggest...
Your Facebook Likes can predict your sexual orientation with 88% accuracy . If you’ve Liked Desperate Housewives or Britney Spears, you’re more likely to be gay. On the other hand, Liking Shaq is predictive of heterosexuality. Liking...
So Soldsie, the crowdfunded (FundersClub) f-commerce startup just announced that is has raised $1m in funding. Participating in the round were 500 Startups, e.ventures and FundersClub, along with former Facebook employees Yun-Fang Juan and Jonathan...
One of our favorite social commerce apps, and the first to win a Cannes Lion award, Pay With a Tweet, just received a slick makeover. The new interface for the free app makes it easier than ever to ‘sell’ digital goodies on Twitter for...
The idea was good. Take a proven social shopping model successful Asia, Tuangou, and adapt it for Western consumer. And for a while, the Groupon online spin on team-buying was the darling of not just the social commerce world, but the world of...
The insurance market has been somewhat of a laggard in integrating social technology into its value proposition. If the online advice is anything to go on, it seems to revolve around insurance brokers posting pictures of cats to social networks...
Yesterday, to celebrate Fancy‘s integration with Google+ (you can now sign in with Google, Twitter or Facebook), the PPR backed pinterest-for-the-posh social commerce site received a cake from Google. Fancy that! How very social… A sign...