What went wrong with friendster? by Max Chafkin,  Inc.com June 2007
Friendster has become a case study at  Harvard as a model of how not to manage a tech company.  Abrams says the failure was result of mismanagement and because he embraced a system that created far more failures than successes. Venture capitalists adopted a system […]

As of right now I am very unhappy with what I have on Facebook advertising.  It was really hard to just get a solid 6 pages written solely on Facebook advertising.  I think that I made my research topic too narrow and I need to open it up into a broader subject, maybe social network advertising […]

 
Advertising on Facebook; the Future of Marketing

by Pete Todaro
April 16, 2008 
ENGL 202 9:05
Dr. Kenneth Sherwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            Over the past year, the social networking site Facebook has evolved from a simple social utility open only to college students to the newest stage to advertise from. The site is currently estimated at $15 billion.  The website has […]

Advertising on Facebook; the Future of Marketing

by Pete Todaro
April 16, 2008 
ENGL 202 9:05
Dr. Kenneth Sherwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            Over the past year, the social networking site Facebook has evolved from a simple social utility open only to college students to the new stage to advertise from.  The website has developed an entirely new method of advertising through […]

Digesting Sources
Real Shop in Facebook World Breathes life into Mars. 2/21/08 Marketing Week.
            New application on facebook, Mars Celebrate, allows users to send friends candy.  The user pays via PayPal account and a message is sent to the friend.  The friend enters their mobile phone number and an SMS barcode is sent to their phone […]

Pete Todaro
ENGL 202
Advertising on Facebook, Future of Marketing
Over the past year, the social networking site Facebook has evolved from a simple social utility open only to college students to the new stage to advertise from.  The website has learned to use information in a users profile to send targeted advertisements to them.
I. What used to […]

Morrissey, Brian. “Can Slide Balance User-Ad Seesaw?.” Adweek 48.29 (06 Aug. 2007): 11-11. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 9 Apr. 2008 .
Jay, Rufus. “Real Facebook shop in virtual world breathes life into Mars.” Marketing     Week (01419285) 31.7 (21 Feb. 2008): 14-14. Business Source Premier. EBSCO.        Stapleton Lbrary, Indiana, PA. […]

In my abstract, I effectively posed the questions that I am researching like how does information in a users profile allow facebook to send targeted advertising and how are third party advertisers associated with facebook.  There were some aspects of the subject that were lacking.  How does it work? How are users reacting? Why is this […]

Digesting Sources
Real Shop in Facebook World Breathes life into Mars. 2/21/08 Marketing Week.
            New application on facebook, Mars Celebrate, allows users to send friends candy.  The user pays via PayPal account and a message is sent to the friend.  The friend enters their mobile phone number and an SMS barcode is sent to their phone […]