Facebook ads to increase "Likes"

Spotting Facebook ads these days - paid ad campaigns specifically designed to increase "Likes" on Facebook pages such as this one for Einstein Bagels which includes an incentive to get a free bagel after signing on to the page as a fan (now called a "Like"). See the image here of the ad >>>

MarketingProfs Business-to-Business Forum June 8-9 in Boston

See keynote Steven Johnson, best-selling author of six books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. His writings have influenced everything from the way political campaigns use the Internet, to cutting-edge ideas in urban planning, to the battle against 21st-century terrorism. He has also co-created three influential web sites: the pioneering online magazine FEED, the Webby-Award-winning community site, Plastic.com, and most recently the hyperlocal media site outside. in. Steven’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and include, most recently, The Invention of Air. Steven is a contributing editor for Wired magazine and has also written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and many other periodicals. He’s appeared on many high-profile television programs, including The Charlie Rose Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
See Steven Johnson in a TED clip >

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Superseed does Twitter

Are you using Twitter?
Follow me and I'll show you how: http://www.twitter.com/superseed

Superseed to speak at Business Incubator - WomenBiz Roundtable

Event: Superseed.com Director, Margo Johnson, to speak at the WomenBiz Roundtable at the Amoskeag Business Incubator on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 6:30 PM.

Do-It-Yourself Marketing - How is your business engaging in marketing efforts on a tighter budget? Learn from a creative agency expert about how you can help your business improve awareness or increase sales using new do-it-yourself marketing tools. Get ideas, share ideas and discover new ways to do your own simple low cost branding, marketing and design.

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CEO Guide to Technology - web 2.0, widgets and more...

Business Week's "CEO's Guide to Technology" covers the basic web 2.0 tools such as widgets, wikis, the virtual workplace, viral video, mashups, and social networking. Another special report covers several articles on widgets such as "Building a brand with Widgets" and a Slide Show: When Facebook Ads Flop.

Viewing Patterns for Web Home Pages

See these diagrams and article on "Viewing Patterns for Homepages" showing how a user's eyes view a web page and which zones are viewed the most. Heatmap diagrams overlay web news sites revealing focal points.

Article by Eyetrack > Written by Laura Ruel and Steve Outing, project managers; research and tools by Colin Johnson, Greg Edwards, and Leslie Kues of Eyetools Inc.

E-mail Spam Art

A story about an someone who was tired of email spam. She created hand lettering doodles which in just more than a week got more than 50,000 views on Flickr. Read more from BrandNoise and NYT here.