) May 17, 2009 -- Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused social media solutions, offers advertisers the tools, techniques and expertise to build, manage and monetise a moderated brand-safe environment for user generated content. With the demand still increasing for social media sites, so does the necessity to offer advertisers the protection of a moderated, brand-safe environment.

) June 14, 2009 -- The video social network has come a long way since its inception and it has become a phenomenon that brands are beginning to realise is valuable.

In the current economic downturn, it is becoming more and more important for brands to reach out to their customers in new, distinguished ways. With a whole new world of marketing and communication evolving in the digital era, brands continuously have to do more to remain relevant to their consumers and dominant in their markets.

) June 14, 2009 -- Offering social network software for businesses, US based digital technology company, Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused social media solutions, is urging businesses to build, configure and manage their own, brand-safe online communities, as the most engaging and cost-effective means of developing their traffic growth for 2009.

) July 16, 2009 -- Reality Digital, the leading provider of web community software for enterprises, has predicted that social networks are set to become the primary hub of online activity, with other movement focused around it, as brands continue to push their marketing efforts into the digital world.

With social media having risen in popularity over the last few years, many brands are opting to utilise this for the purpose of marketing their products, using social networks as a great crowd sourcing mechanism. The internet population is a vast one, and it has become a vital factor in the marketing success of brands all over the world.

) August 18, 2009 -- Brands need to harness the power of both mass social media and niche social networks to extend brand awareness to online consumers according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of social networking software for brands and businesses.

Mass social networks such as Facebook and Twitter can be used as effective crowd sourcing tools, as brands seek to reach out to a larger audience and engage them, whereas niche social networks dedicated to a brand can offer deeper consumer interaction. It is a combination of the two that reaps the greatest results and ROI for businesses.

) September 17, 2009 -- The variety of accessible content on a website is of vital importance when it comes to engaging users and consumers according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of social network software for brands and businesses.

The rise of social media as a marketing tool has meant that brands have had to look at all possible avenues in their efforts to make their brand stand out. The creation of a brand focused social network is one of the key methods of tapping into online audiences, and - as with the majority of online marketing initiatives - content is of huge importance.

) May 21, 2009 -- Growing numbers of companies are now considering implementing, or have already included social media initiatives into their marketing campaigns. When compared to traditional marketing methods, utitlising digital media is a cost effective way to extend brand presence, globally. Offering white label social network platforms, US based digital technology company, Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused social media solutions, enables businesses to build, configure and manage their own, brand-safe online communities.

) September 6, 2009 -- Brands looking to utilise social media in their online marketing efforts don't need to build a whole new website for that purpose, as social media features can be easily incorporated to an existing site framework according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of online community software for brands and businesses

Social media has become one of the most efficient ways of crowd sourcing consumers, and therefore an effective method of marketing on the internet. Many brands have looked to engage their consumers and fans of their brand using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

) August 23, 2009 -- Marketing campaigns that incorporate a brand focused social network are more effective due to the increasing popularity of social media according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of social networking application software for brands and businesses.

Reality Digital have indicated that marketing campaigns that integrate social media activity, such as a social network dedicated to a brand, are far more influential in reaching out to key audiences than those that only focused on media content advertising.

) July 29, 2009 -- Companies should be utilising a hosted social network in order to reap the benefits of improved communication, both internally between employees and externally with their consumers according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of web community software for brands.

An online community can be used to facilitate internal interaction and communication, in an environment where files can be shared and used with ease. A social network presents the possibility for internal horizontal influence, whereby almost every individual within the enterprise enjoy the same level of influence within the network.

) August 7, 2009 -- User generated content (UGC) competitions are a strategic way for brands to attract and engage consumers whilst establishing a new community centred around their brand according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused online community software.

) September 25, 2009 -- Social media can play a vital part in keeping a website fresh and appealing to its users according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of online community software for brands and businesses.

With a vast amount of business and other activities now being conducted over the internet, it has become increasingly important for brands and businesses to maintain a thoroughly engaging and up to date website. Brands should be looking to make the most of social media by incorporating it into their website according to Reality Digital.

) October 23, 2009 -- The integration of video content into a brand's website will improve the chance of it being shared or syndicated according to Reality Digital, the leading provider of social network software for brands and businesses.

) July 4, 2009 -- Reality Digital, the leading provider of brand focused social media solutions, has indicated that the summer festival period is likely to be followed by an influx in the number of consumers using online video and user generated content within social networks.

The constant development of technology has meant that recording devices such as camcorders and cameras have become far more mainstream through the combination of their features in new equipment such as digital cameras and mobile phones. Video recording has become more accessible to the consumer, and because they are also much more portable, many people will no doubt look to capture some of their favourite acts at festivals across the world using video.

) July 9, 2009 -- Vesta Digital is proud to present IntelBuilder Social Media Platform, proprietary software developed to enhance advertising and marketing efforts, strengthen brand loyalty, and build better and stronger relationship with customers. The platform allows fans to post, share, vote on and aggregate content in a timely matter similar to what is done on Twitter or Facebook.

Intel Builder Social Media Platform

) July 9, 2009 -- Vesta Digital is proud to present IntelBuilder Social Media Platform, proprietary software developed to enhance advertising and marketing efforts, strengthen brand loyalty, and build better and stronger relationship with customers. The platform allows fans to post, share, vote on and aggregate content in a timely matter similar to what is done on Twitter or Facebook.

Intel Builder Social Media Platform

) October 21, 2008 -- White Horse, one of the nation's fastest-growing digital agencies with an expanding portfolio in emerging media, invites marketers to explore social media strategies to safeguard and build brand loyalty during the economic downturn. The complimentary one-hour Webinar on October 29th will offer tactics that marketers can implement to produce both immediate and long-term results.

) October 14, 2008 -- Keibi Technologies, the leading provider of moderation solutions for user generated content (UGC), has announced the availability of two research reports concentrating on social media and UGC. The surveys and resulting reports were administered and aggregated by an independent, third-party research firm and provide insights into brand marketers' and publishers' current strategies, tactics, and future plans with social media.

) May 20, 2009 --White Horse, a 29-year old digital marketing agency specializing in the convergence of emerging and traditional media, will unveil a proprietary benchmark report of seven top social media monitoring tools at a live Webinar event on May 28th.

Many companies are failing to tap the powerful real-time brand conversations taking place in social media because they lack the proper tools to aggregate and share the data across their organization. White Horse's Webinar, Social Media Monitoring: Benchmarking the Competitive Landscape, will help companies zero in on the right product to accelerate the product selection process.

) October 27, 2009 -- Vesta Digital is proud to announce new release of IntelBuilder Social Media Platform 2.0, a viable web application framework offering both Content Management System and Social Media Marketing. IntelBuilder is proprietary Web 2.0 software application, W3C compliant and globally recognized and used by publicly traded companies such as Ruth Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc (NASDAQ: RUTH), MagneGas Corporation (OTCBB:MNGA) and Bio-Clean International (PINKSHEETS:BCLE). IntelBuilder software is continuously upgraded to offer the most advanced technology tools being available on the web today.

) August 18, 2009 -- Vesta Digital, LLC is proud to announce that IntelBuilder Social Media Platform is now featured on KillerStartUps.com and Zippa.com. These are user driven websites dedicated to entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers who wish to share their opinions and stay abreast of the information on up-and-coming internet startups platforms.

Intel Builder Social Media Platform

) April 23, 2009 --

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) June 15, 2009 -- There are a number of ways to compare the effectiveness of social media marketing to other key digital marketing channels. agency:2's recent research focuses on click through rates for various online channels and discusses why social media marketing outperforms search, email and online advertising.

Statistics shows that social media has an average click through rate of 7% (CTR 7%) which is twice as effective as email (CTR 3.9%) and 35 times more effective than banners (CTR 0.2%).

Sources: Eyeblaster/eMarketer/MarketingVox/ http://www.agency2.co.uk

But why are click through rates so much higher for social media?

) June 9, 2009 --

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) December 3, 2008 -- White Horse, one of the nation's fastest-growing digital agencies with an expanding emerging media portfolio, invites marketers to attend Social Media Killed the Branding Rock Star, a complimentary Webinar. The December 10th event will share five practical ways to utilize social media to drive brand goals in 2009.

) March 3, 2009 -- White Horse, one of the nation's most established digital marketing agencies, invites advertising, marketing, and branding professionals to attend a complimentary Webinar on March 11th entitled The Only Three Social Media Metrics That Matter: a Sanity Plea.

Join Eric Anderson, VP of Emerging Media at White Horse, for a reality check on social media measurement. Eric will make the case for a straightforward approach, acknowledging the combined impact of traditional and social media, to produce clear results that upper management will understand and value.

) October 29, 2009 -- Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, announced today that it has added a Social Loyalty Engine to the Viewpoints Technology Platform. The Social Loyalty Engine helps brands establish a reputation and rewards program that motivates their customers to contribute content and become leaders and brand advocates in the brand's online community and across the broader social web.

) March 24, 2009 -- Social networking website SocialGO has entered the market for adult social networks, by setting up Zocku.com this month. Zocku is a dedicated platform for creating monetized adult social networks.

With social networking communities becoming more commonplace, the web has become more social across all types of websites, and adult websites are no exception. Online adult communities are growing faster than ever before offering users a rich experience to browse content, make friends and share their personal videos.

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) March 4, 2010 -- To help hotels and resorts stay on top of mentions, chats or general dialogue that might be happening about their properties, Screen Pilot, a bleeding edge digital marketing firm, have compiled a Top 5 list of free tools that can be used right now to keep tabs on the social media-verse.

-Social Mention (socialmention.com) is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the social universe into a single stream of information. Social Mention monitors more than a hundred social media properties.

) December 30, 2008 --
Brickfish®, the social media advertising network, today announced that
it has been selected as a Finalist of the Red Herring 100
Global Award. Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North
America, Europe and Asia of the last three years are eligible for this
coveted award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process

) October 14, 2009 --

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) March 25, 2009 -- Jive, the Social Business Software leader, announced that Harmony Central selected Jive to help its clients become better musicians. Harmony Central is the number one online community for musicians. By leveraging the power of Jive Social Business Software (SBS), which combines the best features of social networking and community software, Harmony Central is allowing its customers to become its greatest advocates.

) February 3, 2009 -- Digital Media Communications, Inc.(DMC) announced today that DMC's NEW Online Video Wedding Guide Platform is immediately available to new and existing clients that are targeting the wedding advertising market.

DMC's Virtual TV Interactive Player is searchable by 30 categories and links to over 39 social networking websites.

) November 8, 2008 -- Webjam, where social networks are made easy, announces the pricing and reseller scheme for Community Network Services, its pay-for Branded Services package available now to resellers like digital agencies, web designers, directories and online services providers.

) September 10, 2009 -- Balaya, LLC (Balaya), delivering the power of social networking to business and people, today announced the Savannah Morning News will use Balaya's flagship product, Tick-it, as a social media platform for its website www.savannahnow.com. Tick-it enables the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com to offer up to the minute news dissemination directly to the desktop and mobile phones, and generate new subscribers and advertising revenue channels for their publications.

The new buzzword in the Web 2.0 world is social networking and social application development is further helping it propagate to masses. This social networking has come in limelight for community building, connecting friends and recently for creating new business opportunities.
A newer trend with the growth potential is application development for social networking sites. Various social networking sites are offering API or development platform to build social applications that can be plugged in to the site. With common platform coming up like Open Social this application development task has become smoother and web entrepreneur can now utilize write once and run anywhere feature through such common platform.

) October 7, 2009 -- To help businesses of all sizes capitalize on the viral marketing power of social media, Seattle-based Digital Promotions and Social Media Marketing Firm RC Strategies Group has launched an affordable, turnkey Instant Win Facebook Promotion that can be customized to a businesses' unique needs and demographics.

) October 22, 2009 -- Social media solutions provider ThePort Network, Inc. announced today the availability of a new white paper entitled Everything You Want to Know about Launching a Social Networking Community. Step by step, the white paper discusses critical factors organizations must evaluate when considering white label social network software. The focus of the paper is how nonprofit and association organizations can more effectively envision and launch a community tailored to their mission.