5 Cool Ways Brands Are Using Facebook for Black Friday and Beyon. 'Tis the season to use social media for holiday shopping. In fact, data from eMarketer shows that 17% of all consumers are using social media for their holiday shopping needs, and brands are proving to be savvier than ever with their online holiday shopping bag of tricks. Yesterday we highlighted Toys"R"Us' quickly growing fan following on Facebook, which is due in no small part to their clever use of their Facebook Page to promote in-store Black Friday deals. Of course, they're not the only retailer being smart about their social media strategies this holiday season.
Here we look at 5 different brands with creative approaches for using their Facebook Pages to reap in the rewards of the marriage between social media and holiday shopping. 1. Who: Intel What: Intel's using their Facebook Page for a creative group-buying initiative that runs through Cyber Monday. 2. Who: JCPenney 3. Who: Best Buy 4. Who: Sears 5. Who: Macy's Image courtesy of iStockphoto, 3dbrained.
How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch Part 3a » Themetatio. 101 Techniques for a Powerful CMS using WordPress « Noupe. May 05 2009 This is the first article in the three-part series, “The Comprehensive Guide for a Powerful CMS using WordPress”. Throughout this article, we’ll be focus on many WordPress Theme hacks, ideas, tips and useful tutorials you need to have ready in hand when developing WordPress websites. The Comprehensive Guide for a Powerful CMS using WordPress – Part 2 The Comprehensive Guide for a Powerful CMS using WordPress – Part 3 There are some technical stuff we have to get out of the way first.
WordPress CMS Hacks and Tricks 1. By default, a WordPress home page shows chronological blog post entries — with the most recent post at the top. How To » In your admin area, just go to Setting » Reading. Points to take care » First problem you may run into when you make a static page your home page is that the link to that page now appears in the main site navigation. 2. Adding too many pages to a WordPress blog that has a navigation bar in the header can really make your WordPress blog a mess. 3.
HOW TO: Create a Branded Version of TwitPic. More and more brands are starting to use Twitter, whether it's to promote new products or connect with customers. The only problem that some brand marketers have with using Twitter is that it can be difficult to have a conversation around links or media files. This is why Vitrue, a social media management company, has created "Twitter Pages" as a new part of its Vitrue SRM Product suite. Think of Twitter Pages as a branded TwitPic for companies and brands that want to share media or links with fans.Twitter Pages is already being used by companies like Best Buy and Apple (for iTunes).
Best Buy used Twitter Pages to announce the winner of its User-Generated Film Contest and iTunes is using them in conjunction with its newly launched Twitter accounts. Here's how it works: if a company wants to share a video, an audio file, or even a URL, they can send a message from Twitter that links (using a custom short-url) to a Twitter Page containing the item shared. Over 500 Layout Design Tutorials | AREA 1 - Graphic/web design t.