The numbers on these hangers in a retail store in Brazil show in real-time the number of “likes” an outfit has received on the→

The average value of a Facebook fan: $174.17. According to new Syncapse empirical research, the average value of brand Fans in key consumer categories→

Do you have an idea for a website like Facebook, but targeting a specific group of people? Maybe members of a professional group, or→

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Mashable: Many businesses think of Facebook as the place to get new customers, and it certainly can be. But the most effective way to→

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Marketing Pilgrim: How are you doing on Facebook? Okay? Not so great? Could be better? You’re not alone, but you’re probably wrong. That’s what→

NY Times: When Mandie Miller left her job as an on-air traffic reporter in Charlotte, N.C., to have her first child, she started baking→

Cassandra Daily: Brazilian weight-loss company Meta Real has devised a persuasive new tool to shame compulsive eaters out of late-night binging. Once linked to→

What is the last route you took when hiring employees? Maybe you should take some advice from the Facebook hiring rumor. When Facebook was→

WorldCrunch: First it was Swiss Life, now AXA has joined the party. Insurers have started selling e-reputation insurance products to protect your family’s image→

NY Times: The business plan of Varsity Monitor is simple. Major universities like North Carolina, Nebraska and Oklahoma pay $7,000 to $10,000 a year→

NBC Connecticut: Four years of tuition at a Connecticut university’s business school? About $120,000. A chance to get it free? Priceless. The dean of→

If you do construction work on someone’s home and they offer to pay you in Facebook stock — before the IPO — it might→

Do you sometimes forget to check in with the Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog everyday? Would you like to read our site everyday without→

It is Sheryl Sandberg’s goal to do for Facebook what she did for Google. She wants to help the company attract small businesses to→

Social media can seem daunting, but it is also an important way to connect with customers for many entrepreneurs. If you’re just getting started,→

Social media, Facebook in particular, is a growing medium. People are still discovering the various possibilities with the service, and businesses are finding new→

Sometimes a business will join Facebook with visions of instant success and many followers. Forbes offers a few reasons why your business may be→

Americans are not the only people falling in love with social networking. In the UK, Facebook has taken control of Microsoft’s 2nd place position→