The morning of April 9th dozens of invitees participated in the Facebook Marketing Garage, an event at ESPM in São Paulo.
The event was organized by Media Education (who also were involved in Social Media Week SP, and Social Media Brazil), and by Fox Networks, with the objective of giving marketing professionals an orientation around creating and maintaining a presence on the social network. Read more…
It takes two to tango. Other activities require two (or more) people, too, and sometimes you aren’t sure who to call. Meetango was invented to solve this problem, especially around activities involving going to a specific location. It’s a social network where you can get together with others to meet at places and do things. Read more…
“The way they were inspired online to talk about connectivity was fantastic!” This was the opinion of Lígia Dutra (of Chat about E-Commerce and Social Media) on Fashion Week São Paulo, which happened the week before Campus Party.
She was actively involved in the event for two reasons: connectivity has everything to do with her work in fashion and with the mission of the business she has embraced recently: byMK, a network about fashion. Read more…
Remember Netweaving for Innovation’s trip in which TeiaMG representative Juliana Lima went to Silicon Valley? One of the fruits of this trip came from a conversation she had with the decision makers at Ning.com (a tool for social networks that supports OpenSocial).
Juliana told them about the trends in Brazil, and they decided to offer a Ning Developer Challenge in Brazil. Read more…
Indica is a relationship network specifically for job listings. It has something in common with sites like LinkedIn and professional Human Resources services like CathOnline, but it is service of a type I had not seen before, launched by an exemplary startup.
The entrepreneurs did their homework well, defining a product, a business model and a strategy before approaching investors. They proceeded to support and launch the network. Are you familiar with it? I tried the service and spoke with the CEO about the project. Read more…
He is 25 years old, with a casual manner and enormous success: the idea he had turned into one of the most-used web services in the world, and they say it was influential in electing Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States.
He is Mark Elliot Zuckerberg; the toy he created that lays the golden eggs is Facebook; and he will be here in Brazil to give a lecture (to be transmitted via the web) and a workshop Tuesday, August 4th (see links below).
And what of it? What does this mean for him and for Facebook? And for the Brazilian Facebook users? If you don’t think this is very important, now’s the time to reconsider! After all, “what’s on your mind?” I say: welcome to the Brazilian Guide to Facebook!
