The social networking giant Facebook, which has 800m users worldwide, is to face an audit by the Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland’s authority on privacy following complaints about the site.

Facebook incidentally employs close to 300 people in Ireland’s capital city. Dublin has been a massive success for the company. It came to Dublin three years ago with the intention of just hiring 40 people.

Silicon Republic has the full article.

Tags: Social Media

With the economy being in the place that it is, there has never been a more important time to find new ways to sell yourself online. If you are thinking about creating a Facebook page for your business, we recommend reading this article by Mary Fletcher Jones.

Tags: Marketing, Social Media, Facebook

I read an interesting article in Fast Company about the importance of using social media to get your message out there, and how nowadays using platforms like Facebook or Twitter may be more important than even your logo design. Social media isn’t just a great platform to connect with your customers, but also to listen to their feedback and opinions. As a business, you should not be ignoring this opportunity. At the very least, you should integrate Facebook into your website.

Steve McCallion writes:

“Social brand platforms are not experiential marketing gimmicks. They do not exist to promote something else, but rather they are useful in and of themselves. A logo, by contrast, doesn't actually do anything.”

Read Steve’s full article here.

Tags: Social Media, Facebook, Marketing, Twitter