Showing posts with label myvmteam. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

No Spamming Required

A lot of non-marketers think of marketers as nothing but spammers. Its easy to understand why. We all get mountains of spam emails o a daily basis regardless of whether or not we gave out the email address.

But unless you want to be prosecuted and condemned for sending spam emails out, you will want to take precautions to be careful about who you email and why. Spam is defined as unsolicited email messages that are sent out to the masses.

True Internet marketers does not mess with spam because it distroys their credibility, risks their email and website accounts, and does not convert as well as targeted, welcomed email does. You can have your Internet Net Service Provider ban you for sending spam, and you can lose your autoresponder account, too.

It is far better to use an opt-in form where people willingly enter their first name and email address. In fact, the best way to utilize the double opt in option most autoresponders provide.

A single opt in is when you just let the person enter their information once. But what is to stop one person from going around entering another persons contact information for unethical reasons?

You want a double opt in to protect yourself. This is how it works:

The user lands on your website and sees an opt in box, asking for their first name and email address. They enter it (usually in exchange for a free download or the promise of information at a later date).

Then the autoresponder tool automatically sends out a verification email. The end user gets the email alerting them that they have signed up to be on your list, but it asks them to verify their subscription by clicking on a link in the email.

This means if someone goes to your site and signs someone else up, that person will get a notification and have the option to decline if they were not the ones who really opted into the list.

Make sure you abide by permission (The CAN-SPAM Act: Requirements for Commercial Emailers) marketing standards. These people trust you enough to hand over important details, so do not sell their contact information or abuse it in any way.

If you respect the people on your list, it will grow and you will have a outstanding list of prospects that can help you earn more money on both a short and long-term timeframe.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

"Feeding the Good Wolf"

An old Cherokee tale of a Grandfather teaching life principles to you Grandchild. The wise old Cherokee said "Son, on the inside of every person a battle is raging between two wolves. One wolf is evil. It's angry, jealous, unforgiving, proud, and lazy. The other wolf is good. It's filled with love, kindness, humility, and self control. " These two wolves are constantly fighting," the Grandfather said.

The Grandson thought about it, and said " Grandfather, which wolf is going to win?" The Grandfather smiled and said. "Whichever one you feed."

Ask yourself this, Which wolf do you feed?

I welcome anyone's comments on this great story.

Thank you for your time.

Jim Cobb

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Taking your Blog & Branding to a Community

I was reading one of my favorite blogs this morning and found this great post. This can take not only your blog to a community but when you follow all of the steps you can take your Personal Branding to the next level as well. Enjoy the post and let me know what you think about it.


Taking your Blog to a Community
From ProBlogger & Written on July 6th, 2008 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

Today Community Strategist Connie Bensen shares some tips on taking your blog to a community.

Every blogger wants more readers. I’ve always appreciated how Problogger regularly features ideas for improving your blog & writing techniques. As people happen upon your blog they may decide to join your community of readers. But what if you could take your blog to a community?

Choose the new Community

Let’s step back & take a few minutes & think about your niche(s) & focus area. At this point there are two directions. Do you want to bring in more readers in your subject area? Or do you want to reach out to a related niche? The latter will require some creative thinking and be a bigger challenge, but don’t be afraid to go beyond the obvious! Decide on your keywords & spend some time with Google & search engines & find out where your new communities are at. Do this quarterly or so because new sites are always springing up.

When I was a librarian we called it outreach. I would go out & speak to groups & my challenge was highlight resources of interest to that group (whether it was a community service group or quilting club).

Two ways to Extend Yourself

There are a number of ways to do this online. Some are automated & others will require action on your part. Building community takes a bit of effort (although you’ve maybe noticed this just in blogging). But this will be fun. (It has to be otherwise it won’t work!)

Automate your Outreach

Where can you put rss feeds for your blog so that it automatically streams at other places?

  • Social networking sites such as Facebook (use notes), LinkedIn
  • Aggregators such as Friendfeed, Tumblr, etc
  • Forums when it’s appropriate - it’s a bit hard to tell but ask the admin
  • Related Communities - ex: scroll down on the left to see an example of my blog streaming
  • Sites that aggregate RSS feeds:
    • You feed your rss in & editors choose which to publish -ex: 1067 views on my post on Twitter that Social Media Today picked up
  • Make it easy for your readers to ‘forward to a friend’ on your blog
  • Join social voting sites such as StumbleUpon, Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, etc
    • Be generous in helping your friends. They will help back. Most have groups by topic areas.

    Set up google alerts & Tweetscan for your new keywords. For example I have an ongoing search for ‘community manager’. My goal is to connect with Community Managers on Twitter & keep up to date on the latest news. It makes growing my connections effortless.

    Send out a regular newsletter with links to your blog. Less than 10% use blog readers, so they may prefer getting a compilation of your links & news in their inbox on a regular basis. (Make sure that people opt-in for the newsletter & can unsubscribe).

    Engage with the new Community

    The next steps require more effort but once you get started you’ll enjoy getting off your blog. The purpose is to meet new people and introduce them to you and in turn your blog. It’s not like flipping a switch & it will take some time. Please don’t go out & spam blogs or forums with links as that won’t be appreciated! You really need to be sincere. And remember this is fun. Do some Googling or set up Google alerts for keywords describing the new community that you’d like to embrace.

    Join Communities & Participate

    Provide something free that represents your niche (whitepaper, ebook, podcast, etc) & link others to it

    • Comment on other’s blog posts & add links to your relevant blog posts & free resources
    • Join forums and get involved in the conversations (make sure that linking is allowed)
      • If you’re shy about this, I have some suggestions.
      • tip - use a tool like Trailfire to keep track of the forums, social bookmarking sites work also
    • Write for a group blog - there’s no pay on this but it’s a different niche than my blog & there’s a community with it that many new people I’ve never met (yet!)
    • Join group projects - this book project that I’m participating in has 275 authors (meaning lots of back links as we all blog about it! LiveWriter allowed me to copy/paste them as a whole) - I see traffic coming from many new readers as they browse the list posted at the 275 authors’ blogs
    • Can’t find a project like this? Why not start one then?
    • Memes are powerful & you never know how far ranging they’ll be - this one went on & on (and people started making lists of the people who had replied & evaluating that = more links!)
    • Don’t forget about groups at social networking sites such as Facebook & LinkedIn

      Include links to the new community in your blog posts

      As you spend time in the new community you’ll start to identify the influencers

      • Invite them to guest write for you.
      • Offer to do guest posts for them.

      Signs that you’re making progress

      Watch where your traffic is coming from & what searches are hitting your blog/site

      *use Feedburner or Google Analytics

      An increased network - if you’re doing the second part then it will grow

      If you found this intriguing then you will enjoy my list of Resources on community building.

      I’m sure that you have ideas that I haven’t thought of… What are your suggestions for taking your blog to a community? What has worked for you?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Write Effective Free Advertising for Your Online Business Branding

Free advertisement branding requires some marketing skill. A lot of creativity and knowledge goes into designing an effective free advertisement. In order to write effective free advertising for your online business and increase sales, you need to gain some essential knowledge.

Good online advertisements are designed in a simple, yet attractive way to catch a customer’s eye and attention. The first step towards writing an effective free classified advertisement is to read it from a customer's point of view. Look at what catches your eye, what are the subject lines that attract you. These are very important. Now look for the subject line that repeat over and over again, for example works like opportunity, home based business, MLM, make money, the best thing since slice bread. Do not use these. Focus on making sense and attracting the targeted audience for your free advertisement to generate the attraction factor.

The attraction factor is very important in free advertising. What is going to make someone click on your subject to read more? Remember these possible prospective customers are looking for something that sticks out and grabs them. I like to call it eye candy. See a person looking at a free classified ad is a captive audience and they are looking for a specific item. I equate this difference between using Google & Yahoo. People who use Google are a captive audience searching for something specific and people who are using Yahoo are catalog shoppers.

I not knocking Yahoo here but what do you see first when you search Yahoo. Sales, Sale, News, Music, and if you take into consideration the eye can only send the brain a certain amount of information at on time. So a person eyes tend to move all around the Yahoo page and does not stay focused.

Now lets really think about Google. When some goes to Google to search they are searching for specific, they know what they are looking for. Now when you open a browser and type www.Google.com do you see any sales, news, and music? No, you see Google logo or a special logo for that day.

When it comes to writing free classifieds you have to put your minds eye to attract Google users. Not a Yahoo catalog shopper. So your subject line has to be attractive and grab the attention of the people who are searching. So think about it. Which subject line would attract you?

  1. Best Home Based Business Advertising
  2. If This Doesn’t Work For You, NOTHING WILL!

Take a look at number 2 what draws you attention. Look at number 1 is just a bland, burned out subject line. I see this subject line at least 100 plus, a day in one form or another. Let go back to number 1, when a person reads this what are they thinking. This may, could, will or work for me and then the punch line NOTHING WILL! These two words have a powerful attraction. Because when someone reads this it tell there brain that this very important for them to read more.

So when writing effective free adverting for your business, be bold, be different, be POWERFUL. In my next post I will take you step by step in constructing your advertisement body.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Free Advertising Dreams

Its 5:45 am Monday morning and you are lying in bed, half awake thinking about the BUZZZ. Now it is 6:00 am and you hear that dreaded BUZZZZZZZZZZ! Then you hit the snooze for just 15 more minutes. Then you hear BUZZZZZ again and maybe hit that snooze again.

You wake up and get your cup of coffee thinking about your work day and how you cannot wait until the end of your day at five or six. You get to work and start your day and maybe at 3:00 you see your supervisor walking your way and knowing what he is going to say. “Yes, there is mandatory overtime today.”…"You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Now you are working that overtime, missing your child’s baseball, football, or maybe even his or her birthday today. Now it is 11:00 p.m. and you have worked another day. You go home and sitting on the kitchen table is the birthday cake half gone and a little note from you wife saying “We Missed You, Love Ya”. You go the see if maybe you child is still awake to say happy birthday and you find them a sleep. Now you are upset and thinking “What am I going to miss tomorrow.”… "You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Maybe you are a nine to fiver who does the same thing over, over, and over again all day, and you sitting at work waiting for the end of your day. Then on you way home you go to some fast food joint and get dinner in a bucket for your family. You sit down and eat dinner then spend the rest of your evening in front of your TV, falling asleep, and you wake up and go to bed….. Now it Tuesday and you hear the BZZZZZZZZZZZ again then comes Wednesday, hump day. Then comes Thursday and all you think about all day is Friday…. On Friday you are waiting for the day to end because you know it is THE WEEKEND….PAYDAY, and all you can say is “Thank God this week is over” while you are thinking “Is there another way”…."You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Now it’s 25 or 30 years later, your last 6:00 a.m. BUZZZZZZZZZZ you will hear. Today is your retirement day, your last day of work, you will not have to work like this ever again. You get the company send off and maybe a gold watch from all of your friends and associates, and there is that boss who had you work countless hours of overtime and all you think about is how you missed all of those special occasions, sports events, or just a nice evenings at home with your wife and family…"You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Now looking back, you see what you have now. You think about your family and how hard you worked to provide for all of them. Now your children are grown and you are looking forward to your grand children and retirement.

Now you receive your first pension or retirement check and open it up and realize that your income is now 45% to 50% lower than when you where working. You are going to have to pay for your insurance and it is at least at fourth or even a third of your retirement income. Now you worry about how you are going make it and do the things that you dreamed about during your retirement. Maybe you were going to travel, or going to spend time with your grand children doing the thing you missed with your own children…. "You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Now you find your retirement income is not going to permit you to live your dream. You are going to be stuck at home just setting all day watching TV and taking an afternoon to rest. Now you are waken up with a call from you grand child and she ask you to take her to the local annual carnival. You know that you are unable to because you cannot afford it. So you have to give her an excuse “I cant today honey”…..Now your heart is broken because you couldn’t be the grand parent you wanted to be…. "You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

Now this could be anyone of us. I want to share this with all of you. You can realize your dreams at ASD. Do you remember when you where a teen or even in your early twenties and all the dreams you had; Family, Cars, Boats, Vacations, Second Homes, and having all the money in the world you ever needed. It could be anything in your dreams. You could realize your dreams then and you can realize them right now. What ever your age 25, 60, or 80…."You can realize your Advertising Dreams"

The power to realize your dreams is here with this “Great Family”. You have to focus on it, realize it, and dream about it. Look for it and don’t stop. This is a powerful Family that gives to each one of us unconditionally and allows us to help other’s "You can realize your Advertising Dreams".

Thank you Ad Sales Daily for realizing your dream and bring it to life for each one of us. Thanks to all of my Ad Sales Team. If it was not for all or you and your support I would not be able to realize my dreams today. I am just an average Joe and just someone who is realizing my dreams each and every day with As Sales Daily.

Thank again for letting me live my DREAMS!

Jim Cobb - Google Me

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Call Calling For Gold Part Three


Prospect = Asset = Gold

Now you have this gold/prospect you have to refine it and turn it in to an asset which will offer you a return on your investment. So think about gold and how it can be refined, gold bar, jewelry, and many other precious materials. How do we do this? We take our next to the final step and what I like to refer to as “create a jewel” or in the sales word the close. If you have effectively asked the correct right questions then this will be the easy part.

If you are in the online business world then all you have to do is take them through the process that you take any new client/prospect or new team member. See, though the entire process I have not talked about price, investment, cost, or how much money they are going to spend. If you have done your job right they already know the value and benefits to investing in you. You know if they can afford the investment. So now just act as there guide and get them all set up with everything they need. Once you have completed this and everything is signed, approved, and the investment is sealed then you will have your precious jewel, your asset, and your return will be bountiful. Not just today but for the rest of your life. Just like a gold ring you have to now take care of your new relationship for the long haul and I can assure you if you do this it will make you proud for many years to say that I have great assets your client/customer.

Now for the final step this one is easy but should not be taken for granted. Make sure to say “Thanks You”. Thank them again for their time, and offer them your help if they should ever need it. This strategy is not only a touch of class on your part, but also gives you another opportunity to continue your relationship and leaves the door open for you again and again.

Now you are a Gold Miner you will definitely hit a huge gold vein if you keep practicing and learning more about cold calling and sales. I would like to suggest the following blogs and websites for you to visit to continue your sales learning path:

www.SalesBlogcast.com

www.hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com

www.SalesRoundup.com

www.MyVMTeam.net

www.MyVMTeam.com

www.GoogleMeTalkRadio.com

www.qAliasAffiliates.com - “Google Me” it’s all about “You”

www.AskJimCobb.com

In closing, I would like to thank you for your time and I look forward to share more with you. Please feel free to leave your comment or even a question in my comment section or at www.MyVMTeam.wetpaint.com


Google Me Regards,
Ask Jim Cobb – Google Me

Friday, May 30, 2008

Wet Paint Power - My VM Team


My VM Team Wet Paint Wiki is ranked in the Top 500 Wetpaint Wikis at number 186 out of more than 950,000!

What an outstanding site for the new and advanced Internet marketer! We have a tremendous team here at My VM Team that shares information on what is working Right Now with their own personal on and off line business.

In this mighty team there are SEO experts, Blogs and Social networks experts, communication managers, technical professionals, and everyday people all combining skills to tailor their individual online presence and marketing techniques for their own personal business opportunity. Whether they have an online business or a brick and mortar business, My VM Team gets the information out in real time and FREE! Never a dime, dollar, or peso. Free to sign up, everyone involved isn't about salesy selling to the team members but actual advice and learning how best to market that members business.

Get with this team by signing up for an invitation to the My VM Team Wetpaint Wiki http://www.MyVMTeam.net">http://www.MyVMTeam.net>
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

SalesBlogcast.com is a big hit

Google Me Talk Radio says "What a brilliant place for sales and marketing professionals, small business owners, and online business entrepreneurs to come a gain a wealth of knowledge". I have been sales and marketing professional for over 25 years and have not found a place on the internet where like minded sales professionals come to share and learn.

Doyle Slayton, Sale and Leadership Strategist and Founder of www.SalesBlogcast.com has really taken old school sale fundamentals and combined them with current day online business sales practices to open Top Business Minds to a new way of thinking about sales in today fast-paced internet world. "Be the best that you can be in all that you do today, and tomorrow will take care of itself." in his post on May 22, 2008 on "Opportunity".

I would like to invite you to take advantage of SalesBlogcast and join the community where sales professionals network, share best-practices, and just get better! Receive new articles and interviews throughout the week. Participate in sales, leadership, and business discussions. Subscribe today... it's FREE! Learn More and also get Linkedin with Doyle Slayton.

Thanks for your time!

Jim Cobb, Host
Google Me Talk Radio

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Microsoft seeks for search gains

CNETMicrosoft is determined to get a bigger presence in the search market, and it's willing to get creative with its checkbook to meet that goal." Read the full Story



Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Facebook's new profile design is all about tabs

Harrison Hoffman Of www.news.cnet.com reported today that Facebook has just published new photos and descriptions of its impending profile redesign to its Facebook Profile Previews page.

The new profile design will, as we have known for a while, be centered on tabs. Profiles will be broken off into five separate tabs: Feed, Info, Wall, Photos, and Applications. Facebook's latest round of screenshots seems to indicate that users will also have the ability to add additional tabs, with the inclusion of a plus sign to the right of the Applications tab. To learn more Click Here

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Success is your focus.

Another key to successful CRR is the ability to build relationships while taking care of business. Here are some ideas for you: don’t make people feel invisible, always maintain good eye contact, remember, you can’t smile enough on the telephone or in person, to stay connected ask people who get your voice mail message to leave their e-mail address and telephone number, watch your body language, buy a notebook to record all your relationship building ideas, only do dog and pony shows if your client needs a dog and pony, add the words “for you” to the end of your sentences, every four months record your end of your telephone calls to improve the quality of your calls, always take notes to demonstrate that you care and you are listening, and always take the time to say “Thank you” to everyone who contributes to your success.

Passion is the powerful attributes for successful business owners.

Get excited about your work. If you don’t like it, change it. Your life is too important and too short, to waste it doing something you hate doing. Be yourself and avoid trying to imitate somebody else. Have an attitude of gratitude. Say “thank you” often. That kind gesture will make someone’s day a better one and you will feel the success that you have help someone else have a great day.

Enthusiasm is contagious. Enthusiasm is an acquired quality and it’s free! Go out and get some, if you’re running low. If you want to take your business to the next level learn to do the unthinkable. Never saying “I’ve always done it this way.” Never follow the crowd. Take a new and different path to solve old client problems. The old way may not be the better way. Don’t let “good enough” be good enough.

If your success becomes to comfortable, it’s time to change. Always aim higher and you’ll be rewarded handsomely. Being SUCCESS is no small task, especially when the client is doing the evaluation. If you dare to be different, strive to be effective, and are attentive to your clients’ needs, you too can be SUCCESS.

In closing, Customer Relationship and Retention is not a challenge it is a way of life for any business person and it all comes down to this. When you do the right things for clients with the right motives, there’s no limit to what the Client will do in for you. Take everyday as a gift and enjoy opening it. Because you never know what you will find when you mind is set for SUCCESS.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

So why is the Client Important?

So why is the Client important? Because the people that have bought from you now trust you more, as a result they will deal with you again and again. The more they trust you, the more open the relationship will evolve over time.

So the next step here is to build trust and the best way to do this is say “Thank You”.
I mean more than that automated 'thank you' at the cash register. I mean a personal thank you, something that shows your Client that you do appreciate them. One of the first ways you can do this is by sending your Client a thank you letter after they have purchases from you.

Well, there you have it, this simple one page letter that thanks your Client and encourages them to come back and opens the door for future business.

Will sending a letter to your Client really work? Sure it will. After all, when was the last time you received a thank you letter for spending money? I have only received a very few thank you letters and I remember all of them vividly. Send one to your customers and they'll remember it and you too. Try this, it works!

So what does the question “How can I help” have to do with Client relationship? Did you think about it? Offering help shows that client that you care about there business or even them. The client may decline your help but the client will always remember you making the offer to help. This builds trust and build the relationship.

Watch for my next blog post and learn the Power of CRR.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Customer Relationship and Retention

The client relationships must be the heart of every business. All of us know what ROI (Return on investment) is all about. Now let’s discuss how CRR (Customer Relationship and Retention) works.

One of the largest challenges to overcome for off or online businesses is sell, sell, sell, sell, sell, and sell mentality. The other thing I see and hear is poor closing techniques with little or no follow up and no long term relationship retention established after the sale is closed. This is a failure point with most online businesses when they fail to recognize the value of a Client.

Every Client has a value to you and your business. What is the one thing now that you could start, stop, or change that would have a dramatic impact your client relationships retention? This is an excellent question and I hope you would take a moment and really consider your answer. Yes sometimes it takes a great deal of effort and an extraordinary amount of energy to close “a big deal” but what happens after the deal is closed. How do you turn this new relationship into a long term Client?

First, never forget, it may take even more effort and energy, to keep the business after you win it. It takes courage to get the business and creativity and imagination to retain it. Now let’s set you mind to never forget this word SUCCESS and all that means. To be success, success is to be grand, impressive, outstanding, excellent, remarkable, and even unforgettable.

Many business owners have not set there mindset in terms of SUCCESS. They walk around doing a great imitation but they don’t walk the walk and talk the talk. It doesn’t take much to leap from the ordinary to the extraordinary, but it does take effort. It’s all about leaving a great first impression, not merely a good one. It’s about delighting your clients, not just satisfying them, and being unforgettable.

It is about rising above the entire crowd, not being lost in it. It’s about speaking SUCCESS and breathing it. Here are some ideas for you on how have a SUCCESS mindset for Client Relationship Retention.

Googles Friends Connects Partial List of Applications.

Here is a list of some of the applications. As Friend Connect grows, expect the list of applications to explode; Google, like Facebook before it, is trying to create a "platform" for developers to make money by reaching an audience of millions. The List.

Google Wants to Facebook Friend You and Much More

This is some Great News!!!

Time Magazine "Google Wants to Facebook Friend" as reported by JOSH QUITTNER

"Upping the stakes in its ongoing battle with the popular social network, Google announced today that it was getting into the "social plumbing" business — giving every website a way to add a limitless number of applications and a means for those sites' users to communicate among themselves. Read More"

Welcome to the social mess, a good mess with results?

CnetNews.com Posting by Caroline McCarthy really sound promising. Caroline reports

"Google Friend Connect, Facebook Connect, MySpace Data Availability, OpenID, DataPortability: Managing a bunch of different log-ins and passwords suddenly seems easy and straightforward.

Within a matter of days, some of the biggest names on the Web announced new projects that all have a roughly similar aim of making it possible for Web users to have a single social-media identity across the Internet--"data portability," as the general term has come to be known. MySpace.com was first out of the gate with the announcement of Data Availability, a way for members of the News Corp.-owned social network to share their profile data with partner sites including eBay, Yahoo, and Twitter. The next day, Facebook launched Facebook Connect, an extension of its developer API so that third-party sites can incorporate Facebook authentication and user identities." Read More

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Starting Good Business Relationships

"When I hear one of my clients say “Today was a tough day” I always follow up with this question, "How can I help?"

Really think about this question “How can I help” So what does this have to do with customer relationship, sales and marketing?

Now before we get into understand this we have to change our mindset. The change is every customer is really a Client. The title “Client” demand respect in today’s business world. Thesaurus.com defines the word Client “One who buys goods or services.” A customer is defined in the say way. However, let me ask you this. How does it feel when someone refers to you as a Client? It places importance. Where if you are a customer there really is no feeling of importance. I know it’s all comes down to semantics’ but changing your mindset will project to the Client that they are important to you and your business and is the first building block of any relationship.

The first step in any business relationship is to start a relationship. The biggest problem with most business owners today is that they do not start a client relationship. They just make a sale and go on to the next money source forgetting about the client and the relationship which was just started. See this relationship is very important. Why? Because statistics show that it can be as much as ten times easier to market and sell something to someone that has bought from you before, than selling something to a stranger.

Watch for the next blog post for the answer to "How can I help?" and to here open discussion listen to My VM Team Talk Radio

Friday, May 9, 2008

Facebook to open the gates

This is a excellent article from CNetNews.com on May 9, 2008

"Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect' by Caroline McCarthy"

"Social network Facebook announced Friday the debut of Facebook Connect, a new technology for members to connect their profile data and authentication credentials to external Web sites. It makes the company the latest major Web site to embrace the concept of data portability.

The formal announcement was made through a post on Facebook's developer blog by senior platform manager Dave Morin, who has been one of the company's most visible evangelists in the developer community over the past year. Facebook Connect will launch within the next few weeks." Read more about this.

Let me know what you like about this by leaving a comment.