Social Network Marketing

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Internet is the new marketing hotspot and too many companies are aware of it. Social media networks such as Facebook and MySpace offer the perfect marketing place for advertisers that want to target a young audience.

There are, however, concerns on whether the advertising techniques are not violating privacy rules with their marketing campaigns. Not surprising, because Facebook users are being displayed to advertisers all the time. In addition, Facebook makes many private details publicly available, or at least available for marketing purposes. The discussion is now heating up, as some Facebook users have fromed an Action Group to stop this violation of privacy rights. MoveOn has gathered many signatures and votes to abandon the loose privacy ethics within Facebook.

Read the whole story at Businessweek.com

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admin @ November 29, 2007

BusinessWeek Selects Top of Young Entrepeneurs

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This year for the third time, BusinessWeek organized its annual contest of the best young entrepeneur in the United States. Young entrepeneurs, all of them under the age of 25, are nominated by BusinessWeek readers. This year 200 young entrepeneurs were nominated. Businessweek announced 25 of them finalists, and of those 25 the readers of BusinessWeek magazine chose 5 winners. Like last year, this year’s winners are mostly web-based companies, although a few more traditional businesses made it to the finals as well.

Among the succesful young American entrepeneurs was a 25 year old woman who drives her own succesgul business University Parent Media, in which she advices parents who want to visit their children at college. All of the young finalists were being chosen because they showed particular courage and originality in their businesses, and because their companies have a great potential for growth.

The goal of the young entrepeneurs awards organized by BusinessWeek is to identify the next Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook or Maxine Clark, creator of the very succesful Build-a-Bear Workshop.

The contest also aims to stimulate young people to make the step towards entrepeneurship and to strive for success. Read the details of the contest and find the winners at www.businessweek.com

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admin @ November 14, 2007