9 Things You May Have Missed This Week

Below is a look back at the 9 stories you many have missed this week in terms of Facebook, Twitter, start-ups and social media.

Facebook Commerce: Do Facebook likes matter
8th Bridge recently conducted a survey into Facebook likes. They wanted to find out if anyone cares about Facebook likes, do they drive traffic and why do people click like. Here is what they found out. Click here

4 Successful and creative Facebook contests
Here is a look at 4 successful and creative Facebook contests including brands like Coca Cola and Maybelline which have come up with some great ideas for promotions and contests on Facebook. Click here

How consumers interact with brands on Facebook
According to a recent study (conducted by Constant Contact and research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey) of online consumer behaviour found that people interact with their favourite brands on Facebook far more than on any other social network.
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Adidas pop-up retail strategy: what social commerce can learn
Paul Marsden, Editor of Social Commerce Today, writes an interesting piece about pop-up retail strategy. He believes “the business rationale for opening fan-stores in social media is smart, simple and compelling”. Click here

Rewardli lets SMBs leverage their social graph to get discounts on purchases
Rewardli which launched this week at TechCrunch Disrupt allows small businesses to leverage their social graph to form buying groups and save money on purchases they make already in their day-to-day activities. Click here

Finally! Twitter unveils analytics tool
Twitter has finally unveiled an official analytics tool – Twitter Web Analytics. This new tool announced Tuesday, should help provide clarity to those who rely on Twitter for content distribution. Click here

20 Ways to promote your Facebook fan page
This article is made up of a collection of 20 ways to promote your Facebook fan page. “Write a blog post about your fan page”, is one of 20 different ways to increase conversation on your fan page. Click here

And the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt is ……Shaker
The winner of TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2011 has been announced after 3 days of judging and 31 start-up pitches. Click here

The ultimate cheat sheet for expert Twitter marketing
Are you taking advantage of everything Twitter can offer for marketing? Here is a list of 35 tips and tricks for getting the most from Twitter. Click here

We here at VendingBox hope that you found these 9 summaries of interest and would love to hear from you. Feel free to communicate any future topics/suggestions you would like us to cover.