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Archives for July 2012

Why Facebook Ads on Zynga are Good for Churches


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If you haven’t heard, Facebook recently announced that they will start displaying ads from their ad network on social gaming site Zynga.com.  It has created a fair amount of buzz with tech pundits due to the implications this move carries.

From a consumer perspective, seeing Facebook ads on Zynga is not a pleasant experience.  Most people see ads as a necessary evil and the fewer we see the better.  We want our Internet experiences to be a cheap as possible (ideally, free), but we don’t like seeing ads clutter up our favorite webpages.

However, from a church leadership perspective, a move like this is a good … very good … thing!

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Introducing: Clover Donations


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Clover Donations has now been released, and if you’re already a Clover user, complete the Clover Donations application process by the end of July and you’ll receive a free site design switch (normally $200)!

Not ready to switch designs, yet? No problem. “Keep it banked until you’re ready for it!”

Here’s a quick look at Clover Donations:

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[Infographic] The History of Facebook’s Developer Platform


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Facebook has always been about progress and a cutting edge network that leads the way in social media. But one thing has always remained, the Developer Platform. Sure, the API and structure of it has changed with the introduction of Facebook’s Timeline as well as the branding pages and security issues that have come up, but for the past five years, Facebook has realized that this network will not grow without a vibrant and robust group of companies that bring in the traffic. This can easily be seen just by Zynga who accounted for nearly one-quarter of Facebook’s revenue last year.

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How Many Behave Badly on Social Media? [Infographic]


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The word on the street is that there’s a lot of anger on social media, even to the point of verbal abuse.

But is that really the case?

This infographic shows the reality is a little different: a vast majority says that ‘people on social networks are mostly kind’.

What’s interesting however, is the notable difference in the experiences of teens and of adults on social networks.

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