Posted by VitaminB | Posted in Resources, Source Downloads | Posted on 14-04-2009
Adobe just released the “ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform API”
The library is an updated version of a library originally developed by Jason Crist. The guys at gskinner have been working with Adobe, Facebook, and Jason to extend it to support all of the Facebook APIs (Canvas, Connect, and Desktop), and to clean up some of the code. That’s not to imply that Jason’s original work wasn’t great, there’s just a limit to how much you can do for free as one guy on an open source project.
The end result is an open source AS3 API that mirrors the documented Facebook API almost exactly. They’ve also added a few helper methods, and some samples to make it easier to get started.
You can get more info here, or grab the library from google code here.
Posted by VitaminB | Posted in Viral Marketing | Posted on 20-10-2008
The Insider’s Guide to Viral Marketing – Facebook Pages.
“With some candidates in the 2008 Presidential election embracing every facet of Web 2.0 to get their message out…your next president may be no further than a friend-add on Facebook.”
– Time
Consumers
are increasingly turning to the Internet for information about companies and products. According to Jupiter Research, 70% of viral marketers report increasing brand awareness as one of the most successful areas of their social marketing campaigns. With 70 million active users, Facebook is the Internet’s leading social utility. Facebook Pages give businesses the opportunity to build a consumer base, sell products, run promotions, schedule appointments or reservations, share information, and interact with customers. Today, hundreds of thousands of leading brands, restaurants, hotels, writers, filmmakers, bands, and retailers are leveraging Facebook Pages to reach consumers.
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