Soldsie - Sell your products through Facebook comments!

Did you know you can sell your products using only the Facebook comments? When I first read about this I thought it was a joke. You know, like "look how social medias are taking over the world" joke. But than I saw the website, it was real. And really cool.

If you have a Facebook Business page you can use Soldsie. Soldsie is an application that lets you transforme your timeline in your store, publishing products and allowing your fans to buy only with a comment.

It works like this: you insert photos and information about your product for sale in the app Soldsie, which publishes the ad on your wall as a post. Whoever wants to buy just need to write the word "Sold!" in the comments. Automatically, you receive a notification and send confirmation of the sale to the buyer. After that, the person receives a message with a link to complete the payment via Paypal. All very quick and simple.

The service is free for the first $700. After that, you pay a 3% of each sale, that includes Paypal and credit card fee, automatic invoice and inventory track.

I haven't tested yet but I must confess I felt compelled to sell my clothes in Facebook just to see how it works. Just kidding, by boyfriend's clothes.

A little video with a walkthrough:




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Dior promotes Hangout and invites followers

When luxury brands started appearing in social medias like Facebook or Twitter, many said it wasn't a smart move and that the brand in a place where everybody can get in could make the brand lose its value and sense of exclusivity. 

Many years have passed and brands like Chanel and Louis Vuitton proved that, when well played, there is only good things to come. The latest brand to inovate in the social media field was the french brand Dior. 

Dior has more than 10 million likes on Facebook, +300.000 on Google+  and almost 1.5 million followers on Twitter. With the hashtag #DiorHolidayHangout the brand invited all their followers to watch a hangout with their make-up artist Ricky Wilson (@wilsonricky) and other make-up artists as guest. The Hangout had as theme make-up to use on the Holidays. Fans on the brand could send questions to Ricky via Twitter or G+ by using the hashtag.

Ricky Wilson and model

The Hangout lasted about 40 minutes and looked very natural and interactive. The artist used two models (that look like "normal" people not supermodels, very smart move) to show the "how to do it" and answered 3 questions. Of course all the make up used was Dior and presented by the host but not in a "comercial" way. The luxury brand was not spared of technical problems, with a guest who could not be heard, a few seconds of Dior out of air and a lot of nervous laughing. But none of this made the project less interesting. 

Host out of air and the nervous laughing!

The video is now available on youtube and on G+. And now here!

What do you think? Is this a good exemple to be followed by luxury brands? 

Tricks of the professional!

@TaciOneGlobe

Buy it - post it. Your purchases on Facebook!

Facebook and Cielo - the company that manages the credit card machines in Brazil - announced a partnership that will enable the consumer to check-in and recommend the shop to friends on the social network directly upon any purchase with the machine of Cielo. It will be launched this thursday, December 6, in test mode with 30 stores in São Paulo. 

The president of Cielo, Romulo de Mello Dias, says that the partnership is the first of its kind in the world and will enable an interaction between the online and offline worlds. "This solution will enable the vistualization of the "mouth to mouth". Several studies indicate that 92% of today's consumers rely more on the opinion and recommendation of their friends than other types of advertising. This interaction will enable the stores to have a better use of this kind of marketing". He also confirms that the user will need to apply for this service with personal data but that it is completely safe. ldsjnds

Besides the possibility of recommendation and check-in, promotions will be held through the tool that will enable the give prizes in their own stores by the consumers themselves or by their Facebook friends who visit the site. However the institutions themselves should contact the company to request participation in promotions.

Facebook in Brazil is extremely popular, with over 60 million users.

What do you think? Would you use it or you are not ready to expose you Becky Bloom side to the world?

@TaciOneGlobe

Source here (in portuguese)

Facebook creates special Timeline for couples

If get annoyed by those friends who have boyfriends/girlfriends and start putting EVERYTHING they do together on the social medias, we have some bad news. Now Facebook criates automatically a timeline with all the couple's intercations on Facebook - yes, automatically. All cute messages, pictures, links to U2 or Celine Dion videos, friends in common, pages that both like at the same time, events they went together, etc - all couple cuteness is going to be there.

To access this, you have to be in a "serious relationship" with your boyfriend/girlfriend. Once this information is in your profile, the couple go to facebook.com/us and all of your online romantic history is going to be there. To share the link (and piss off your friends), just copy and paste the url that is going to appear with the name of the couple in the browser.

What do you think about it? Cute? Useless? Leave a comment!

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EverySignal

No electricity = no tweets? No way!

Maybe you are in a hurricane's path. Or maybe you just forgot to pay your bill. The fact is: many factors can leave you without electricity. And with no power, chances are you are going to lose your internet access too! 

But that does not mean you'll have to stay completely away from social networks. Twitter and Facebook still let you post from you phone! Like that, you can let your family and friends know you're OK, ask them for help or just let the world know you are afraid of the dark.

For Twitter you need to enable your mobile phone in your account on Twitter.com (and for that you do need electricity). Go to "Settings" then "Mobile". Insert your cellphone number under “Activate Twitter text messaging,” and then you’ll have to text “GO” to the number 40404. That should activate the service. New settings on the webpage allow you to control text notifications.

Now, to tweet, just write a text and send it to 40404.

For Facebook you also have to enable the service while you can! Log in your Facebook and go to "Account Settings". Go to "Mobile", put your number and click on "Activate Text Messaging". Follow the instructions and text the letter "F" to 32665. A confirmation text will give you a number you have to insert on the page. After that, the activation of the phone will be confirmed by another text.

To update your status, write a text and send it to 32665.

And at least remember to pay your phone bill!

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From Mashable and pic from Techli

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