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brianboland

  1. Stanford Baseball leading Vanderbilt 5-1 after 3 innings. Big 3rd inning.
  2. Try a more relevant Google. Amazing to see how much Google is limiting the search results to Google+. focusontheuser.org
  3. @D_Gamble Thanks! Pinball not bowling analogy comes courtesy of Andy Fennell of Diageo. I really think it captures things well.
  4. Really impressed with Dropbox. Best free online file storage and sharing I have seen. Great work by the team there. http://db.tt/mt9xthD
  5. Facebook Begins Reporting on 'Social Context' In Ads | ClickZ clickz.com/clickz/news/17… via @clickz
  6. We have seen a huge savings on a cost per lead basis on Facebook. From @w2scott #smx
  7. Great example from Performics about Threadless ROI on Facebook
  8. Great article with practical tips on how to be successful with Facebook Ads http://bit.ly/8PCSLb #facebookads #socialmedia
  9. The US State Department - text "HAITI" to "90999" a donation of $10 will be given to the Red Cross on your cell bill. http://bit.ly/68nSXc
  10. RT @BrandDemand: 2.5 times the clicks from Google on Facebook Ads at the same cost? Nice. http://ow.ly/Tbn2 #socialmedia #facebookads
  11. Women Warm Up to Brands on Social Sites. Good eMarketer article on SheSpeaks study. http://bit.ly/8R6ZeX #socialmedia
  12. Threadless.com on social media - Some great tips on how they have grown using social. http://bit.ly/6lKYTm #socialmedia
  13. @SloaneKelley I work in ads at Facebook... would love to see the screenshots of the ads you mention
  14. Farming and FML - pretty cool data on trends from Facebook status updates this year: http://bit.ly/8JGKSc #socialmedia
  15. Nice whitepaper on how local advertisers can use Facebook Ads. Well written and very practical http://bit.ly/77UKbF
  16. RT @AhmetKirtok: Laser Targeted Facebook Ads Case Study. Nice article, great targeting tactics, well written. - http://bit.ly/7KaBO2
  17. Good short article on using Facebook Ads to promote a hospital http://bit.ly/77ewTD