As you may already be aware, Facebook is changing its page size from the standard 760 px width to 520 px effective August 23rd (http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/399). What this means is that your current page, which is designed on a 760 px canvas will automatically be shrunk (breadth-wise) by Facebook come August 23rd. The shrinking will chop off about 1/3 of the original design and it’s content indiscriminately. In order to correct this, Social Cubix is offering its clients a redesign/reprogramming package for 25% of original project cost. This will cover the cost to redesign the page where applicable to fit the 520 px requirement and reprogram the page to accommodate functional features as they appeared originally. Note that you will not be getting a new design scheme but your current design scheme in order to be consistent.

If interested in having your page worked on, please call at 866-978-2220. Typical turn around time is 7 business days which gives ample time to test before Facebook effects its changes. If you have additional questions, please let us know so we may address those. Once again, thanks for partnering with Social Cubix to establish your presence on Facebook.
Best Regards,

Michael Trexler | Social Media Specialist
Call: 866.978.2220

Amazon and Facebook are making headlines with the launch of a new application that allows shoppers to receive product recommendations based on Facebook preferences. Once users enables this app, Amazon is able to monitor their activity on Facebook, including what pages they likes, and use that information to recommend products they are likely to be interested in purchasing. Combining accounts with an application such as this, whether specific to Amazon or other merchants, has the potential to be a compelling hybrid of social networking and shopping that creates value for shoppers and for merchants.

While Amazon’s move made headlines because of their market position, the fact is that any merchant can build an app to allow Facebook users to share their interests. Collecting this data is the easy part. Leveraging it appropriately is where the real challenge lies. Ultimately, the success of the recommendations driven by these apps will be predicated on how relevance is extracted — particularly from the social graph — and how recommendations are presented to shoppers.

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PURCHASE IS NOT NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN OR WIN THE SOCIAL CUBIX FACEBOOK SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTIONAL OFFER.  MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. Sponsor – The sponsor of the Social Cubix Facebook Sweepstakes (the “Promotion”) is Social Cubix, 15308 Spencerville Ct, Suite 201B, Burtonsville, MD 20866 – USA (“Social Cubix” or “the Sponsor”).  All decisions taken by the Sponsor shall be final and conclusive.

2. Eligibility – The Promotion is open to all lawful residents of the United States (including the District of Columbia) and Canada (excluding Quebec).  Participants must be 18 years of age or older as at the beginning of the Promotional Period as defined in paragraph 5 hereinbelow and who submit a valid Entry as defined in paragraphs 4 and 5 hereinbelow.   By participating in this Promotion, Participants warrant that they are eligible to participate under the applicable laws governing procurement of prizes and awards.  The Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any Participant in the event the Sponsor is of the view that the Participant’s participation in the Promotion or receipt of prize would violate state or local law. Participants may be required to submit proof of their eligibility.

3. Agreement to Comply with the Official Rules – By participating in this Promotion, the Participant fully and unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with the Official Rules and that the Sponsors, their subsidiaries, affiliates, prize suppliers, advertising and promotional agencies will not be liable for any injury, loss or damage of any kind resulting from their participation in this Promotion or from the acceptance, use, misuse or inability to use the prize.

4. Create and Submit an Entry – In addition to the eligibility criteria mentioned above in paragraph 2, the Participant must sign up for a user account on Facebook (www.facebook.com), become a “FAN” of the Social Cubix page (located at http://www.facebook.com/socialcubix) and complete and submit the entry form found on the “Sweepstakes” tab on the Social Cubix Facebook page (the “Entry”).   Creating a Facebook user account is subject to the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities found at http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf

5. Entering and Winning – The Promotion begins on July 15, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. (EST) and ends on October 15, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. (EST) (“Promotional Period”).  Each winning entry will be randomly selected from all valid Entries submitted during the Promotional Period.  The Winner will be announced via email on October 18, 2010.  Each Participant is eligible to win.  Odds of winning depend on the total number of Entries received.  Each Participant is only allowed a limit of one Entry.  Multiple Entries from the same person will not be accepted, or if accepted, will result in disqualification.  The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, illegible or misdirected Entries, which will be disqualified, or for any error, human, technical or otherwise.

6. Disqualification – The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any Participant who tampers or attempts to tamper with or impairs the Entry process or the operation, security and fairness of the Promotion or acts in violation of these Official Rules.

7. Prizes – Each winner gets an Apple® iPhone 4 (from AT&T) having an approximate retail value of $199 USD.  Prizes cannot be transferred or assigned by the winner.  Cash substitutes for prizes are not available, except at the discretion of the Sponsor, who also reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the prize becomes unavailable.

8. Winner’s responsibilities – All applicable local, state and federal tariffs and taxes in relation to the Prize and any costs associated with the Prize and its use thereof, shall be the sole responsibility of the Winner and will also receive an IRS Form 1099 for the retail value of the Prize.  The Winner is solely responsible for all other expenses not specifically set forth herein, including but not limited to accessories or data plans.

9. Prize Notification and Delivery – Each winner will be notified via email on the email address provided by the Participant on the Entry Form.  The winner may, at the Sponsor’s discretion, be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and a publicity release that will allow the use of winner’s name by Sponsors for promotional purposes without any compensation payable, except where prohibited by applicable law.  Failure to return a signed affidavit and release of liability prior to accepting delivery of the prize may result in forfeiture of the prize and the prize being awarded to an alternate winner, except where prohibited by applicable law.  Proof of sending/returned the signed affidavit and publicity release by the winner shall not be deemed as proof of receipt by the Sponsor.  The prize will be sent to the address provided by Participant on his or her Entry Form allowing a period of eight (8) weeks for delivery.  Failure to comply with any term or condition mentioned in these Official Rules may result in disqualification at the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

10. Alternate winner – In the event a winner cannot be reached after reasonable attempts have been made, or does not return a signed affidavit and release within fourteen (14) days of being notified, the Prize may be awarded to an alternate winner, randomly selected from among remaining Entries.  Winner(s) may waive their right to receive a prize, in which case an alternate winner will be selected.

11. Use of Information – Information of the Participant acquired in the course of administering this Promotion shall be used by the Sponsor or its representatives for not other purposes than to administer the Promotion.  Social Cubix’s privacy policy can be found at http://www.socialcubix.com/privacy-policy.php.  Section 3.3 of the Facebook Promotion Guidelines states that “This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook.  You understand that you are providing your information to the “Sponsor” and not to Facebook.  The information you provide will only be used for administration of the promotion.”

12. General Conditions – Except where prohibited by applicable law, participation in the Promotion constitutes each winner’s consent to the Sponsor’s use of the winner’s name, city, state, province or county, and country, likeness, photograph, statements made by the winner about the Promotion, Sponsor and/or prize information for Promotion purposes in any media without further payment or consideration. By receipt of any Prize, each winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, Social Cubix, Facebook and their subsidiaries, affiliates, agents and their respective officers, directors and employees from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of and in connection with the participation in the Promotion or receipt, possession, use or misuse of the Prize.  All Entries submitted become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.

13. Miscellaneous – The Participant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Promotion, or any Prizes awarded, other than for the administration of the Promotion or the determination of winners shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Maryland; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Promotion, but shall under no circumstances cover attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will the Participant be permitted to obtain awards for and Participant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction – All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of each Participant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Maryland, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

15. Winners’ List – The winners’ list will be available for thirty (30) days after the final drawing date with the Sponsor.  Requests for the winners’ list shall be mailed to Social Cubix, c/o Michael Trexler, 15308 Spencerville Ct, Suite 201B, Burtonsville, MD 20866 – USA.  For a copy of these Official Rules, please write to the same address by the same deadline.

16. Modification or termination of the Promotion – The Sponsor reserves the right to modify or terminate the Promotion at any time, with or without notice, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation to fraud, technical failures, sabotage, security breach, or any other factor beyond the Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity of the Promotion as determined by the Sponsor. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the Prizes at random from the eligible Entries received up to the time of the impairment.

17. Modification of the Official Rules – The Official Rules may be modified by the Sponsor at any time by posting the modified terms on the relevant page(s).  Therefore, it is recommended that you revisit these standard Official Rules regularly in order to keep up with the modified and updated version of the Official Rules, if any.

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Earlier this week when we covered the TripAdvisor pages that were showing up in Facebook’s search results, we weren’t able to determine how the information was showing up in Facebook as there didn’t appear to be standard Open Graph data. Instead, the company has some improperly formed meta-tags as detailed by Facebook’s URL Linter. While most sites are not being indexed yet, I’d imagine that there will be a rush for publishers to optimise their sites. Read More

The viral marketing system that exists within these platforms is perfect for any company large or small and the sky is the limit when it comes to marketing on these platforms. While every product and service grows at its own pace there is no question that agency solutions is the best approach whatever the business size.
The best way to ensure that your campaign is going in the right direction for your company is to utilize agency solutions. Social Cubix offers agency solutions via a dedicated consultant who will guide you through the process step-by-step.

The dedication of a consultant to each client ensures that they can be assisted at all times. We believe that our commitment to deliver results helps our clients stay competitive in this ever evolving and expanding marketplace.

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While I’m all for purchasing stylish clothing, dishing out $4,000 for an official Facebook hoodie seems pretty extreme. Then again, there’s no doubt that this hoodie is extremely limited, and it’s doubtful that more of these will be printed anytime soon. Whichever Facebook employee decided to pawn off their hoodie will most definitely have rent taken care of for at least a couple months.

With 48 bids and just over 1 day left on bidding, it’s doubtful that the price will rise much higher. The last bids took place over 4 days ago, so demand for the hoodie has appeared to die down. If you want to dish out over $4 grand on a Facebook hoodie, here is your opportunity to do it.

Social Media is evidently catching on like wild fire with individuals and brands convincingly coming to the point of agreement that it is indeed the direction to follow to create and promote brand awareness and capitalize on the teeming internet population. We talked with individuals with diverse interests in social media from radio stations to book publishers and major brands that are not satisfied with their current social media engagement and the consensus is that social media the new driver in advertising and monetization online. We were able to present to them, bespoke solutions that are sure to enable them exploit to the maximum extent, the possibilities embedded in social media as applied to their businesses.

Some of the tools that we showcased included interactive Facebook fanpages and how those can be used to gauge and improve fan loyalty, custom developed applications and games, unique promotional campaigns as well as tools to measure performance. We also talked to a lot of folks about mobile applications especially those on iPhone and the Android platforms and the future of mobile advertising. Social Cubix is actually working on a new product that is guaranteed to change the shopping experience on mobile phones like never seen before. Watch this space for more information about the new product.

We also got to talk with some cool companies out there in our space. Joyent was one of the companies that attracted our interest, not because their booth was directly opposite ours, but because the service they offer is useful to some of  our solutions. Joyent offers scalable and intelligent cloud hosting for applications especially those built to see high traffic and server processor use. Other companies include MadDash, a video content servicing company looking to go social in very creative ways.

SMP was really enjoyable as we got to help people understand the benefits of social media and also provide them with the practical tools to leverage this new form of media to their advantage. It’s not just a new form of media, it’s becoming a way of life!

The idea, Zuckerberg said, is to make Facebook the center of the increasingly social and more personalized experience that people encounter when they use the Internet. Facebook also wants to make it easier for other websites to share information across Facebook’s user base of more than 400 million people.

“We’re building toward a Web where the default is social, every application and product will be designed from the ground up to use real identity,” he said. Read More