Facebook Ecommerce Data

SortPrice.com is in the process of unveiling some very interesting data regarding the growth of ecommerce on Facebook (now known as f-commerce). As you are well aware, Facebook and ecommerce have grown tremendously in the past couple of years. Using its Store Application, SortPrice has bridged the gap between Facebook and the ecommerce industry by developing over 1,500 Facebook Stores, more than anyone in the industry.

Here's a brief snapshot of some of the data we've compiled on the use of our Store Application last year, coinciding with a broader, e-commerce industry-wide expansion into social networking. As you can see, SortPrice is clearly on the leading edge of that expansion.

• $3.8 billion worth of merchandise was posted using SortPrice.com's Store Application for Facebook in 2010
• 1,500+ retailers, including Fortune 500 companies, use SortPrice.com-built storefronts to post their products (full catalogs)
• 7.6 million products in 53,000 categories were posted using SortPrice.com's Store App. in 2010, 60 percent more products than in 2009

For the complete SortPrice/Facebook data, please click here: http://www.sortprice.com/docs/Facebook-Store-Ecommerce-Data


We've also included links to the Facebook stores that SortPrice has built for some very well-know merchants:

Adidas Soccer (click on the Online store link on left hand side)
http://www.facebook.com/adidassoccer

Golfsmith (click on the Shop now link on left hand side)
http://www.facebook.com/golfsmith

Some of our other retailers include the Dallas Mavericks (NBA team), Sharper Image, Adobe - Students, and Tigerdirect.

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The Gatekeepers Post Launches a New Social Media Book Publishing Community

Author and media personality, Jeff Rivera launches The Gatekeepers Post, a new social media community intended to make a significant impact on the conversation of book publishing.With the decline in print book sales, the increase of eBooks, the rapid closing of independent bookstores and the boom in young adult fiction, the world of book publishing is experiencing a flux few could have anticipated even five years ago.
Industry outlets have struggled to keep pace with the new developments in publishing but the changes are happening too fast for anyone to cover it all.  The industry and public's insatiable appetite for fresh news on the rapid changes has only increased.
The Gatekeepers Post hopes to satisfy that appetite.  A cross between Huffington Post and Publishers Weekly, the outlet features some of the most important and respected voices in book publishing.
Joined by an editorial advisory board that includes the likes of print and online magazine editor Neal Boulton; TechSavvy high-tech consulting CEO Scott Steinberg; New York Times bestselling author and Publisher, Zane; Planned TV Arts’ Rick Frishman; Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives Ed Nawotka; Smashwords’ Mark Coker; Thomas Dunne Book’s Brendan Deneen; eReads.com publisher and veteran literary agent Richard Curtis; Editor-in-Chief of Gawker.tv Richard Blakeley; former Writers Digest Books Editor-at-Large Jane Friedman; Authorpreneur Joe Konrath; and Hachette’s Director of Multicultural Publicity Linda Duggins.  The new outlet also features Gatekeepers bloggers that site founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeff Rivera personally handpicked.
"The support from the industry has been overwhelming," says Rivera, "I'm proud of the high caliber of Gatekeepers and guest bloggers who'll be joining us."  Veteran agents, major editors, librarians, publishers, publicists and authors such as New York Times bestseller Alisa Valdes Rodriguez will be lending their voice to the community as well. Book publishing heavy weights such as Andrea Barzvi of ICM, Keith Ogorek of Author Solutions, Harvey Klinger of the Harvey Klinger Agency, Bill Gladstone of Waterside Productions, Glenn Yeffeth of BenBella Books, Steve Wilson CEO of  Fast Pencil and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein of Gotham Group have also joined.
A steady stream of book-centric reviews, headlining news, articles, and op-ed pieces, will be incorporated within the outlet along with forthcoming special events such as virtual panel discussions and online conferences.
Gatekeepers Post officially launched on February 1, 2011 at midnight.

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The Gatekeepers Post Launches a New Social Media Book Publishing Community

Author and media personality, Jeff Rivera launches The Gatekeepers Post, a new social media community intended to make a significant impact on the conversation of book publishing.With the decline in print book sales, the increase of eBooks, the rapid closing of independent bookstores and the boom in young adult fiction, the world of book publishing is experiencing a flux few could have anticipated even five years ago.

Industry outlets have struggled to keep pace with the new developments in publishing but the changes are happening too fast for anyone to cover it all.  The industry and public's insatiable appetite for fresh news on the rapid changes has only increased.

The Gatekeepers Post hopes to satisfy that appetite.  A cross between Huffington Post and Publishers Weekly, the outlet features some of the most important and respected voices in book publishing.

Joined by an editorial advisory board that includes the likes of print and online magazine editor Neal Boulton; TechSavvy high-tech consulting CEO Scott Steinberg; New York Times bestselling author and Publisher, Zane; Planned TV Arts’ Rick Frishman; Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives Ed Nawotka; Smashwords’ Mark Coker; Thomas Dunne Book’s Brendan Deneen; eReads.com publisher and veteran literary agent Richard Curtis; Editor-in-Chief of Gawker.tv Richard Blakeley; former Writers Digest Books Editor-at-Large Jane Friedman; Authorpreneur Joe Konrath; and Hachette’s Director of Multicultural Publicity Linda Duggins.  The new outlet also features Gatekeepers bloggers that site founder and Editor-in-Chief Jeff Rivera personally handpicked.

"The support from the industry has been overwhelming," says Rivera, "I'm proud of the high caliber of Gatekeepers and guest bloggers who'll be joining us."  Veteran agents, major editors, librarians, publishers, publicists and authors such as New York Times bestseller Alisa Valdes Rodriguez will be lending their voice to the community as well. Book publishing heavy weights such as Andrea Barzvi of ICM, Keith Ogorek of Author Solutions, Harvey Klinger of the Harvey Klinger Agency, Bill Gladstone of Waterside Productions, Glenn Yeffeth of BenBella Books, Steve Wilson CEO of  Fast Pencil and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein of Gotham Group have also joined.
A steady stream of book-centric reviews, headlining news, articles, and op-ed pieces, will be incorporated within the outlet along with forthcoming special events such as virtual panel discussions and online conferences.

Gatekeepers Post officially launched on February 1, 2011 at midnight.


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Top 20 Words Used On Social Networking Sites Announced

TrueCare Reveals Top 20 Words Most Often

Triggering Alerts Among Parents

 According to recent data compiled by TrueCare, a provider of Internet monitoring services for parents that automatically tracks a child’s use of today’s most popular social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace and Twitter for inappropriate content, “Hate” is the number one word found to generate the most parental alerts via the product’s monitoring feature. 

“After reviewing our internal research, we wanted to publish these findings as a way to keep parents informed as to what their own children could potentially be saying on social networking sites,” remarks David Barker, Product Manager for TrueCare.  “With a generation of teenagers gravitating toward these sites, parents now more than ever need to be armed with the most up-to-date statistics.” 

Below is the Top 20 list of words found to generate the most frequent parental alerts as indicated by TrueCare’s latest findings:

1.    HATE (bullying/racism)

2.    PARTY (alcohol/drugs)
3.    STUPID (bullying)
4.    UGLY (bullying)
5.    X (alcohol/drugs)
6.    DAMN (bullying)
7.    KILL (bullying/racism)
8.    FIRE (drugs)
9.    A** (bullying/racism)
10.  TREES (drugs)
11.  SH*T (drugs/bullying/racism)

12.  BUSTED (drugs)

13.  FREAK (bullying)

14.  POSER (bullying)

15.  DRINK (alcohol/drugs

16.  ICE (drugs)

17   LOVE (sex)

18.  BITCH (bullying)

19.  LOSER (bullying)

20.  MONKEY (sex/bullying)

20.  HOMO (bullying)

20   SEX (sex)

Concerned parents can monitor their child’s online activity by utilizing TrueCare’s social media monitoring service that automatically tracks a child’s use of today’s most popular social networking sites for inappropriate content.  TrueCare monitors a child’s pages 24/7 and notifies parents with alerts anytime questionable content is found, via an email containing the full content and context of the post, plus a link to the page if parents want to investigate further.

TrueCare makes helps parents monitor their children online:

• 24/7 monitoring of the child’s social networking accounts – whether they access from home, school, the library, a friend’s house – or even via their cell phone.
• Locates questionable content on the child’s pages using a customizable database of over 500 key words relating to potential dangers.
• Automatic e-mail alerts are sent to the parent anytime new relevant content is posted.
• Helps them to know who their child’s “online friends” are with Friends Network and Investigate Friend links.

TrueCare is easy to use, and gives parents the comfort and confidence of knowing they’re actively working to educate and protect their children against online dangers like predators, cyber bullying, and harmful posts which could damage their reputation.

TrueCare monitors a child’s social media activity no matter where they access the Internet from; home, a friend’s house, school or even their cell phone.  TrueCare features a range of user-focused security options including searching the child’s social media accounts for keywords that may indicate potentially dangerous posts from a customizable database of more than 500+ key terms.

For further information about TrueCare and how its products can assist parents, please visit their website at www.truecare.net. 

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