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Facebook Application Advertising

There are several ways to advertise a Facebook application. This can be done through mass e-mail lists, word-of-mouth, submitting the application to the Facebook depository, rallying a “street team” of friends and application users to spread the word about the application through forum discussions, notes, blog entries, etc.. There are also third-party companies, such as Payperpost, which pays bloggers to write posts and do advertising for certain companies, products, or ideals. The main theme in advertising is simply telling people. The first mistake one can make with advertising is putting themselves in a place where they are considered spammers. Sending e-mails out to people who have not given permission, or posting on forum discussion boards where the application has no relevance to the discussion is a sure fire way to get people to avoid using the application. If one is labeled as a spammer, or the product is given a reputation of being promoted by internet trolls then no one is going to use it. It could be the best, most outstanding application known to Facebook, but the spam tag can be a kill to any great idea. The best way to advertise is to make a great Facebook application...
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Facebook Application Drag and Drop

The realm of possibility with Facebook has opened to an even greater spectrum with the development of the Facebook Developer Application. Facebook is no longer limited to the website created by the owners, but has been expanded so that anyone can create programs on their computer, and websites others can access, with information of their choosing. By applications, we aren’t speaking about the boxes that appear to everyone’s individual Facebook portfolio. This is actual desktop applications. In other words, if I want to take a peek at who is online from my Facebook friends then all I need to do is create an application using the Facebook Developer Application tools provided by Facebook and I can make myself a little application that sits right on my computer which will tell me who is logged on whenever I double-click it. This process has become even easier since Facebook has formed a partnership with Microsoft. Now, on computers with Windows operating systems, anyone has the capability to essentially drag and drop when creating Facebook applications or websites. Microsoft Popfly and Visual Studio Express, which is either C# or Visual Basics, are both used in this development. Microsoft Popfly is a beta program...
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