Ellie Mirman's Startup Marketing Blog

Facebook to the Rescue

Posted by Ellie Mirman

Jun 2, 2008

A couple months ago I was out in Davis Square in Somerville celebrating my friend's 23rd birthday. We had a great time bar-hopping and having some tasty Mexican food. Then, the next day my friend gets this message from a Tufts student on Facebook:

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Topics: facebook

Concern for the State of Facebook

Posted by Ellie Mirman

May 8, 2008

I read recently that, though facebook continues to grow at an incredible rate, that the overall activity level on facebook is actually declining - one example data point: the number of active users has declined 27% since January.

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Topics: facebook

Twitter Facebook App: Why I Love It & How I Could Love It More

Posted by Ellie Mirman

Mar 14, 2008

Some may say I finally bit the bullet... others may say I have succumbed... but I have recently gotten myself up on Twitter.  For those of you who don't know, Twitter is (from their website) a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?  And you can update from the web, text message, Facebook, and more.

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Topics: facebook, twitter

The Twisted Life of a Facebook User

Posted by Ellie Mirman

Mar 3, 2008

or,10 REASONS TO GET OFF Facebook....

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Topics: facebook

Why FunWall Sucks and is the Reason Facebook is Pulling the Reigns on Applications

Posted by Ellie Mirman

Jan 18, 2008

1. When your friend creates a post on FunWall, your feed reads, "[Your friend] sent you message." Confusing! Not so much the "[Your friend] threw a snowball at you! Continue the snowball fight and throw one back!" typical application feed. Use of the term "message" is very misleading and confusing.

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Topics: facebook

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