Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, has resigned from her senior role at Facebook to start her own social media company. Randi Zuckerberg, who is two years older than 27-year-old Mark, had been Facebook’s director of marketing, responsible for initiatives such as coverage of US elections.

Google CEO Larry Page headlined Google’s earnings call today and of course revealed some interesting statistics on Google’s most recent product, Google+. Page said the new management structure he implemented is “working together fabulously,” and helping complete Google’s goal of making “sharing on web like sharing in real life.”

Phil Terry, a good friend, Web veteran, fellow lover of the classics and the cofounder of Creative Good, a user experience business, has put together some back of the envelope calculations for how much Google spent to build and launch its new social networking service Google+. The number happens to be eerily close to what News Corp paid [...]

Google has finally unveiled Google+, the company’s top secret social layer that turns all of the search engine into one giant social network. Google+, which begins rolling out a very limited field test on Tuesday, is the culmination of a year-long project led by Vic Gundotra, Google’s senior vice president of social. The project, which has [...]

Here are some of the most common misconceptions about social networks and how they may be used by businesses. 1. My business is not the right type to benefit from social media marketing. Many entrepreneurs have said the same thing – today, however, businesses ranging from auto mechanics to soft drink brands derive significant amounts [...]

Statistics show that over three million users a day log onto Facebook. MySpace is now in second place behind them with approximately 125 million users and Twitter is coming up fast. What this means to the business owners is the chance to reach more of their target market. The fact is, social network marketing is [...]

Social network marketing has become quite the trend amongst network marketers looking to promote their businesses online. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube have made it easy for eager entrepreneurs to hop on the internet and network with people from around the world. Terms like tweeting, sharing, and voting have created quite the [...]