MBA Weekly Recap from Bangkok, Thailand

Greetings from beautiful, sunny, hot and raining Bangkok, Thailand, nice to have here

Speaking of social networking websites, if you have been wondering what all the fuss is about, example, Facebook - it’s one of the most popular social networking sites on the Internet today. If you haven’t already sign up, you should get on now.

It is very popular for Thailand market as well. As I know, many of my friends are using Facebook’s services, keep in touch with their friends, meet new people and form their own different communities.

Facebook not only help you build up networks for your business; it also helps and leverage knowledge for your future success. Read more

On Facebook - Leaving is Hard To Do

When he tried to delete his Facebook page, it took two months to get his information erased from the social network.

No matter you are a member of Facebook or not, I think this article - On Facebook, Leaving is Hard To Do is a good read, it is written by Maria Aspan and published on February 11, 2008 IHT website.

It says in the article,

Some users have discovered that it is nearly impossible to remove themselves entirely from Facebook, setting off another round of concern over the popular social network’s use of personal data.

Facebook’s Web site does not inform departing users that they must physically delete information from their account in order to fully close it - meaning that they may unwittingly leave anything from e-mail addresses to credit card numbers sitting on Facebook servers. Only people who contact Facebook’s customer service department are informed that they must painstakingly delete, line by line, all of the profile information, messages and group memberships they ever created within Facebook, read more …

Facebook Users Need ‘Greater Discretion’

Facebook users are advised to exercise caution before downloading applications on the social networking site, after an application has been identified to download adware into a user’s PC.

According to the ZDNet Asia January 08 2008 report,

Facebook users to be careful about the kinds of third-party applications they install. They must show greater discretion about how they use the site, and which applications they install,” Cluley said. “These third-party widgets are not written by Facebook, and can mean that you are carelessly sharing your personal information with strangers or risking your computer’s security.

A Sophos study last year found that 41 percent of Facebook users were willing to reveal their personal information to a complete stranger, and 84 percent divulged their full date of birth.

So boys and gals, be precautions when you downloading third party software on your PCs.

In addition, because all those new and popular technologies, social networking become very popular now, it has been used by lots of people who want to keep in touch with their friends, who want to get more socialize from the virtual world, who want to have a belonging feeling toward to the latest trend, and, as well as for Internet marketers who like to use social networking method as one of their marketing tools to promote the business etc.

Well, no matter what kind of factor that motivate you to join and use social networking service, one thing for sure you need to take serious consideration is the ’security risk’, because the security threats, many companies have barred their employees from accessing such sites for protect their corporate data information.

So to help you keep networks safe, I find those five tips really work in terms of how organizations can allow security and social networking sites to co-exist, safely, within the work environment - Safety guide to Social Networking

Enjoy learning.

Radical Buy - Facebook App for Buying and Selling Anything

There are many ways to sell your items online these days, but none as effective as RadicalBuy. It’s, easy, it’s fun, and it’s profitable.

When I came cross this post on Marc’s Blog: Radical Buy - A Radical Facebook App for Buying and Selling Anything, immediately I want to share this great information with everyone who comes to visit MBA.

Radical Buy is a Web2.0 affiliate marketing widget for the masses!

It utilizing the millions of members on Facebook, and average Joe can list an item for sale and have it visible to all Facebook users instantly now.

After you list an item, other average Joe can post your listing on their Facebook page to earn commission! For example, if you sell a watch for $100.00, you may offer anyone 10% commission to sell it for you. If someone sells your watch for you, they get $10.00. The amount of commission you offer is entirely up to you.

There is no affiliate network, no expensive affiliate program to set up, no affiliate manager needed - just users to users.

Here are the details about this brilliant application. Check it out and I am sure you will love it.

Happy Happy Selling ….

Facebook Experience

There are tons of social media websites that you can become a part of today, like Linked In, MySpace and Bebo, they all have their good and bad. Lots of marketers says Facebook is quite possibly the best websites for networking personally and professionally, because among of all the social networks, Facebook is a gem when it comes to all around marketing and networking.

I have been using Facebook for quite sometime now, and it is also a very good marketing tool to add to your marketing plan as well.

Through the Facebook, you can build your first-class profile, make and add friends, join groups, list your events, send virtual gifts to whomever you want, use some cool apps, build a community, syndicate your Blog using RSS and so forth.

There are just so many cool stuff you can download and play around from your Facebook account. I noticed that many people have great fun by using and add those third party applications to their personal Facebook account and share around with friends.

However, when it comes to the privacy, how the things go then?

I came cross Charlene Li’s(from Forrester) Close encounter with Facebook Beacon, in her post, she wrote,

…. Facebook — they aren’t in control of what their Beacon partners do to notify people that this is happening. Facebook can only control this from their own interface, when the information has already been transmitted between sites, and without my explicit permission ….

You can read Charlene Li’s Facebook experience story here, a good learning experience.