Posts Tagged “Facebook”

Breast cancer awareness and bra colors? Really? Puh-leeeeeeeeze

0Hillary • 9th Jan 2010 • Issues • ,

I couldn't have said it better myself. Read this article and it's also why I was upset to see the whole bra color meme thread its way through Facebook. The writer notes my sentiment perfectly. As a bc survivor myself I was taken aback by the whole idea. If you want to do something for breast cancer awareness donate money or urge the government/medical community to develop better ways of detecting it, screening it, etc. There. My .02 for whatever the hell it's worth.

From Jezebel magazine – Thanks For Sharing, But Your Bra Color Isn't Going To Cure Cancer

Here are a few places you can visit online to either get involved or donate money. For a larger list, visit your favorite search engine and start searching:

National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. – There's a big Donate Now button on the top of the page. Click it.

Pink Ribbon Charities – About.com lists the 5 Top-Rated Pink Ribbon Charities to visit.

Dragon Boat Racing – Oh, yes! If I weren't so out of shape (I'm such a weenie) I would love to take part in this. Visit the site to learn more about it. You'll have to do a search for dragon boat racing wherever you live.

American Cancer Society – Information, support groups, etc.

Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure – Walk, run, ride to raise money for breast cancer treatments.

Click to give free mammograms – I don't know if these click daily things really work or not. Does anyone know? It can't hurt to try it, I guess.

Facebook Fanpages and the New Fanbox

0Hillary • 4th Jan 2010 • Social Media • ,

One day while perusing profiles on Faebo (slang for Facebook), I stopped by a friend's profile just to give them a poke (a virtual wave) before moving on to see what interesting fanpages I might come upon. Lo and behold, I discovered a fanpage for Chocolate Chip Cookies with 1,330,661 fans! Their mission is stated as such, "To spread awareness of the joy chocolate chip cookies bring." Between reading the discussions about cookies and looking at photos (of which there are over five pages of chocolaty goodness), I caught myself wasting at least 15 minutes.
 
If you think this is a frivolous use of Facebook you're missing the ultimate outcome of the above example. All those chocolate chip cookie lovers gathered together to pay homage to the cookie translates to cold, hard cash for advertisers and cookie companies by allowing links to offer coupons, recipes, and anything to do with chocolate chip cookies that the fans may jump on. Who could resist a coupon for a box of cookies? It’s perfect engagement marketing – connect with your fans, make them offers they can’t refuse, have them talk about it, spread it around the ‘net, share it with their friends – it's a virtual gold mine!

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