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Demandware, Inc. (DWRE), a leader in on-demand ecommerce, today announced the availability of new social plug-ins from Demandware Labs to simplify and accelerate the integration of a retailers ecommerce site with Facebook and Google+. Through these social integrations with the Demandware Commerce platform, retailers can create a more interactive and personalized shopping experience for consumers, while retaining complete control over their brand representation in consumers social media activity.

The new plug-ins allow retailers to more quickly and easily leverage the capabilities of Facebook Open Graph, Facebook Check-In and the Google +1 Button as part of their social commerce strategy. The benefits of each include:

These new social plug-ins, along with the already-established Pinterest, WordPress and Facebook Shop integrations, provide Demandware clients with further openness and innovation on top of the Demandware Commerce platform.

Facebook and Google+ are becoming ever more important components of a retailers social commerce strategy, but many are still trying to figure out how to best leverage and tap into its millions of members, said Jamus Driscoll, senior VP of marketing for Demandware. These innovations from Demandware Labs provide our clients with easy access to the tools that will help them reach consumers on their social networks, creating a foundation for ongoing social commerce growth.

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The Facebook Open Graph, Facebook Check-In and The Google +1 Button plug-ins are available immediately to Demandware clients and partners for testing and implementation. Click here to learn more.

About Demandware Labs

Demandware Labs was established to focus on the frontier of digital commerce, as new consumer experiences are shaped by the advancements in technology. The prototype applications developed in Demandware Labs are available to Demandware clients and partners for testing and implementation, and may eventually be added to Demandwares roadmap. For more information about Demandware Labs, visit labs.demandware.com.

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fishbat, an online marketing firm, after conducting a social media based bike giveaway for commuter bike manufacturer Linus Bikes, analyzes how social media can boost revenue.

Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) October 10, 2012

fishbat reveals that the main giveaway contest created by fishbat for Linus Bike unveiled a Roadster 8 bike valued at $849 as the giveaway prize. During the time of the giveaway, the number of Facebook followers on Linus page boosted from 6355 to 9754, which was approximately a 53% increase in fans. In addition, the giveaway brought about a sharp increase in online sales revenue from $7,122 to $14,241, an 840% increase from 2011s numbers. May and June sales also yielded a 56.83% and 281.64% boost in sales over the previous year respectively. Over 2496 entries to the contest were received through social media during the contest period.

Justin Maas, VP of Client Relations at fishbat comments on the long-term benefits of the contest stating, The bike giveaway was very value-forward and showed that providing fans with a reason to keep coming back can spur growth on not only a Facebook fan page, but for an entire company. Maas further comments that the giveaway and related social media features on Linus Bike's page have contributed largely to the current fan-base following the company.

Linus number of Facebook likes has grown to over 20,000 and counting, thanks in large part to the bike giveaway. It really shows not only the power of social media contests but how social media in general has a way of bringing people together and keeping them interested in a brand, says Maas.

fishbat, Inc. is a full service digital marketing agency. Striving through social media management, search engine optimization (SEO), web design, and public relations, fishbat flourishes as a marketing firm to raise awareness about your brand and strengthen your corporate image.

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Thomas Bukacek, Social Media Marketing Expert, recently hit five separate Amazon.com best-seller lists with Marketing Miracles book.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) October 10, 2012

Marketing Miracles features top advice from leading entrepreneurs, business owners and marketing experts in a variety of industries from around the world. The authors tackle an array of subjects including the most creative strategies and tactics to attract clients and customersand keep them, as well as guarantee higher sales conversations. Thomas Bukacek contributed a chapter titled 4 Keys To A Successful Social Media Optimization Plan.

On the day of release, Marketing Miracles, reached best-seller status in five Amazon.com categories - The book reached best-seller status in the Direct Marketing, Marketing Research Business, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship categories.

Tom Bukacek is an author and social media marketing expert sought out by professionals seeking to brand themselves online. Tom utilizes the latest web 2.0 marketing strategies, such as social networking sites, video marketing, local online search, pay per click, article marketing, web design, and more. His clients include real estate professionals, doctors, bestselling authors, motivational speakers, Reality TV stars, professional sports teams, and more. Tom recently spoke at the NBA owners meetings in Chicago about how they can improve their online presence.

Along with business partners Curt Maly and Nick Bridges, Tom is the owner of Black Box Social Media and co-creator of Social Media In 7 Minutes, an online training and implementation program designed for small businesses to learn how to utilize Facebook, Google+, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media sites for marketing.

Marketing Miracles features some of the newest, the best and, of course, the most extreme ways to deliver your marketing message in the most impactful way possible - all devised by successful business leaders who aren't afraid to innovate or outrage. Prepare yourself for proven powerful strategies that deliver.

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Regardless of whether or not you are an experienced speaker, trainer or entrepreneur or you wish to review the most contemporary concepts in todays health, wealth and success, the ideas that these Celebrity Experts bring to the table will be worth their weight in gold when you read and incorporate them into your daily life.

After such a successful release, Thomas Bukacek will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-sellers lists.

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- planetRE, the nation's leading technology cloud vendor for online real estate, announced a new generation of Socialite Real Estate Marketing Platform for agents and brokers. It comprises of high end agent branded IDX websites with advanced property search, market statistics, community information, neighborhood mashups, integrated lead capture, routing with redundancy removal, property alerts and new patent pending technologies like Social Scrubbing, Campaigns, Open House, Social Chats, and Social Feeds with Predictive Analytics.

Social Scrubbing does automatic social profiling on incoming leads saving days of manual work. Social Campaigns allows creation and running of branded social campaigns with property flyers, e- cards etc. Social Chats allow agents to communicate with leads instantly on Facebook and save each conversation. Agents can plan events like Open houses with RSVP on social media. Social Feeds shows latest activity for each lead from multiple social channels like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, all time interleaved on the agent dashboard. New algorithms in Predictive Analytics uses structured transaction data and unstructured chat logs to predict clients for closure.

"No other vendor in the market comes close to richness of Socialite features," says Subrao Shenoy, CEO of planetRE. "We are proud to offer these innovations to hard working sales professionals who seek to get high quality business and close deals with predictions. Marketing is the science of what people want, but until recently it has been a science of imprecision. Instead of looking at consumers as demographic blots, the Socialite platform applies analytic rigor to see consumers as they are - as individuals and define new standards in customer relationship management."

"We run a small but highly productive real estate business in the high tech Seattle market," said Daniel Renne, Owner of Flux Real Estate. "planetRE Socialite provides leading edge tools to manage high agent productivity with quality collaboration and communication with consumers."

"We need a tightly integrated system with websites, lead management, CRM and transaction management," said Johnny Reeves, Owner of Prudential Southern Realty. "planetRE provides that solution with Socialite and Compliance integration and Single Sign On. We have been very happy with the quality of their support and turnaround for new features."

About planetRETrSoft (d.b.a. planetRE) is a privately held, leading cloud vendor, providing online multi tenant Enterprise software to the real estate industry. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA; its primary mission is to provide cutting edge products and services to the global real estate industry in areas of CRM, Transaction and Financial Management. More information about planetRE Socialite can be found on http://www.planetre.com.

planetRE, planetRE Socialite are trademarks. All other registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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06-10-2012 11:40 Shopping has always been social but today, with social media, the ways in which your customers can have a dialog with and about you are immense--and often daunting for those looking to get started with this powerful phenomenon. Join us to learn how retailers are tapping into social to listen, engage, and market to today's social consumer.

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