On November 4th we built and launched one of the most successful fanpages on Facebook: Yes We Did. Now that we’re closing in on 81,000 users we thought we’d give an update on our vision for the page. We are in the process of authoring a comprehensive article about our experience bulding the page and the reaction that you, the fans, have had to it. As part of our article we will be conducting a survey of our users to… Continue Reading
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November 26, 2008
November 4, 2008
Yes We Did!
In anticipation of a sweeping victory for Barack Obama we’ve set up a fanpage to rally the electorate for one final election day push. Check out our free election schwag on the “Yes We Did” fanpage.
October 15, 2008
Pop the Champagne
We’re thrilled to announce that one of our clients, Teach The People, was selected for the next round of the fbFund! Teach The People was also a TechCrunch40 finalist and is poised to take home the gold in December. Read more at The Social Times’ allfacebook.
September 15, 2008
Batter’s Up
>carrot is proud to announce the launch of one of our most exciting applications to date: MLBFanbook. This app allows obsessed MLB fans to connect with each other and their favorite teams. It also gives fans the ability to write on players’ walls, letting them get closer to their idols than ever before. Users can also schedule games to watch with their Facebook friends and heckle/cheer them just like at an actual game. It was truly an honor that MLB.com… Continue Reading
September 10, 2008
Teach The People now on Facebook
School has started back up and Teach The People is hitting the books— Facebook that is. We are proud to announce that Teach The People, the world’s first people powered University, is now a Facebook application. TTP recently released its Facebook application in time for TechCrunch 50, where TTP was part of the Alumni Hall exhibit. We are proud to have worked with TTP to utilize the power of Facebook to offer a tool for people to share the useful… Continue Reading
September 9, 2008
Be a team player with TeamItUp
Come join the best team on Facebook—Team It Up. >carrot is excited to announce that Team It Up, the first comprehensive sports utility application, is a home run on Facebook. As both the developers for this application and as sports fans/former athletes ourselves, we are thrilled to bring all facets of the sports world to the general Facebook fanbase. Never before have Facebook users been able to: track their own stats from present and past sports seasons create/join every amateur… Continue Reading
September 3, 2008
My World, My Decree
Today we are pleased to announce My Decree, a Facebook application which gives young, fashion-forward women the chance to represent the JC Penney Decree brand on Facebook in addition to receiving $1,500 towards a charity of their choice. >carrot had the wonderful opportunity to work with Saatchi & Saatchi and JC Penney on this project ,which is a definite game changer in the world of Facebook applications and one that should help the Decree brand gain a huge amount of… Continue Reading
August 25, 2008
The Only Thing We Have to Fear…Is Another Facebook Redesign
New data has come to light that pins the success of Facebook’s new visual overhaul with a dismal 20% approval rating. According to Mark Zuckerberg, “Around 20% of our users have now migrated to the new platform and it has been received well after people get used to it.” 1 As with other novel features on Facebook the redesign has clearly been met with massive opposition. Now the real question is, what should Facebook do? That’s easy, think of the… Continue Reading
July 25, 2008
And The Winner Is…
Facebook’s biggest event of the year is now history, but all the exciting changes made to the Facebook platform aren’t the only thing the >carrotCrew are buzzing about. We’re thrilled to announce that Challenge, a project lead by one of our good friends, has received a fbFund grant; the nerd equivalent of an Emmy. Congrats to Blake Burris and the rest of the GoalCamp team on a job well done, and much continued success making the social web more useful…. Continue Reading
July 21, 2008
A New Fashion Decree
>carrotHQ is buzzing this afternoon after the launch of our latest social media venture: Facebook FanPages for JCPenney’s hot new Decree clothing line, and their Get That Look back to school campaign. This project allowed us to leverage our vast array of multimedia capabilities and apply it to a rapidly growing format. From a branding standpoint, this takes JCPenney into an entirely new arena: giving young women the opportunity to rally around a clothing brand targeted directly toward them right… Continue Reading
