Whether you’re a big media brand or a garage developer, DiscoveryBeat 2010, October 18th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, will provide you with the inside tips and tricks for creating killer apps, getting them discovered, and making money. The conference will attract 300 major players from the mobile app ecosystem including mobile/game developers, major platform providers, mobile/social advertising executives, VCs, press, and more.
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Last week I had the opportunity to speak at our annual Social Ad Summit about best practices for Facebook marketing. During the presentation I discussed a number of strategies that can be implemented immediately. You can watch the videos of the presentation below.
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Want to learn about the billion dollar companies who’s survival depends on the exchange of virtual goods? How about the new economy that is being built with Facebook Credits? You can learn all about these things and more at the upcoming Virtual Goods Summit.
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During a panel at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference this morning, which sounded like a solid pitch for Zynga, CEO Mark Pincus announced that they company had a whopping 33 million players yesterday. With 1200 employees and over 200 million monthly players, the company has become one of the most dominant forces in Silicon Valley. Despite the controversy surrounding the company’s business tactics, the company has revenue estimates
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Want to learn how to leverage the best social media marketing techniques to boost your online marketing performance. At this week’s Social Ad Summit, we will be discussing the latest techniques being implemented by the leading agencies and brands.
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Want to stay up to date on the latest news in virtual goods. Next month we will be hosting the second annual virtual goods summit in San Francisco which will include speakers from Facebook, XBox Live, Zynga, and more. This event should not be missed if you are interested in monetizing social games and the growth of virtual goods.

A quick reminder for those of you who are based in San Francisco. There will be a free screening of Catfish for all readers of AllFacebook today at 7 PM at the Metreon. If you are around and have a chance to make it, I couldn’t recommend the movie more highly. It’s really a fun film and best of all, the filmmakers behind this movie will be answering questions during a panel immediately following the screening.
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While it may not have as much hype as “The Social Network”, the soon-to-be-released movie “Catfish” has received a lot of positive reviews, including one from us. Universal Pictures has kindly agreed to let us do a free screening which will actually take place in the same theatre as the screening being held by Techmeme, our favorite tech news resource. If you are based in San Francisco, or will happen to be in the city on Thursday, you should come to this movie!
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Mobile, meet Cloud… The conjunction of mobile computing and cloud-based services will unleash a new wave of product and market growth. Mobilize 2010 will bring together the thought leaders and practitioners of the mobile web ecosystems for discussions, demonstrations and debate.

We at SocialTimes are proud to announce the speakers for our upcoming SmartPhone Games Summit. The event will include speakers from ngmoco, DeNA, mixi, Zong, TapJoy, AuroraFeint, PlayFirst and more, and the agenda will focus on the emerging technologies that are changing the way mobile games are produced and consumed. The event will be held on September 24, 2010 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, and promises, like all of our events, to be as much fun as it is educational. Read more details after the jump.