Wildfire Social Media Marketing Blog

We are extremely embarrassed and sorry to report that we accidentally sent our newsletter today to a number of recipients that had not signed up to receive our newsletter. One of our Campaign Monitor lists that was compiled for a different purpose was inadvertently included in our newsletter mailing. We cannot apologize enough to those who received our newsletter in error, to Campaign Monitor (who is a trusted partner and who is 100% anti-spam) and to our customer base in general. We’ve always been so careful to only ever email businesses that have explicitly signed up to receive correspondence from us and until now we have been very proud to have had an extremely low unsubscribe rate on our newsletter. This mistake is a huge black mark on our record and we are very, very sorry for this.

If your concerns have not been addressed by this blog post or you would like more information about this situation, please don’t hesitate to email or call our founder & CEO personally at victoria@wildfireapp.com or 650 387 4249.

We’re excited that our CEO, Victoria Ransom, is among the speakers for the suggested Facebook Fan Pages panel at SXSW 2010. Find the bios of the panelists below and CLICK HERE to vote for the panel. A big shout-out to Dave Kerpen from The KBuzz who’s organizing the panel!

Hazel Dircksen

Socialbees was founded in November, 2008 by Hazel Grace Dircksen, a consultant and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley, Hazel Grace has helped nearly 50 businesses and non-profits leverage social networking tools to expand visibility and reach new audiences.

Nick O’Neill

Nick is the creator of AllFacebook.com and the Social Times. A serial entrepreneur at heart, Nick has spent the past 9 years developing creative solutions for individuals on the web. Working from within agencies and startups, he has gained significant experience working with clients and overcoming extreme challenges.

Justin Smith

An early-stage entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley, Justin is currently the founder of Prophetic Media, which runs Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games. Justin is intrigued by the untapped potential of social utilities and new models for media businesses.

Victoria Ransom

As CEO, Victoria has led Wildfire to profitability in just one year and has built a client list that includes major brands and agencies including Facebook, Pepsi, Unilever, Sony, AT&T, Ogilvy, Publicis and Fleishman Hillard. Thousands of small and medium-size businesses all use Wildfire’s turnkey marketing solutions. Wildfire is a two-time winner of the fbFund; investors include Facebook, Accel Partners and the Founder’s Fund.

We’re very excited to introduce our new team of rockstar advisers: Dave McClure, Dave Morin, Sebastien de Halleux, Yee Lee and Hiten Shah! Wildfire Promotion Builder is fortunate to have been chosen for the second time to participate in the fbFund program being run this summer for the winners of the latest round of the fbFund. As part of the program, we’ve been paired up with a team of industry experts and superstar entrepreneurs to help advise us on the evolution of our product and our company. Getting access to an awesome advisory team is just one of the many great benefits of fbFund REV, a 10-week incubator program that provides access to expert speakers, events, advice and office space for the twenty-three social media startups hand-picked by the fbFund. Thanks to Facebook, Accel Partners and the Founders Fund for providing this awesome opportunity.

Learn more about our fbFund REV advisory team:

• Dave McClure (Startup Investor @ Founders Fund)
• Dave Morin (Platform & Facebook Connect Evangelist, Facebook, Inc.)
• Sebastien de Halleux (Founder & COO, Playfish)
• Yee Lee (Entrepreneur, Advisor, Seed Investor)
• Hiten Shah (Founder & CEO, KISSMetrics)
  

We are very excited to announce that Google’s Nic Bennett will be joining our team as Sales & Account Manager! Nic is a true Google veteran, having been at the firm for almost seven years. He joined Google when the salesforce had fewer than 50 employees, and since then he has helped to build sales within several groups at Google, both within online (Adwords) and offline advertising. He also spent half a year in India helping to establish an account management team for Adwords. Having seen Google grow from a scrappy startup to one of the biggest companies in the World, Nic is again ready to experience the fast pace and excitement of building a startup – this time a cutting edge technology for the online promotions industry. With his extensive experience in sales and wealth of valuable contacts, Nic will be an invaluable asset to Wildfire Promotion Builder; we are very excited to welcome him to our team!

In celebration of reaching 200 million users, Facebook is launching “Facebook for Good” – a campaign to allow Facebook users to share stories about how Facebook has made a difference in their lives and communities. We’re excited to have been chosen by Facebook to power this campaign. We ran a similar campaign for Facebook last Fall and it resulted in some amazing stories – from people who were using Facebook to overcome serious illnesses and disabilities, raise funds for important causes or organize support groups, to others who had found long lost relatives – fathers, siblings, birth parents via Facebook. Via our app, people can upload photos, vote for their favorite stories and post comments. So check out Facebook for Good and post your own story today!