2009
The rush to create engaging Facebook fan pages is on, and we’re thrilled to leverage our platform to bring great brands to Facebook. Moving forward we’ll be showcasing some of the best fan page examples through our blog to get you inspired. For example, the band 311 just launched a new fan page to showcase their new album entitled Uplifter. Check it out and take a moment to listen to the entire album through the Sprout. We’re also happy to see REI’s page that features the latest deals from the REI outlet.
And, you can always see our latest examples in our Facebook fan page gallery.
I recently had a conversation with Walter Gross, the Senior Director, Digital Strategy at EMI / Capitol Music Group about how his team of Flash developers / designers are using Sprout to create interactive Flash content quickly and efficiently. Walter has been immersed in the web and Flash design tools since the late ’90s, at a time when, as he puts it, was bombarded by “big and glitzy” Flash elements. Before Walter’s team had discovered Sprout, they were creating all of the content by hand-coding each element. Sprout has turned out to be a huge time-saver and made Walter’s team more efficient.
The results from the 
On 10/13/2009 the Huffington Post launched an article titled, “
One of the distinguishing characteristics of MySpace, which no other social network has been able to replicate to date, is personalization. Personalizing a user profile on MySpace represents a desire that’s deeply woven into MySpace’s culture and community. This is one of the reasons that MySpace are different than Facebook users. True, there are MySpace users who have transitioned to Facebook as new features have been added to serve their needs, but personalization is a nut that Facebook has yet to fully crack. In this post, I’ll discuss why this is the case and how it’s about to change.
This post is intended to provide more information about how Sprout Publisher works. Publisher is specifically designed to empower Facebook fan page administrators to engage their communities. With publisher, brands can bypass the application installation process and go straight to an engaging experience in fans’ news feed. Just as with our 
In this Sprout Conversation, I am joined by Josh Rhinehart who is a creative art director for the music promotions company, Music Allies. Being a creative designer, Josh has pushed the boundaries of our platform and created some of the most impressive sprouts. I have included some of Josh’s sprouts below.
