Luxury Brand Introduces Facebook Application

New Canaan, CT (PRWEB) October 19, 2009

Monica Rich Kosann, a fine jewelry and home accessory brand with a shop at Bergdorf Goodman in New York and a distribution that includes fine Jewelers and specialty stores, has created a new Facebook application, the MRK e-Locket? where users can download a virtual version of one of the brand's signature locket styles to their Facebook page, insert and crop their own photographs, custom "engrave" a message on the back of the locket and post it as an update to their profile while having the ability to share it with family and friends.

Photographer/Designer Monica Rich Kosann noted about the launch of their new application, "We are a brand that helps customers find ways to celebrate their most cherished moments and memories while creating a unique sense of their own personal style. We are excited to offer the same idea to Facebook users who know our brand or will be introduced to it through this unique application." Kosann continued, "We have also tried to incorporate the rich design elements into this application that we do with all of our jewelry styles."

Known for their lockets, charm bracelets, and home accessories, Monica Rich Kosann has launched the following initiatives at the same time as the Facebook application's introduction as part of an integrated brand strategy developed for the web:

????An online, original content magazine, http://www.fineartoffamily.com that is devoted to how all of us capture, celebrate and share our most precious memories through photographs, heirlooms and collectibles. The magazine will include regular lifestyle features related to fashion, arts, food, and travel but will explore these ideas from the unique perspective of how they bring a timeless heirloom quality to our lives. The site will include community features where users can share their unique stories and photographs.

????A video channel within the magazine and on YouTube where the brand will create at least 15 original content videos in the first year.

????An MRK eLocket? for iPhone, a free iPhone application that allows the user to download a virtual version of one of the designer's signature locket styles. The user can insert photos into the locket from their camera roll, inscribe the back with a custom "engraving" and email the locket to someone special.

????An expansion of its existing Facebook and Twitter strategies that will leverage and share the original content being developed for the magazine and video channels.

????An expansion and re-design of an online retail site for Monica Rich Kosann collections at shop.fineartoffamily.com

About Monica Rich Kosann: Monica Rich Kosann is a fine art portrait photographer who - inspired by vintage lockets, cigarette cases and powder compacts she collected and used to house her clients photographs - created a jewelry and home collection carried by over 100 fine jewelers and specialty stores. She has been featured in numerous media including TOWN & COUNTRY, MARTHA STEWART LIVING and THE TODAY SHOW for her collections and her ideas on how families create and live with their precious memories. Her newest book, LIVING WITH WHAT YOU LOVE is scheduled for publication by the Clarkson Potter Group - Random House in Spring 2010.

About Monica Rich Kosann Collection: Monica Rich Kosann is a fine jewelry and home accessory brand with a shop at Bergdorf Goodman in New York and a distribution that includes fine Jewelers and specialty stores. Known for their lockets, charm bracelets, and image cases, Monica Rich Kosann is a brand that helps customers find ways to celebrate their most cherished moments and memories while creating a unique sense of their own personal style.

About The Fine Art of Family: http://www.fineartoffamily.com: The Fine Art of Family is an original content online media site and magazine devoted to how all of us capture, celebrate and share our most precious memories through photographs, heirlooms and collectibles. The magazine includes regular lifestyle features related to fashion, arts, food, and travel but explores these ideas from the unique perspective of how they bring a timeless heirloom quality to our lives. The site will include community features where readers can share their unique stories and photographs. An online retail environment shop.fineartoffamily.com is included in the site.

About The Development: Applications for Facebook and iPhone were developed for Monica Rich Kosann by Charlie Bindert and Tim Slavin of Spontaneous Development

###

Nobot Announced the ? Release of Appict.me, a Smartphone Application Promotional Service A Social Recommendation Service that Shares Applications Over the Social Graph

(PRWEB) June 07, 2011

Why Appict.me?

In March 2011, 1,500 new iPhone apps and 400 new Android apps were uploaded each day to their respective stores, according to DISTIMO*1. This indicates that just making an app available in the stores will not lead to further downloads, 69% of application developers feel that promoting their product is "difficult"*2. On the other hand, 71% of app users have downloaded an app based on word of mouth*3, meaning that users currently download more applications based on recommendations, rather than searching the huge inventory in app stores. ?In order to take the advantage of this, we released the Appict.me service, which promotes the applications by encouraging users to recommend it to everyone in their social graph.? says George Goda, the marketing director at Nobot.

Summary of ?Appict.me? http://appict.me/

Appict.me is a social recommendation service that allows users to more actively recommend smartphone apps to their friends and acquaintances in their social graph. With Appict.me's three main features, developers will be able to promote their apps easily by incorporating Appict.me into their apps.

1. Recommendations

App users are able to recommend apps in their social graph. App fans will actively spread words of their favorite apps to their friends.

2. Reports

The following entries are reported on the administration screen. App developers are able to browse these reports and analyze the utilization trend of their apps.

Number of recommendations
Number of times a recommendation was retweeted
Number of times an app was downloaded via a recommendation

3. Messages

Through reports, app developers can find users whose recommendations are the most influential ones and send messages or gifts to them as to signify their appreciation. Developers can give items such as fee-based apps and pay-as-you-go items in apps as a gift.

In conclusion, George stated ?we are considering to develop Appict.me under an open source license. We will continue to improve its functionality, expand its compatibility from twitter to other social media platforms like Facebook, to make it useful to as many developers as possible. We are also opening a forum for smartphone application developers, so please feel free to join us.?

Developer?s Community for iOS http://sourceforge.net/projects/appict4ios/

Developer?s Community for Android http://sourceforge.net/projects/appict4android/

Advanced Install Application

Appict.me is installed in RankingTube which is Japan No1 ranking application. (Android only)

https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.samurai_international.RankingTube&feature=search_result&hl=en

How to use Appict.me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05uioz0Sy1o

*1 Distimo-Publication-April-2011

*2 May-2011, Developer Survey by Nobot Inc.

*3 May-2011, Japanese iPhone/Android users survey

Company name????? Nobot Inc.

CEO ????????? Kiyotaka KOBAYASHI

Established????? 1st April 2009

Address????????? 10F Omori Raruta Building, 3-27-6, Sanno, Ota-ku,

???????????????????????? Tokyo, 143-0023, JAPAN

URL ????????? http://www.ad-maker.net/

Business????????? Ad network for Smartphone Apps & Sites

Social media????? Facebook : facebook.com/nobotinc , Twitter : nobotinc

Nobot Contact :

Otohiko Kozutsumi (Nobot Inc.)

e-mail?info(at)nobot.co.jp

Tel: 81-(0)3-5724-3743

###

Related Word Search Maker Press Releases

Hosted Application Management Company, OneNeck, to Host Business Critical Environment for One of the Fashion Industry?s Leading Brands

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 07, 2011

Hosted application management company, OneNeck, announced today it has entered into a five-year contract with Proenza Schouler. Under the terms of the contract, OneNeck will provide support for the implementation, hosting and management of their Microsoft Dynamics AX environment. Specific services will include application management, database administration, operating system administration, security management and infrastructure management for their locations in New York, NY and Milan, Italy.

With the OneNeck partnership, Proenza Schouler is reducing costs and mitigating the risks associated with managing its own infrastructure. They will benefit from OneNeck's enterprise-wide Dynamics AX hosting expertise. Proenza Schouler?s IT infrastructure will be hosted and managed in OneNeck?s hardened data center facility, which provides 99.9% uptime and 24/7 helpdesk support.

?After reviewing multiple options, we chose OneNeck due to their proven experience in Dynamics AX managed hosting, which gives us peace of mind,? said Shirley Cook, Proenza Schouler CEO. ?Their ability to support our global Dynamics AX implementation, and the subsequent hosting and management of our IT environment, is crucial to our business as we grow and expand.?

?We are honored to welcome Proenza Schouler to our Dynamics AX family of customers,? remarked Chuck Vermillion OneNeck CEO. ?We look forward to a strong relationship with them as they leverage our platform to expand their application delivery to reach their employees and customers.?

About Proenza Schouler:

Proenza Schouler is a New York based womenswear and accessories brand founded in 2002 by designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. The duo met while studying at Parson?s School of Design, collaborating on their senior thesis, which would eventually become their first collection as Proenza Schouler. Named after the designers? mothers? maiden names, the collection was bought in its entirety by Barneys New York.

Proenza Schouler is sold in over 100 of the most exclusive retail outlets worldwide, including Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Harvey Nichols, Colette and Joyce. http://www.proenzaschouler.com

About OneNeck IT Services:

OneNeck IT Services Corporation is a global leader for hosted application management, managed hosting, cloud services and infrastructure services. OneNeck supports a variety of enterprise applications, including ERP systems such as Oracle, Baan, JD Edwards, and Microsoft Dynamics AX. Our comprehensive portfolio offering includes application, database and network management, data center management, disaster recovery, virtual machine management, managed backup and storage and 24/7 customer support. OneNeck's global solutions enable customers to improve system performance and leverage their enterprise applications to deliver measurable business benefits. For additional information, visit the OneNeck IT Services home page at http://www.OneNeck.com

###

Related Bergdorf Press Releases