AUSTIN, Texas – November 1, 2010 – Dachis Group, the world’s largest Social Business services company announced the acquisition of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Stuzo, one of the largest Facebook Preferred Developers and provider of social marketing platforms, social marketing programs, and social marketing applications to help global marketers effectively develop, deploy and maintain their social marketing efforts on Facebook.
As one of the first ten Preferred Developers worldwide selected by Facebook, the acquisition of Stuzo strengthens Dachis Group’s position as the world leader in Social Business Design. Stuzo offers a full suite of services and technologies serving social marketers, launching nearly 200 custom social marketing campaigns for over 100 leading global brands and agencies in under three years.
The acquisition adds capabilities to allow large global brands the development and customization of platforms and features for the management of Facebook Pages, the development of Facebook applications, or development and management of Facebook Connect integrations for clients and their brands.
“It’s clear that Facebook is the fastest growing and one of the most effective social marketing platforms available today, and that every single brand is going to have to have a presence on Facebook as part of a broader Social Business customer engagement strategy,” said Gunter Pfau, Chief Executive Officer, Stuzo. “To be effective for our clients, we want to be part of a global firm with the exceptional talent, scale and resources to best serve our clients as they engage customers across multiple social platforms. We’re tremendously excited to join the Dachis Group global team.”
“Large global marketers want the efficiency of optimizing their multi-branded presence on Facebook and other platforms at scale, but also want to maximize the effectiveness of social marketing opportunities by having an authentic customized user experience that only comes tied to a thorough Social Business customer engagement strategy,” said Jeffrey Dachis, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dachis Group. “More than just technology or tools, we are very excited to offer our clients the breadth and scale of customized social marketing capabilities that Stuzo offers as part of Dachis Group’s Social Business Strategy and Social Business Engagement practice areas.”
Dachis Group continues to grow to best serve their global client base and will integrate Stuzo into the company’s offering effective immediately. This continues the growth of the international firm with offices serving clients in the North American, European and Asia/Pacific regions. The combined company has offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain; London, England; Sydney, Australia; Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon and St. Louis, Missouri with its headquarters in Austin, Texas.
About Stuzo
Stuzo is a creative technology company specializing in the development of user-centric social media marketing platforms, programs and applications. Founded in 2005, and one of the first Facebook Preferred Developers, Stuzo’s platform enables advertisers to integrate promotions across multiple social platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and marketer’s web presence. Stuzo serves global brands and their agencies including Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Doritos and HBO.
About Dachis Group
Dachis Group is the world’s leading Social Business consultancy.
Social Business Design is connecting with your customers + your workforce + your enterprise to create powerful business value.
Through its three main Social Business practice areas, Social Business Strategy, Social Business Engagement, and Social Business Intelligence, Dachis Group helps large organizations become more connected and engaged with their constituents. The company has developed a framework for Social Business Design by addressing organizational transformation across business systems, process, and culture.
Dachis Group serves over 15% of the Fortune 500 companies, including: American Express, AOL, AT&T, Bud Light, Calvin Klein, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Cisco, Citibank, The Coca-Cola Company, COVERGIRL, DeVry, Dodge, Doritos, Estee Lauder, HBO, HP, IBM, Intel, JetBlue, Lexus, Microsoft, Motorola, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Sprint and Yum! Brands.
Dachis Group was founded in 2008, by Jeffrey Dachis. The company offers services around the globe with offices in eight cities in five countries, employing over 120 professionals. Dachis Group is headquartered in Austin, Texas with offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; St. Louis, Missouri; London, England; Sydney, Australia; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Madrid, Spain.
Dachis Group operates as: Dachis Group; Headshift, part of the Dachis Group; Stuzo, part of the Dachis Group; XPLANE, part of the Dachis Group and The 2.0 Adoption Council, part of the Dachis Group.
The company’s strategy is backed by a financial commitment from Austin Ventures to build and grow organically and through acquisitions.
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