Inside Facebook

Facebook has expanded its list of “preferred” developers who help brands, celebrities and a wide variety of organizations build applications, Facebook Connect integrations, or custom features for Facebook Pages. This means more visibility for the 36 newly added developer-consultants, so maybe some new clients for them. There are now 50 companies listed, more than half are operating internationally, and in a total of 15 countries.

Facebook created the Preferred Developer Consultant Program last December, and is continuing to accept applications from prospective companies, more here. Our Facebook Marketing Bible also contains a list of service providers that we recommend.

Here are the new companies in alphabetical order, followed by a list of the existing ones. Note the addition of Techlightenment and 77Agency, two companies that provide automation services for bulk purchases of Facebook’s performance ads.

New firms on Facebook’s list:

• 77Agency Ltd.
• Always Be Social by Blueye Creative
• Brand Networks
• Candytech.biz
• Carrot Creative
• Fan Appz, Inc.
• Fission Strategy
• Fluid
• Friend2Friend
• Gamaroff Digital
• GroupCard Apps
• Hearsay Labs
• i2we, inc
• Inigral, Inc.
• Kitoks.com
• Komfo
• KRDS
• Large Animal Games
• Nudge Social Media
• Plexipixel Inc.
• Promoqube
• Ralph
• Resource Interactive
• Sociabliz
• SocialAmp
• Syncapse
• T3 (The Think Tank)
• Techlightenment
• theKBuzz
• Thuzi
• Transpond, Inc.
• VaynerMedia
• Votigo, Inc.
• Wishpot
• Xihit Solutions GmbH
• Zibaba

They’re joining these firms, already on the list: