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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="float:left;margin:15px;" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/dotogether-mini.png" width="73" height="73" alt="" /&gt;Social recommendation website &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://DoTogether.com"&gt;DoTogether&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; launched its &lt;a href="http://apps.facebook.com/DoTogetherMall" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook mail application&lt;/a&gt;. The application providers users the ability to browser several stores, making the shopping experience easier - consider the app a meta-recommendation engine for Facebook.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;According to the release:&lt;/i&gt; &amp;quot;By utilizing DoTogether.com&amp;rsquo;s online platform as a social media marketing tool, retailers can connect with both their customers and their customer&amp;rsquo;s friends. In addition, retailers can advertise discounts and promotions to a wider audience at a low cost. Not only can retailers engage customers before they make a purchase, but retailers can obtain analytics about the conversations regarding their products and brand.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Definitely something to look into if you&amp;#39;re an Internet retailer interested in capitalizing on Facebook&amp;#39;s phenomenal engagement metrics.&lt;/p&gt;
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