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Facebook Tips

You Can Now Check In With Facebook Places

Facebook Places

Facebook recently announced their new “Places” feature which allows you to check-in at any location and send it as an update to your Facebook profile and will show in the Recent Activity on the Places page for that location . The Places feature is similar to other geo-location services like Foursquare and GoWalla.  By checking [...]

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Facebook Changes Layout

Facebook tab width

Facebook surprised some of it’s users last week by announcing the layout changes will finally go live on August 23.
If you administer pages you may have already seen it in the pages you manage.(Admins are getting Up to now a user created tab could be as wide as 760 pixels wide, giving you plenty [...]

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Embed a YouTube player in your Facebook Page

how to put a youtube player on a facebook page

There are applications you can use to play YouTube videos in your FaceBook page but what if you want to offer your whole Facebook channel, favorites or playlist on your FaceBook page? FaceBook doesn’t allow you to place the embed code directly into your page, so you’ll need to translate your object embed code to [...]

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Privacy Scan Your Facebook Settings

Check your Facebook Privacy Settings

This bookmarklet from Reclaim Privacy takes the hassle out of sorting through your Facebook privacy settings. Just run the bookmarklet as shown in this video and then take a moment to review the results and make the best choices for you!

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Why you should NOT delete your Facebook Profile

Why you shouldn't delete your Facebook profile.

If you’re unhappy with all the hoo-ha about Facebook and privacy issues you really might want to think twice before you delete or disable your Facebook account.
“WHAT? They’re sharing my data, invading my privacy and displaying my private information to the public. Worse yet, they’re selling it to marketers who will use my face in [...]

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How to Delete Your Facebook Account

Delete Facebook Account

With the recent privacy change controversies people are starting to consider leaving FaceBook altogether. In theory this is pretty easy. Just go to this link on Facebook (you’ll need to be logged in) and click submit. Your account will be deleted. So will anything you uploaded and you will no longer be an administrator on [...]

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No more Facebook Fans. Now we LIKE you

Facebook like pages

Yesterday Facebook began rolling out some new changes to the Facebook “Fan” pages and profiles. What seems a fairly innocent text change has created a whirl of frantic emails asking to understand this and what it means to the owners of Facebook pages. According to Facebook people tend to click “Like” almost two times [...]

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Further Changes to Facebook’s Privacy Policy and What it Means for You

Facebook Privacy Rules Change Again

Facebook seems to change their policy quite a lot of late and it’s one of our missions to help you keep on top of these things. So, in a nutshell here’s our thoughts on the new policies.(to go into effect in April sometime). Here’s a link to the redlined Facebook privacy policy released 3/26 on [...]

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Facebook Fan Page Analytics Part 2

Facebook Fan Page Analytics

In a previous video post about Fan Page data, we looked at some of the charts and graphs Facebook offers to help you understand your fans and your fan interactions. As mentioned before, you can also download the raw data into a spreadsheet format for further manipulation and tabulation. There are three data export options [...]

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Understanding Facebook Fan Page Analytics

Facebook Fan Page Analytics

As a Fan Page Administrator you have the ability to review and download certain data elements which can help you understand not only who your fans are but how well they like or engage with the content you post to your fan page. The Insights data provided by Facebook is not as comprehensive or thorough [...]

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Sharing Your Blog Feed with Your Fan Page

Facebook Fan Page Blog Feed Importing

There are several options for how you can pull in your Blog feed (or any RSS feed for that matter) to your Facebook Fan Page. The Facebook Notes application is one that is frequently used as a way to automatically post your blog posts to your Fan Page. The Notes feature also creates a place [...]

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Bringing YouTube to Your Fan Page

YouTube Videos for Facebook Fan Pages

Showcasing your own videos or your favorite videos from YouTube on your Facebook Fan page is easy using the YouTube Box Application. You can use this application to help customize your page and bring in your own content to show off your area of expertise or tutorials. Importing your favorite videos related to niche can [...]

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Reader Question- On Facebook, Use the Wall as the Homepage or Boxes?

Facebook Fan Page Design

A reader wrote in to ask which was better on a Facebook Fan page.

Use the wall as the homepage?
Create a custom look using boxes amd FBML?

Facebook fan pages are really mini-websites where a brand, product or individual can create community around themselves, get some feedback and hopefully input from fans and take advantage of the [...]

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Spicing Up Your Facebook Fan Page

Facebook Fan Page Customization FBML Application

Customizing your Facebook Fan Page can really help strengthen your marketing and branding efforts. You’ve probably seen other Fan Pages that seem to have some extra customized tabs or added boxes for signing up for newsletters. This is usually the result of adding the Static FMBL application and inputting a bit of HTML code. FBML [...]

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Making the Most of Your Facebook Profile Picture

Facebook Profile Picture

Facebook profile pictures on either your personal profile or on your Fan Page are typically one of the few items a Facebook user will see first. This means it can be prime page real estate for making a first impression on the person who visits your profile or your Fan Page. If you’ve ever uploaded [...]

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Get More Facebook Fans

More fans for Facebook Fan Page

If you build it, will they come? Maybe. You have your Facebook page all set up and a few people have become fans but you would surely like to continue growing your fan base. The following video tutorial will provide you with a few tips for helping you get more fans on your Facebook fan [...]

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