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Facebook: Do you Like What I Like?

Facebook Mutual Likes

We’ve been able to see mutual friends in common on other users’ profiles but now Facebook has quietly incorporated the pages you “like” in common too. While this could be a useful research tool, well, it could be a useful research tool.
You’ll find the new box located under your friends lists on the left hand [...]

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Social Media Automation Tools

Objective Marketer for social media marketing

Lots of people (including me) say automation can be the death of conversation on the internet. The idea is that if all of your content is pumped out through automated channels and even your private messages are automated that there is no conversation at all. You might as well talk to your PC. While I [...]

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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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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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Taking Social Media Offline

Social media and event planning

Taking your social media efforts offline is a logical next step, especially if your goal is to create community and evangelists for a club or organization. Having a party, a meet-up, workshops or meetings on a face to face basis both empowers and rewards your loyal following. Some may step forward and want to create [...]

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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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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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Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook

Facebook Privacy Settings

Privacy on the internet has long been a concern. With the rise of social networking and online sharing, protecting which data and information you choose to share and make available to your networks becomes even more important. There have been significant concerns raised recently about privacy on social networks and how social networks need help [...]

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A Convincing Argument for Social Media Involvement

Social media strategy from Janet Fouts -Social Media Coach

So you’ve decided social media is a useful way to connect with your customers and spread the word about your business? Cool for you. Now how are you going to convince the CXOs that it’s not just a waste of time?
I’d suggest you don’t start with “We HAVE to have a Facebook page” as your [...]

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Put Your Social Media Campaign on Auto-pilot

social media coach

If you’re one of my social media coaching clients you’ve likely heard this a few times. Feel free to skip this post or use it as a friendly reminder to engage, engage, engage! If not, read on.
There are a lot of ways to automate social media participation. Note I said “participation” and not “engagement”. You [...]

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