June 2009

Is Your Facebook Fan Page Like A Taco Shell With No Meat?

I’ve seen numerous Fan Pages on Facebook that have no meat…no content.  Nothing on the Fan Page Wall, virtually nothing on the Info Tab, no photos, no videos, no imported blog…nothing! Well then, why would someone become a Fan of your page? The only reason I can think of is because they already know you [...]

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How To Shorten Facebook URL’s

The original Facebook URL’s for a personal profile or a fan page are quite long making it hard to verbally tell someone how to get to your Facebook profile/page.   These Facebook URL’s are also too long to put on a business card or in online profiles where you want to provide a link. Facebook just [...]

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Vanity URL Update: Facebook Increases Fan Page Minimum Twice in 2 Days!

OMG, I can’t believe this.  Facebook once again increased the minimum number of fans required to claim a Fan Page Vanity URL.  They keep bouncing around.  Originally there was a 1,000 fan minimum.  Facebook said that minimum would be lifted on June 28th. On June 27th, I noticed that Facebook had added a minimum requirement [...]

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NEW Minimum for Claiming Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL

I’ve been regularly checking the Facebook website for additional information on when users can claim a vanity URL for their Fan Page.  Their website still says “June 28, 2009″ but does NOT indicate a time of day.  When Facebook started allowing users to create a vanity URL for their personal profile, it started at 12:01 [...]

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New Facebook Privacy Control for Status Updates

Facebook just announced that they have a new Privacy Control feature in Beta testing.  This new feature allows you to control who can view each and every post that you make in the What’s On Your Mind? status update box.  As you’ll see below, you initially have 4 choices but if you choose Custom you [...]

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The Best Invitation To Connect I’ve Seen!

I previously wrote a blog titled “How To Invite Someone To Connect Online“.  If you click on the link to read it and then come back to this post, this post will make more sense. I just had to share this invite that I received through LinkedIn: Hi Kimberly, I’ve been reading some of your [...]

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Claim a Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL (No Fan Minimum!)

UPDATE:  As of September 2009, there is a 25 Fan minimum to claim your Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL.  Read more & find out how to claim yours at www.HowToUseFacebookForBusiness.com. June 13, 2009:  Facebook has announced that the current 1,000 Fan minimum requirement for obtaining a Facebook Fan Page vanity URL will be lifted as [...]

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Claim Your Facebook Vanity URL (UserName)

Today Facebook officially announced that they are going to make usernames available as of 12:01 am EDT Saturday, June 13th.  Usernames will be available for Personal Profiles and for Fan Pages that had a minimum of 1000 fans as of 5/31/09. What this means is that you will be able to have a URL for [...]

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Billions of Outgoing Emails Lost in a Black Hole!

Most social networking sites, membership websites and company support departments send “blind” messages to users (or members) through their system.  I’m going to use Facebook as an example to make this easier to explain.  If someone on Facebook logs into their Facebook account and sends you an email, Facebook will send you an email to [...]

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Recommended Business Networking Books

Unfortunately many people say they do a lot of business networking when all they really do is talk about themselves at networking events and see how many business cards they can collect (only to be forgotten or thrown away).  If you want to learn how to do business networking the right way, I recommend the [...]

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