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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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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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Don’t Use a Friend’s Facebook Wall to Send a Private Message

If you want to send a Facebook Friend a private message, go to their profile and click “Send (friend’s name) a Message“.  The message will then be sent to your friend’s Facebook inbox. Note:  Messages that you post on your friend’s Facebook wall are NOT typically private.  They show up in mutual friend’s news feeds [...]

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How To Use Facebook & Social Networking Sites for Business

Here is a question I was just asked on LinkedIn after posting a notice about my upcoming San Diego workshop on How To Use Facebook For Business Promotion: “Hi Kimberly, I was discussing this subject with a friend of mine….  As a mom of two teens, I think of Facebook as more of a social [...]

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Facebook Friend Limit: Accounts May Be Deactivated

Facebook limits a personal profile to 5000 friends and they have been known to deactivate your account when you reach that number WITHOUT any prior notification.  If you, or someone you know, is a public figure this could easily happen.  For instance, I just became a FB Friend of John Assaraf’s and noticed he has [...]

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