How to use Facebook

Facebook Fan Page Feedback: A New Service

Did you know I have a service called Fan Page Feedback?  It’s meant for do-it-yourselfers who set-up their own Facebook Fan Page for business and are not sure how to maximize its potential. Through ‘Fan Page Feedback’ I provide recommendations that may relate to applications, company info, content ideas, promoting your business via your Fan [...]

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Facebook Fan Page: Why You Need One!

Facebook created the Fan Page feature so users could promote their businesses on Facebook while keeping their personal posts separate. The ultimate goal of a Facebook Fan Page is to: provide exposure for your business, association or charitable organization create a dialogue with fans (answer questions that they post, etc…) thus showing your expertise generate [...]

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Facebook Announces New Search Capabilities For Users

On August 10th Facebook started rolling out new search capability to its users.  The new features will start showing up over the next few days according to Facebook.  Here is info directly from the Facebook website: You now will be able to search the last 30 days of your News Feed for status updates, photos, [...]

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San Diego Workshops: How To Use Facebook For Business

How To Promote Your Business On Facebook A Two Part Workshop Series: Facebook 101 – Tuesday, July 28th, 9:00 – 11:30 am Facebook 102 – Tuesday, August 4th, 9:00 – 11:30 am Workshop descriptions and registration available on my website at “Using Facebook For Business Promotion”.  Register for both workshops and you’ll receive my new [...]

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EBOOK Just Released: “How To Promote Your Business On Facebook”

How To Promote Your Business on Facebook…Without Alienating Your Friends! It’s finally here, after many weeks of work…my ebook has officially been released.  And it’s unlike any Facebook ebook you’ve ever seen. This 65+ page e-book covers not only how to use Facebook, but more importantly how to use it efficiently and productively so you [...]

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3 Alternatives to Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL’s

Did you get the Facebook Fan Page vanity URL you wanted?  Or, is your Fan Page one of the many that doesn’t meet the minimum requirement of 100 fans?  There are other ways to get a shorter, customized URL for your Fan Page.  I posted 3 alternatives to a Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL in [...]

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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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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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