How to use Facebook

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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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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San Diego Workshop: How To Use Facebook For Business

Workshop Title: How To Use Facebook For Business Location: Poway, CA Description: Hands-on workshop, bring your laptop and let’s get down to business on Facebook.  See “Facebook Training Schedule” for workshop overview, pricing, location and online registration. Date: April 28, 2009 Start Time: 9:00 am End Time: 11:30 am Workshop presented by Kimberly Yow of [...]

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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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