From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Mixing Clients, Facebook Friends and Real Friends – Oh My!

There are numerous Facebook Privacy Settings that you can adjust to customize who you interact with and who sees your profile & wall posts on Facebook.  Before jumping to the settings, determine how you want to use Facebook:

Do you want to use Facebook for business or just for personal use?
Do you want to have [...]

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Is Your Facebook Fan Page Giving Your Target Market What They Want?

I was recently asked if I knew of an “automated” tool for getting a lot of Fans for a Facebook Fan Page quickly and easily.  The answer is “no, I don’t”.  And if there was one I’m not sure that I would even use it.
I truly believe that for a Fan Page to be effective, [...]

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Facebook Fan Box Widget: You Will Love It!

Have you seen a Facebook Fan Box on someone’s website or blog?  This blog uses the Fan Box Widget in the right hand column.  I also placed an enlarged, customized version of the Fan Box Widget on my website.  Click the link to see what the customized version looks like.
I love the Fan Box [...]

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Facebook Application Allows Fan Pages To Post To Twitter

Did you know that Facebook has a new Twitter application which allows Fan Page Administrators to update Twitter directly from their Facebook Fan Pages?  The application allows you to determine which type of updates you want to “automatically” post to Twitter:  status updates, links, photos, notes and events or all of the them.   See [...]

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Facebook @tagging Is Good For Fan Pages!

The new tagging feature recently announced by Facebook looks pretty awesome!  Here are a few things I learned by using it.
Does the new Facebook tagging feature work from a Fan Page or a Group?
It works from personal profiles AND fan pages.  It does not appear to work from a group at this time.
How does it [...]

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Facebook Breaking News: TAG, You’re It!

Facebook just announced that they are adding a new way for you to tag friends, groups, events, applications and fan pages directly in your Status Updates.  This is another way you can let the Facebook community know who you are talking about and what you are saying about them.
So how does this affect a business [...]

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Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL: Fan Minimum Reduced to 25!

The history of the Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL – Fan Minimum:
June 13th:  Facebook started allowing users to claim a Fan Page Vanity URL if they had a minimum of 1000 Fans.
Facebook announced that the 1000 fan minimum would be lifted on June 28, 2009.  (I thought this meant the new minimum would be [...]

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Facebook Widgets Get Their Own Web Page

On Friday, Facebook officially announced its web page dedicated to Facebook Widgets.
The Facebook Widget Page showcases two Badge widgets that are linked to your Personal Profile and can be placed anywhere you can use html.  They are the Profile Badge and Photo Badge.
The Widget Page also has links to a Fan Page Badge, Fan Box [...]

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Migrating Facebook Blog Posts From Another Blog

I am in the process of migrating all of my previous blog posts pertaining to Facebook Fan Pages, policies, how-to tips and a whole lot more…to this new Facebook For Business blog.
Original blog posts can be found at www.marketingthatseasy.com/blog until the migration is complete.
Thank you for stopping by!  I look forward to providing you with [...]

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