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Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers for iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (5th generation), iPad (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, iPad (4th generation), iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation), iPad mini and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular on the. PMD Center. This hidden Facebook page feature is key to getting your content seen. By Steph Parker on Jul 24, 2012 By now, using Facebook Insights to gauge your page’s health is commonplace.

This hidden Facebook page feature is key to getting your content seen

But, relying solely on how many fans your page has, and how many likes your posts get can only tell you so much. As a social media manager, you’re essentially in a relationship with your page. Katy Perry Gives New Video the Facebook Timeline Treatment. Facebook tests Timeline layout with single column of posts. Facebook tests Timeline layout with single column of posts Facebook is testing a new format for user Timelines, which puts all posts in a single column on the left and any activity modules in a narrower column on the right.

Facebook tests Timeline layout with single column of posts

This layout addresses one of the common complaints about the new profile: users previously had to look back and forth on the page as they scrolled through to read their stream. Some users found the two-column layout frustrating. With this design, the line down the center has been removed, making the profile look less like a timeline. Facebook Testing New Timeline Format With Single Column of Posts [REPORT] UPDATE: Facebook spokeswoman Meg Sinclair told Mashable , "We are running a small test of this new design globally.

Facebook Testing New Timeline Format With Single Column of Posts [REPORT]

It's currently testing for a very small percentage of users. Timeline will not look different until you scroll down past the recent activity and app modules. " Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover. The social networking giant is testing a new design for profile pages that places all posts in a single column on the left, while activity updates, friends, places, apps and other sections are on the right. SEE ALSO: Facebook Timeline: Zuckerberg’s Biggest Gamble Yet. Jesus Daily Keeps Leading Facebook Page Engagement. Jesus Daily holds on tightly as Facebook’s unrelenting interactive leader.

Jesus Daily Keeps Leading Facebook Page Engagement

Kicking us off once again, Jesus Daily will spend a remarkable 18th week in the first place. This time the hotspot conquers with an untouchable 3,419,397 interactions. Spending a second week two places behind, The Bible earns 1,044,350 responses. Dios Es Bueno, Good Is Good, is becoming quite a competitor as it plows forward to fourth; 748,217 talkative likers makes it the page to watch in the coming weeks. A page dedicated to Jesus Christ cuts the countdown in half by tallying 513,040 posts. Actually improving on last week’s success, 1,152,997 noisy fans on Mario Teguh‘s social networking hub give the Indonesian motivational speaker another excellent finish in second place. In Turkey, Mehmetcik follows a similar pattern as 447,590 posts land the page in the 13th spot. An engagement competition is brewing for the European football teams, and as the season nears it is likely that it will only get even more heated.

Roost Offers Facebook Engagement Algorithm. Many a Facebook marketer is grappling for ways to measure engagement rates.

Roost Offers Facebook Engagement Algorithm

Now Roost has an algorithm that calculates it. Roost determines engagement scores based on the number of times a post (or tweet, in the case of Twitter) is interacted with, including likes, shares, comments, and impressions for Facebook, and retweets for Twitter. The social marketing company said it will add link conversions and hides to its mix soon. Engagement scores of one through five are provided for each post or Tweet, and other data are provided, including number of views and type of interaction. Roost also takes each brand’s size into account, the company says in a press release: ” A small business that has a Facebook page with 50 likes and receives five comments on a post is going to result in a fairly high engagement score. It’s possible the small range of scores could be due to the relative novelty of measuring engagement.

Roost Chief Executive Officer Alex Chang said in a press release: Support For Admins: Pages Manager For Apple Updated, Feedback Panel Announced. What Can Facebook’s Open Graph Do? Facebook’s open graph can be a powerful tool for brands, provided they know how to use it.

What Can Facebook’s Open Graph Do?

As more and more companies look to gain a foothold on the social network, open graph is a key way to foster engagement. Jon Eccles, product manager of social integration for Thismoment, spoke with AllFacebook about how brands are leveraging this technology to both spread the word and create a dialogue with Facebook users. For those who don’t know, Facebook’s open graph is one of the social network’s basic concepts. Facebook introduced it in 2010, and it has since opened it up to third-party applications.

For instance, if you choose to log into Spotify with Facebook, the music application uses open graph technology to post what you’re listening to onto your friends’ news feeds. Essentially, any website where you see some kind of official call to action to log in or connect via Facebook — that brand is using Facebook’s open graph. HOW TO: Turn Three Small Brand Photos On Facebook’s News Feed Into One Big Photo. Facebook analytics provider Wise Metrics came up with a neat trick for manipulating the way photos are displayed on users’ news feeds so that brands can draw more attention to their posts.

HOW TO: Turn Three Small Brand Photos On Facebook’s News Feed Into One Big Photo

Rather than posting albums with three separate photos, Wise Metrics came up with a way to turn three small photos into one eye-catching large image: Resize your picture to 778 pixels wide.Put four vertical guides on your pictures at 241, 267, 510, and 536 pixels (x axis). These guides represent the margins Facebook will insert between your pictures.Create a square selection of 243×243 pixels. Place it in the middle of your picture.Add a horizontal guide at the top of your square selection.

You will now need to crop three 243×243 pixels square.Move your 243×243 square selection to the left edge of your picture. Facebook Lets More People Pay to Promote Posts. 18 September '12, 09:22pm Follow Back in May, Facebook started testing a new feature called “Highlight”, which lets you pay actual money to make sure that more of your friends see your status update, in New Zealand (Facebook’s favorite country for testing obscure new features since it’s small but still English-speaking).

Facebook Lets More People Pay to Promote Posts

Today, users of the social network from around the world started reporting that they are seeing the feature. Five Best Facebook Customizers. Better Facebook.

Five Best Facebook Customizers

Why would you use anything else? A couple of those require you to be tied to one browser — Chrome. Even if you like Chrome, do you want to be tied to it? Or is it good enough that you would choose it, given the equal choice? (That said, as a Firefox fan, BFB actually works a little better in Chrome.) The only problem I have with BFB is the bit about stuff being marked as read. How to Make Facebook Infinitely Better with One Browser Extension. Built-in Action Types. If your app publishes on behalf of its users and requires an access token with no expiration time for the purpose of publishing, you should use an App Access Token.

Built-in Action Types

An App Access Token is signed using your app secret and will not expire; it will be invalidated if you re-key/reset your application secret. App Access Tokens should only be used when the posting functions are originated directly from your servers in order to keep them private to the app. For example, you should not publish using an App Access Token from within a client such as a native mobile app.

Doing that could allow individuals to obtain the App Access Token, which could then allow them to take actions on behalf of your app. Instead, you should have your native mobile app queue actions up with your server and then have your server publish the stories to Facebook using the App Access Token. Payvment - eCommerce and Discovery on Facebook.

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Free Monthly WordPress & Social Media Webinar! Confused about a plugin? Stumped over a setting? Curious about a Facebook Page? Facebook Integration and Revamped iOS Stores in iOS 6? Source: The Verge Forum. This is a mockup of what iOS 6 and the next-gen iPhone might look like, done by Verge Forum member ”gizmosachin”. Facebook integration and a redesigned App Store will be part of the iOS 6 (codenamed "Sundance") lineup of changes, amidst previously reported updates like the release of a Siri .apk, Siri voice functions on iPad, and a proprietary, in-house maps application with 3D mapping features. Twitter will still be part of the new OS and TechCrunch reports that the company will be chatting more about the "continued partnership" (presumably integration into OS Mountain Lion).