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Mashable has put together a new Guidebook to Facebook , similar to their Twitter Guidebook , with detailed instructions for how to do nearly everything on the social network including:
If you build a Facebook Page, will fans come? This is the great hope for many businesses. However, fans do not magically appear from the Facebook mist. People must be lured to your fan page .
21 Creative Ways To Increase Your Facebook Fanbase | Social Medi
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Facebook is known for its uniformity. You can post all sorts of content, but the actual design and layout of your profile is the same as everyone else’s. But with Facebook Fan Pages and the array of apps you can plug into them, there are a few ways you can customize what people see when they land on your Page. You’ve probably seen custom Fan Pages like those of Best Buy and Victoria’s Secret . When you land there, you start on what is essentially a mini website within Facebook, instead of the Page’s wall or feed.
HOW TO: Build a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business | Mashab
Yahoo announced that it will be making Facebook Connect a deeply-integrated part of its site earlier this week. The move surprised some people, because Yahoo itself has historically been the largest social site on the web. By relying on third parties like Facebook for key social features, like friend relationships, the company has now more narrowly defined itself as a content publisher. But we should get ready for another big Facebook Connect integration, industry sources tell us: MySpace is planning to make it a key part of the site, rolling out a number of Connect features in the first part of 2010. In addition to relying on its own “social graph” of user relationships, MySpace will use the graphs from other sites. — Facebook’s social graph is currently the most reflective of people’s real-life relationships, so apparently it will soon be a significant part of MySpace.
Sources: Facebook Connect Will Be “Everywhere” on MySpace Next Y
L ike any social tool, Facebook needs to be worked in order to achieve specific marketing, event or fundraising goals. Yes, you need to have a an effective Facebook Page where fans can easily interact (see “ 11 Quick Tips to Enhance Your Facebook Fan Page ” by @ franswaa ). And yes, you need to have compelling content. However, even with all this, if you don’t consistently nurture your Facebook relationships, you’ll end up with visitors — potential fans — wondering, “Are they still in business?”
How to build a Facebook community | Socialbrite
Facebook isn't just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what's happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class. Follow news feeds . Have students follow news feeds relevant to the course material in order to keep current information flowing through the class. Share book reviews .
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online
32 Ways to Use Facebook for Business
Facebook’s not just for keeping tabs on friends and filling out quizzes — it can also be used as a highly effective business tool. It’s great for marketing your products, landing gigs and connecting with your customers. Install appropriate applications to integrate feeds from your blog and other social media accounts into your Facebook profile. (Although you should be careful before integrating your Twitter feed into your Faceboook profile, as a stream of tweets can seem overwhelming to your contacts.) Share useful articles and links to presentation and valuable resources that interest customers and prospects on your wall, to establish credibility.