7 Personal Branding Secrets of Facebook Pages | Smedio | The New Media and... Did you know that personal branding is the secret to growing your business, especially with Facebook pages? If you think about Vin Diesel, Will Smith, Tony Robbins or Mary Smith. They’ve built their success around their personal brands. You might think that this works only for celebrities. Well, here’s the good news. Personal branding depends on using the right channels to connect with customers. Your personal name is the basic core indicator of your brand. Creating Facebook pages for your business should begin with naming it after yourself. I recently discovered another great Facebook application to claim your personal web address. Use your wall picture (250 x 500) for your personal branding. 3. Your personal brand sets a positive expectation and a promise to your market. 4. Why should people visit your Facebook page if you’re doing business on Facebook or doing business with Facebook? 5. Give people a chance to personally meet and listen to you. 6. 7. Juan Felix
101 Best Facebook Apps & Tools for Businesses in 2013 4.5K Flares Twitter 2.9K Facebook 638 Google+ 266 StumbleUpon 11 Pin It Share 144 144 LinkedIn 304 inShare304 Email -- Email to a friend Buffer 209 4.5K Flares × I couldn’t be more excited by this latest installment in my “101 Series” on the best Facebook apps and tools. Facebook has become so huge that it’s almost impossible to manage and get the best results without using a few tools and apps. 1. Heyo Social helps you create a beautiful fan page that actually sells. 2. AgoraPulse is a Facebook Page’s best friend – their apps can get you more engagement through contests and sweepstakes, their analytics help you monitor your performance, their moderation tools will help you manage your Page better and you will get more conversions with their CRM and email software. 3. FanAppz helps you create some great apps that will help you get better results and stand above the competition, such as virtual gift stores, games and quizzes. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Who doesn’t love a good quiz? 12. 13.
Facebook Contest Software - WizeHive Facebook Contests & Like Gating Host your online contest where your fans are most likely to be. Facebook contests can include Like Gating to encourage future interaction with fans. Embed in your website Seamlessly integrate WizeHive's Facebook contest software within your website or link to it from WizeHive's hosted solution if you would like to run a contest without a dedicated web presence. Photo Contest, Video Contest or Essay Entries With our Facebook contest software, you can quickly set up a photo contest or video contest to receive applications that accept a variety of multimedia file formats including photos, video and audio.
20 Awesome Facebook Fan Pages Facebook is a key online marketing tool for businesses-;if utilized to its fullest it can drive increased traffic to your website, generate additional sales, promote brand recognition and loyalty, and provide you with a direct communication link to your clients and customers. Here's 20 companies-;chosen from nominations by entrepreneurs, social media experts, Inc. editors, and Facebook-;that we think have awesome fan pages. Vote for your favorites by clicking the "Like" button on this page. Bare Escentuals Minimalist is the answer for Bare Escentuals. Mineral-based makeup is the new rock star in cosmetics, and companies have flooded the marketplace with natural-sounding "mineral" foundation, blush and eye-shadow formulations. Bonobos A very active blog page provides stellar advice on men's fashion while generating tons of feedback and user-generated comments. Brendan's Irish Pub eCycler
The 7 Biggest Fan Page Marketing Mistakes After working with many companies on Facebook marketing, teaching many students, and speaking with many audiences, I’ve discovered some common mistakes that hold companies back from getting results. If you want to get better Facebook fan page marketing results, check this list and find out whether you’re making any of these mistakes. Fan Page Mistake #1: Assuming People Go To Your Fan Page (Versus Seeing Your Posts In Their News Feed) Most people, if they ever go to a fan page, only go there once. One of the biggest surprises to me, in teaching Facebook marketing to many audiences, was that most business owners don’t understand how people use Facebook: This is also a good reason to look at Facebook Groups, because every time any Group member posts or comments, everyone gets a notification. Fan Page Mistake #2: Expecting Welcome Tabs To Get You Lots Of Fans Reveal tabs, aka Fan Gates, are very popular. See that big circular diagram from the last mistake? Think about the typical conference.
15 Types of Facebook Apps to Enhance Your Facebook Page « Social Media Examiner Want to do more with your Facebook page? Have you considered using Facebook apps? Facebook apps let you customize your Facebook page in many ways. In this article I’ll share 15 ways Facebook apps can enhance and customize your Facebook page. Discover 15 types of Facebook Apps to enhance your Facebook Page. Note: Many of the apps listed here have some free options and some paid options, so be aware of the pricing structure of each app. #1: Custom Tab Apps The first type of app you should consider is a custom tab, because you can use them to create so many different things. #2: Email Capture Form or Contact Form Apps The lines between email capture forms and custom tabs are a bit blurred. Use MailChimp’s Facebook app to allow you to add email subscribers right from Facebook. #3: Quiz and Poll Apps Polls can be very engaging. #4: Blog or RSS Feed Apps Again, while many of the custom tab apps can bring in an RSS feed of your blog posts, these apps focus specifically on that feature: Pinterest Twitter
Facebook's new features secretly add apps to your profile | Soci When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge? We discovered Wednesday that this is actually happening, and stopping it isn't as easy as checking a box in your privacy settings. If you visit certain sites while logged in to Facebook, an app for those sites will be quietly added to your Facebook profile. You don't have to have a Facebook window open, you don't need to be signed in to these sites for the apps to appear, there's no notification, and there doesn't appear to be an option to opt-out anywhere in Facebook's byzantine privacy settings. The apps appear to be related to Facebook's latest sharing features and tools. It isn't entirely clear what information these apps are pulling from user profiles or feeding back to Facebook. How to block the apps Opting out of Instant Personalization does not stop these apps from appearing.
17 Social Media Cheat Sheets These days, small businesses use a variety of social media sites in their marketing efforts. Cheat sheets are a helpful way to keep the functionality of each site straight. Here is a list of cheat sheets for the major social media sites. There are infographic tools to identify keyboard shortcuts and other functionality. There are also cheat sheets of best practices for social media sites. Facebook The One Page Facebook Guide. Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts. The Ultimate Facebook Marketing Cheat Sheet. Twitter Twitter Shortcuts. Twitter Cheat Sheet. Twitter Manners. The 100 Twitter Rules To Live By. Google+ Google+ Cheat Sheet. Google+ Cheat Sheet 2nd Edition. The Complete Google+ Cheatsheet. General The Small Business Social Media Cheat Sheet.
Top 5 Facebook Marketing Mistakes Small Businesses Make This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. While Facebook marketing is on the rise among small businesses, many are still struggling to master the basics. "Many people have difficulty with just the basic Page set up," says social media marketing consultant Nicole Krug. Here are five more common Facebook marketing mistakes to avoid: 1. Ask any social marketing consultant what the number-one no-no is on Facebook, and he'll likely tell you it's "broadcasting" your messages instead of providing fans with relevant content and engaging on an continual basis. "With Facebook, marketers of any size can do effective, word-of-mouth marketing at scale for the very first time. Peter Shankman, social media consultant, entrepreneur and author of "Customer Service: New Rules for a Social Media World," agrees. "Your job is to interact, not just to broadcast," says Shankman.
45 Creative Resumes to Seize Attention Editor’s note: For a newer, updated version of this post, check it out here. Are you one of those job seekers who have been sending far too many resumes and been hit with far too many disappointment? The problem may not lie with your qualification or skills set. A creative resume is fairly important. Today we want to bring to your attention a collective of 45 creative and beautiful resumes that will definitely impress an employer. Curriculum Vitae by Jonny-RocketA CV that probably laid the author the job and great at attracting attention among several hundred applicants. Resume by Pau Morgan Me, Myself Curriculum Vitae by Novisurjadi Life Chart ResumeAuthor’s first take at visualizing general tasks he does daily between age 0-32. Resume by Arianedenise Resume on FabricJust a creative way to get a graphic design job, while expressing author’s parallel interest in fabric and sewing. Curriculum Vitae by MistisA retro and vintage CV with pictures. Curriculum Vitae by iTudor Resume by Anna Yenina