Creating a Facebook Page Part III: Creating a vanity URL
Unfortunately, the URL to your page on Facebook is an impossible-to-remember huge string of numbers and letters. Vanity URLs which are shorter and easier to remember are only available to businesses...
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Creating a Facebook Page Part IV: Creating a badge for your page
Creating a badge for your Facebook Profile is simple – click on the Profile menu at the top of the page, scroll to the bottom of your profile and click the “Create a Profile Badge” link. However,...
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Creating a Facebook Page Part V: sending updates
Facebook Pages, unlike Facebook Profiles, allow you to message all the people who are connected to you at once. This is done via an “Send an Update to Fans” link on your Facebook Page. In the past,...
View ArticleMonitoring Twitter Made Easy
Linda from GetElastic talks about how to build a Twitter search and get the results by RSS. Now that Twitter Search is working reliably, this is exactly how I do it.
View ArticleLinkedIn Answers
I have said before that I think the Q&A facility of LinkedIn is one of its greatest strengths. Here’s a recent question asking how to build a better e-zine that is an example of what I mean.
View ArticleImproving your image in TwitterSpace
I have long admired people who create informative Twitter backgrounds, but I’ve never been good with graphics work. I noticed that the folks at TwitArt.com had a very impressive portfolio, so I hired...
View ArticleHow to use Twitter to build a community
Here’s a great article from TwiTip about building a community using Twitter. If business is slow and you have extra time on your hands, one option is to learn more about social networking and build...
View ArticleTwitter must follow lists for E-Commerce, Social Media
OK, here you go: @thatsoftwareguy‘s top ten list of people you must follow: @TheGrok, @dmscott, @roxyyo, @penelopetrunk, @chrisbrogan, @andybeal, @problogger, @doshdosh, @nametagscott, @copyblogger....
View ArticleWhile things are slow, make demonstration videos
Things are slow right now. You’re spending less time on sales, less time on support. How can you best spend the free time you have now to create value in your business? One idea is to build a video...
View ArticleHow to remove endorsements from your LinkedIn Profile
Some well meaning people will endorse you for things they couldn’t possibly know about. This degrades the value of your other endorsements. Fortunately, it’s easy to fix this issue, although for some...
View ArticleHow to Unfollow someone on LinkedIn
If you see a post you enjoy on LinkedIn, you might be tempted to click the Follow button to see more posts from that person. But what if they’re *too* chatty? Unfollowing someone is a bit tricky, but...
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