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How to Get Facebook Fans

Published on September 24, 2011 by in Facebook
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I’ve just attended the Facebook F8 conference and it’s been absolutely amazing seeing the new features that are coming in Facebook. This isn’t what I’m going to talk about in this post but I will digress briefly. Instead of having one gigantic wall of posts, photos and likes all separated by a date stamp, Facebook are now about to release timelines. It makes organizing and sharing our lives so much easier. Will talk about these features in another post later. But in this post what I wanted to talk about are some ways on how to get Facebook fans. If

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How to Make Your Facebook Post Top News

Published on September 10, 2011 by in Facebook
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Have you ever wondered how some posts appear as the first item of your top news compared with others? What makes one post higher or more important than another? Is it because more people “like” their post or more people are commenting on their post? Well if you’re new to Facebook, there are two types of news feed – top news and most recent. Most recent is real time feeds of what your friends, groups and fan pages that you like are sharing and commenting on. See the screenshot below. You can see the top news feed on the left

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Some Twitter Horror Stories

Published on September 2, 2011 by in Twitter
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We all know the power of Facebook but what about the power of Twitter? How much influence can one single 140 character tweet cause? Well here are some twitter horror stories. I am Spartacus 27 year old English trainee accountant Paul Chambers’ life was shattered all because of a single tweet. He had met a girl online and had planned a trip to Northern Ireland to meet her. He was worried that the flight from Robin Hood Airport near where he lived would be cancelled due to bad weather, he posted the following tweet on Tweeter, “Crap! Robin Hood airport

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Could Microsoft Be Entering into the Social Networking Scene?

Published on July 19, 2011 by in Microsoft
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If you went onto Socl.com last Thursday you would have noticed the following splash page (which has now been removed): Could this be Microsoft’s secret project to enter into the social networking space? Especially considering Google+ has just come out. According to Eric Schmidt, the chief at Google, their new social networking platform Google+ has already reached 10 million users. Not a bad feat for a few weeks! But I’ll talk about that in another post. Getting back to Tulalip, this will be interesting. Microsoft has taken down the splash page and replaced it with this “Thanks for stopping by.

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7 Fantastic Facebook Tips

Published on July 16, 2011 by in Facebook
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What shouldn’t you know about Facebook?  As a marketer, Facebook is one source that can be very advantageous.  In fact, with over 750 million active users, how can it not be!  The trick to marketing, of course, lies in the technique, and there are a few Facebook tips you should know.  Especially since the site is continually changing their layout features.  Strategy is everything and when there is a site like Facebook that you can completely turn to your advantage, then knowing your stuff, is essential. Seven Facebook tips that will help you succeed on Facebook Tag Your Friends in

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A Look at the New Google+ Social Networking Platform

Published on July 14, 2011 by in Google
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Hey guys, Check out my video below where I run through the new Google+ and some of its features compared to Facebook.

 
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Inside Google’s New Social Networking Platform – Google+

Published on July 9, 2011 by in Google
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The new Google+ social networking project craze is dominating most online discussions and analyses made of the pros and cons and its implication to the internet market. The greatest debates are on whether it will unseat Facebook and other social networks. The Google+ project simplifies sharing through the web and simulates real life situations. The product, an addition to Google, is in its final implementation stages. Presently, preselected people are allowed to experiment this social product.  They are to invite other users, share and discuss status updates, photos and links. The full product is set to roll out in the

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How to Create a Facebook Fan Page

Published on July 2, 2011 by in Facebook
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Creating a Facebook fan page is a fancy and effective procedure of getting in touch with people you share ideas, lifestyle, products and causes with. It is the platform where you get to discuss and address concerns about a subject of interest, market your products or ideas and broaden your perspectives. You will need a Facebook account to create the fan page.  When you are logged into Facebook, you click on the footer link at the bottom of the page where it is written “Create a page”.   After you have clicked this, you will be directed to a form.

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Google Plus One – Google Recognizes Social Media

Published on May 7, 2011 by in Facebook
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If you’re in the united states and other places around the world, you would have noticed a new feature when you using Google. Check out the image below. There is now a “+1″ feature next to each search result. Known as Google Plus One, it allows users to “vote” on results. Google has recognized the importance of social media. In fact Matt Cutts one of the big wigs at Google has previously mentioned if he had to pick three things to focus on in terms of seo, social media would be one of them. The theory behind plus one is

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Manipulating Google’s Suggestive Search

Published on March 18, 2011 by in Google
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One of the latest features of Google’s search that has come out in the last year is Google’s suggestive search. If you have ever tried entering a search term in Google, you will have noticed it tries to complete your search term for you. All in the aim of helping the user out. For example, check out the image below of me trying to search for my own name: Not only that, suggestive search can also influence how much traffic comes to your website. For example, imagine if you were searching for bicycles to buy and the below suggestive search

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