How To Be A Better Facebook Community Manager

Posted by Shelly Kramer on May 16, 2013 · 5 Comments

ShareIf you’re a Facebook community manager, you’ve probably gotten the “Wow—you get paid to be on Facebook all day?” reaction from at least one person in your life—are we right? Yet you, like us, know that Facebook community management isn’t a walk in the park—and it’s more than posting a few status updates and responding [...]

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How To Get [And Use] Facebook Ranked Comments and Replies

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on March 26, 2013 · 8 Comments

ShareAfter several months of testing, Facebook has launched ranked comments and replies, two features that add more functionality to Facebook’s commenting system. Like Graph Search, the new features were also released with another goal in mind: to increase time spent on Facebook. (Seriously? As if we all needed another reason to spend more time on [...]

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How To Prepare Your Facebook Page for Graph Search

Posted by Shelly Kramer on January 24, 2013 · 8 Comments

ShareThe Internet is still abuzz with talk of Facebook’s Graph Search—and although some are skeptical about how the new tool will be used, that skepticism is countered by a growing realization that Facebook Graph Search has powerful potential for businesses. Beyond the bells and whistles, the core of graph search is about helping people discover [...]

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7 Little Known Tricks to Maximize Your Facebook Page

Posted by Shelly Kramer on October 29, 2012 · 13 Comments

ShareIf you’re like most marketers, you probably have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. Yet there’s no denying that the social networking behemoth is a great addition to your digital marketing presence, allowing you to expand your reach, increase your engagement and drive more people back to your website. Facebook changes features and functionality on what [...]

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How To Remove Political Posts From Your Facebook Feed

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on September 11, 2012 · 18 Comments

ShareAs Election Day draws closer, your Facebook News Feed is likely to become its own sort of political battleground. If you’re contemplating a Facebook hiatus until mid-November, we’ve got an easier solution: simply block political posts from appearing in your feed. If you have a ton of time on your hands, you can block posts [...]

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How To Change Your Facebook Page’s Vanity URL

Posted by Shelly Kramer on July 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

ShareNeed to change your Facebook page vanity URL? Thanks to a Facebook change, it’s now possible to revise your Facebook page’s web address. Previously, page admins were unable to change their page’s vanity URLs once the address was specified and confirmed. Now, however, you can make a change—here’s how: Go to your Facebook page and [...]

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Facebook Unveils Comment Editing, Edit History

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on June 25, 2012 · 4 Comments

ShareFacebook’s new comment editing feature has people all agog this past week. With Facebook (and every other social media network) there’s pretty much always something new–aren’t we used to this by now? The comment editing feature allows Facebook users to tweak their comments and will become universally available shortly. Previously, Facebook gave users a few [...]

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How To Add The New Facebook Subscribe Button To Your Website

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on December 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

ShareFacebook recently announced the launch of a new subscribe button that allows Facebook users to subscribe to your website and/or blog, and then receive updates directly in their Facebook News Feed. We’re excited to see the evolution of this new feature, not only because it adds another dimension to the Facebook experience but is also [...]

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Facebook Account Hacked Or Compromised? Here’s How To Fix It

Posted by Shelly Kramer on November 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

ShareAlthough Facebook account hackings and security concerns are nothing new, a recent spate of nasty posts (including pornographic and violent images) has affected more Facebook users than normal. According to a Facebook statement published by ZDnet.com, “In other words, this is the type of spam we’ve seen before, but it’s coming in at a much [...]

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How To Enable Facebook’s New Timeline

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on September 26, 2011 · 19 Comments

ShareQuestions about how to enable Facebook’s new Timeline feature is the latest hot topic in social media and technology. And for good reason — it virtually transforms not just your Facebook page, but the entire experience of the site, too. The only flaw in the plan? Timeline isn’t yet publicly available. You may have noticed [...]

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Facebook Photo Tagging For Pages: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Posted by Shelly Kramer on July 2, 2011 · 4 Comments

ShareOne of Facebook’s newer features, photo tagging for pages, extends the power of brands; yet it’s one that, in our opinion, should be used carefully. You can get the full scoop on the new photo tagging feature here, but, to sum it up, Facebook pages can now be tagged in photos. This means brands, products [...]

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Inviting All Friends to Facebook Events

Posted by Michelle Mangen on March 11, 2011 · 245 Comments

Share Update June 7, 2011: Sometime last week it appears the script no longer works. If someone finds another solution, or writes a new script, we would love it if you let us know. Update March 16, 2011: Not exactly sure when Facebook rolled out the changes to their events (sometime in the last week?). [...]

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Make Your Small Business Rock on Facebook

Posted by Shelly Kramer on January 2, 2011 · 8 Comments

Share This is a guest post written by my friend Erno Hannink, whom I was fortunate to meet at Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker’s SOBCon Event this past spring. And by the way, if you’ve not yet explored SOBCon, being held in Chicago on 4/29 – 5/1, you should. To a lot of people, Facebook [...]

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