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Unlock the golden egg for content sharing on Facebook!
Posted by: | CommentsEveryone is trying to crack the code and find the perfect formula to promote their content on Facebook. Since Facebook has over 500 million users, it’s no wonder figuring out this formula would dramatically increase the number of eyes viewing your content.
So, what’s the perfect set of circumstances to unlock the golden egg for content sharing? Well, if there’s a time of the week to share content, it’s on the weekend. That’s right – the weekend. Why? Most companies still block Facebook and more users use the social network over the weekend.
For more in-depth information on these metrics and how they can help you see the most effective return on your Facebook content marketing activities, check out this post over at Dan Zarrella.
Now that I have covered the days of the week, what about the time of day to share content on Facebook? Which would spike traffic more? Well, based on the data, again, from Dan Zarrella, it’s morning time – 9am EST, is more exact. To look at this data in more detail, check out his post on Facebook sharing by hour of day.
What’s your take on this data? Do you agree or have you found a different timeframe to share content on Facebook?
Facebook Profiles to Pages – Is It a Good Idea?
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The latest news is that Facebook now gives its users more options – specifically, the option to migrate a profile into a business page. Although this may attract some, I don’t believe it’s an entirely wise idea…right now.
Why isn’t it a good idea? Well, for starters if you do this and change your mind later, you’re stuck. No switchback for you. Also, any of your friends would automatically convert into fans of your page. Do you think your “friends” would like that without their consent?
The current positive is for profiles that originally were setup to promote a business – now they can turn themselves into a business page.
There’s more to this, including other reasons and options detailed over at Inside Facebook. Get the whole scoop with their take on the whole converting profiles to pages announcement.
What do you think? Would you convert your Facebook profile to a page?
Facebook Content Marketing – What time is best?
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Everyone is trying to crack the code and find the perfect formula to promote their content on Facebook. Since Facebook has over 500 million users, it’s no wonder figuring out this formula would dramatically increase the number of eyes viewing your content.
So, what’s the perfect set of circumstances to unlock the golden egg for content sharing? Well, if there’s a time of the week to share content, it’s on the weekend. That’s right – the weekend. Why? Most companies still block Facebook and more users use the social network over the weekend.
For more in-depth information on these metrics and how they can help you see the most effective return on your Facebook content marketing activities, check out this post over at Dan Zarrella.
Now that I have covered the days of the week, what about the time of day to share content on Facebook? Which would spike traffic more? Well, based on the data, again, from Dan Zarrella, it’s morning time – 9am EST, is more exact. To look at this data in more detail, check out his post on Facebook sharing by hour of day.
What’s your take on this data? Do you agree or have you found a different timeframe to share content on Facebook?
Facebook Profile change
Posted by: | CommentsFacebook Changes
Social media is forever designing new ways to serve it’s community, sexier packaging, user-friendlier services, and with a speed more furious than ever. You would be hard-pressed to find a person worldwide nowadays who isn’t either on Facebook or knows it has a household name. With more than 350 million Facebook users, it’s hard to imagine the com
pany has much they feel they need to improve. 25 year old CEO and creator of FB, Mark Zuckerberg, however, (dubbed by Forbes as the youngest millionaire in the world) seems to take the phrase “don’t fix it if it’s not broken” and morphs it into a different attitude: a little extra attention towards what works insures it never breaks. Take a good look at your profile…it’s about to change.
Facebook Secrets for Status Updates
Posted by: | CommentsEven though Facebook is constantly changing, there are some good tips and Facebook secrets that you can use to get the most out of it—and impress your followers with creative status updates.
These facebook secrets are pretty basic, but they can make your Facebook account really stand out and be easier to use than ever before. Try these out for yourself:
- The Dislike Application: Now that the “Become a Fan” button has been replaced by the “Like” button, there has been a lot of talk about incorporating a “Dislike” button onto Facebook. Personally, I don’t like the idea of a “Dislike” button and think that if you don’t like something don’t view it. However, if you are curious and want to check out this application, you can use the Status Magic Facebook application.
- Hide Status Updates: If you only want your status updates to be available to certain friends you can use the privacy settings and friend lists. The easiest way is to create friend lists for groups (i.e., business, personal, etc.), so that you can separate out who you want to see your updates by list.
- PreSchedule Updates: Just like with the other social media sites, like Twitter, you can use a service to schedule status updates. One that is easy and free is called Later Bro. I use Hootsuite and love it.
- 4. Tag People’s Names in Status Updates: Another new Facebook secret is using @ tags in your updates to tag people, so that the post shows up both on your wall and their wall. The feature also works with brands, companies, pages, and events. You simply type the @ symbol and the name without a space and is shows up in blue with the name as a hyperlink.
- 5. Add Symbols to Your Status: This trick allows you to type various symbols into your status updates. Interestingly, the only symbol you can type into the status update box is a ♥, by typing “<3,” but can type in characters and symbols using “alt” plus various number combinations.
- 6. Make Status Updates into a Word Cloud: The application Status Analyzer 3D generates a word cloud list of anyone’s most recent status updates.
- 7. Type Upside Down: There are a few amusing options to flip your text, such as TypeUpsideDown.com and UpsideDownText.com.
- See Updates Around the Globe: A site called OpenBook allows you to see updates from Facebook users around the world whose privacy settings are open to everyone. The most interesting thing here is you can narrow search results by keywords and subject matter.
- Check Your Status Statistics: Find out how many times you’ve updated your status with the application called Status Statistics, which gives you information about your posts.
- Link to Anyone’s Profile Page: This final Facebook secret allows you to share what looks to be an anonymous link to a random Facebook page. However, when the person clicks on it, they will automatically be directed to their profile page. The url is: http://facebook.com/profile.php?=73322363
Try these facebook secrets to make your status updates more creative and dynamic.
For more information and other social media tips, check out the mashable blog.
Learn more Facebook Secrets by reading my blog post: Multiply Your Facebook Fan Base.
