Facebook new and improved privacy
Everyone has been super concerned about privacy within Facebook for a long time. So here’s the latest scoop on this. In other words you do have the choice of making content available to friend, friends of friends and everyone. What these changes mean for you You can now control who can see every post you share, from status updates to photo albums. Regional networks (like London or Australia) have been removed. A common set of information for all users is now publicly available. Facebook-enhanced applications and websites now have...
read moreFacebook advertising a true success for the company
Although Facebook popularity was exploding globally they were still in start-up mode as a company, with negative cash flow.They had to borrow to expand and maintain their data centers, which cost about $25 million to run. Sheryl Sandberg came on board about a year ago and things began to take a turn. Facebook was no longer a company run by a bunch of kids but had a COO that was there to turn Facebook into a very profitable business. So who is Sheryl Sandberg anyway? She is a Harvard graduate who was the V.P. of Global Online Sales and...
read moreFacebook @mentions
What makes a social network great asides from the obvious are the little touches that are added to make updating you status easy. In the age of less is more it’s nice to have these add-ons. Ok I am going to cut to the chase, it’s the @mentions or new tagging feature from Facebook. If you are a regular Twitter user you are very familiar with the @username, as a way of replying to the people you are having a conversation with. This feature is somewhat similar to Twitter however it’s not only user name based but contextual as...
read moreFacebook Lite
Facebook now has something called Facebook Lite. The way to access this is by clicking on the linkhttp://lite.facebook.com/. It’s certainly a work in progress however it’s quite a calming feeling when you use this as most of the applications, updates, requests etc. are not there. All the bells and whistles have been stripped out. So if you like this then use it. Here’s what it looks like so far. Top menu bar for Lite has the Profile, Events, Inbox, Settings, Logout and Search. Compared to the regular Facebook which has...
read moreFacebook Marketing
Facebook is where Canadian’s spend most of their time. The same goes for a significant percentage of the population globally. Facebook is not just for teenagers anymore. As a business how do you get the attention of your customers? Since they are spending their time on Facebook and not necessarily watching TV or reading newspapers. Facebook Marketing is an interactive workshop to help businesses to use Facebook effectively as a marketing tool. Space is limited so sign up and take advantage of the Early Bird specials. You will learn how...
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