Facebook Friday #3: How to Save Time

Posted by on Dec 18, 2009 in series, social media, social networking, technology | 0 comments

Four tips for saving time on Facebook.  This post focuses on the things that will help small businesses to raise their individual profile and brand awareness. Make Each Status Update Work Harder Tweetdeck and Hootsuite are two third-party applications commonlyused by Twitter users to manage their accounts.  Facebook users can also use them to avoid multiple postings of Status Messages on...

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Facebook Friday #2: Profiles, Pages and Groups

Posted by on Dec 11, 2009 in series, social media, social networking, technology | 0 comments

This blog post will explain the key features of Profiles, Pages and Groups and how they can be used to help promote your organisation or business. What Makes a Good Business Person’s Profile? When you navigate to Facebook.com and set up a Profile, it should be for an individual, not an organisation.  Facebook is clamping down on this.  Make sure your Profile showcases you and your...

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Facebook Friday #1: Promote Your Blog on Facebook

Posted by on Dec 4, 2009 in series, social media, social networking, technology | 2 comments

This is a new series – Facebook Friday – beginning today, and prompted by lots of questions about how businesses and other organisations can use Facebook for promoting their products and services and whether a Facebook Fan Page can help direct traffic to your website.  It will be a mixture of How tos and some other related advice thrown in.  Please feel free to send questions you...

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Marketing Your Business with Social Media

Posted by on Nov 25, 2009 in blogging, business, marketing, networking, news and events, social media, social networking | 0 comments

Just a quick announcement of two similar events coming up in Carrickfergus and Magherafelt in December, entitled Marketing Your Business with Social Media.  Both are free, and open to businesses in the relevant council areas. This session is for anyone who wants to gain a quick-fire overview of what social media is. It is most suitable for absolute beginners, and only a basic working...

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