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It’s frustrating to engage with a Facebook Page

Scott Wendling — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:45:13 +0000

Facebook Pages are reserved specifically for business. Facebook makes it very clear that if any businesses using profiles will be deleted. This frustrates a lot of people because they feel it’s more difficult to engage with them than with profiles. This is partially true and done by design. Facebook spam is incredibly annoying as it [...]

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How to back up your Facebook info

Scott Wendling — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:53:25 +0000

How many pictures do you have on Facebook? Do you have any important conversations you wouldn’t want to lose? If you’re account is hacked, or simply subject to user error that deleted info on Facebook, would you be able to get it back? Unless you’ve somehow managed to archive your Facebook information pics, videos, events, [...]

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You’ve got game: Social media analytics in a game

Scott Wendling — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:14:26 +0000

If 2010 was the year of the location game, 2011 is the year of full blown social gaming. Social gaming is simply a social network that has the ability to “win”, whether it’s simply earning rewards or beating your friends. Foursquare and other location games helped introduce us to this concept but this year social [...]

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Facebook increases confusion by making pages personal

Scott Wendling — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:17:44 +0000

As of March 10 your Facebook business page will become even more confusing in order to make things easier on you. More people are confused by profiles and pages than anything else on Facebook, and now pages are becoming even more like profiles. While the new Facebook pages model might create more confusion, it also [...]

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How to post to your Facebook page as yourself

Scott Wendling — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:53:12 +0000

A huge gripe and pain in the butt on Facebook is commenting on a page you administer as yourself and not the actual page. Facebook may be planning to change this as they accidently rolled out some changes, but for the moment all hope seems lost. But have no fear, there is a workaround! It [...]

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Inches, Bras Colors, and Breasts OH MY!

Scott Wendling — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:32:46 +0000

Why are girls posting inches with sad faces or bras colors as their Facebook status?

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If someone can’t find the Facebook login page how can they find you?

Scott Wendling — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:37:18 +0000

Did you know the number one thing people want to learn how to do on Facebook is how to login? The most searched topic in America for 2009 & 2010 is Facebook according to Google Insights. Lyrics are the 2nd most searched and it doesn’t even come close. That is not surprising given how much [...]

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Why can’t I find a needle in Facebook?

Scott Wendling — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:19:53 +0000

Facebook has a tendency to make things impossible to find: How the hell do I make Farmville go away? Where do I find the direct link to a status update? I want to keep my privacy, how do I turn off Facebook places? Then every few months Facebook moves everything around and we have to learn [...]

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A reason tweets should go to facebook & not the other way around

Scott Wendling — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:05:42 +0000

Should you send tweets to Facebook, or should your Facebook status updates go to Twitter? Connecting Facebook and Twitter makes your social networks easier to manage and cuts out a lot of time. Facebook updates can be a lot longer than 140 characters. If your facebook status update goes to Twitter and it’s more than 140 [...]

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Find the link to specific facebook status updates

Scott Wendling — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:09:43 +0000

Every facebook status update has its own direct link. You can send this link to someone and when they click it they will go directly to that facebook update. Finding the link to the update is harder to find than it should be. Here’s how to find it: Go to the status update you want [...]

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