facebook for the floundering
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Facebook for the Floundering
A workshop presented by Social Media Club, Sacramento
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Contributors
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
Lesley Miller, Associate Director – Programming for SMCSac and Director of Public Relations, 3Fold Communications.
Laura Good, Membership Director for SMCSac and Director of Programs and Operations at SARTA.
Jeff Marmins, Executive Director for SMCSac , Principal, Social Media Path and co-founder, C7Group.
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
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An Introduction
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Facebook is for everyone.
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Why is Facebook Important?
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• Growth hasn’t slowed
• Your consumers are there
• A place for everyone - from individuals, to companies to nonprofits
• So many functions
• Access to power
• Facebook is now connected to more than 15,000 websites including Yelp, CNN, and YouTube.
• Easy to use
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Why goals matter.
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• You can’t measure success if you don’t know what you’re chasing.
• Brand awareness?
• Increased presence at events?
• Donations/Sales?
• Top of mind awareness?
• Reaching a new demographic?
• Customer service?
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Profile? Page? Group? I’m lost!
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• Profiles are for individuals. ONLY. Trust us.
• Pages are for brands/businesses/nonprofits
• You should have an individual profile to administer a page.
• Groups are used for connecting people, discussion, solidarity.
• Causes are an application for nonprofits/fundraising.
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Personal Profile Overview
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Profile Page Navigation & Tips
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• Profiles Page is what others see.
• Customize who sees what on your Profile by using Facebook Privacy features.
• Use Friends Lists in conjunction with Privacy Features for better control.
• Set up a custom URL for your profile page http://www.facebook.com/username/
• Choose your URL wisely – you will never be able to change it.
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Home Overview
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Home: Your Facebook Dashboard
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• Home view is custom to every individual.
• News Feed is the activity of all your friends and Pages you’ve Liked.
• News Feed has two modes:
• Top News: What Facebook wants to highlight (Default view)
• Recent: Reverse chronological order
• Filter News Feed using your Friends Lists
• Group activity is not in News Feed.
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Page Overview
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Tips on Creating a Business Page
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• Choose your Page name with great care – it cannot be changed later.
• Choose the right Category for your organization – this impacts the featured information on your Page AND can never be changed.
• Create a custom URL for your Page (need 25 fans before you can do this) http://www.facebook.com/username/
• Custom URL can never be changed – choose wisely
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Tips on Promoting Your Page
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• Share it on your profile and ask everyone in your organization to do the same
• Suggest it to your Facebook friends
• “@” a reference to your Page in posts you make on other Pages or your own Profile
• Tweet about it
• Add a widget to your webpage
• Include a link in your newsletter
• Share it on your LinkedIn Profile
• Advertise it on Facebook
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Tips on Page Content
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• Keep your page Fresh – post at least one item to the Wall a day M-F
• Update (a messaging feature) your fans when you have something to share. 1-2 times a week is probably often enough.
• Photos are great, especially if you have events. Tagging makes them even better.
• Events can be tied to your Page.
• RSS feed can be tied to your Notes page (Facebook feature).
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Need More Help?
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• "Like" Facebook Page on Facebook Pages http://www.facebook.com/FacebookPages
• Facebook has an excellent Help section. Use it.
• Search for Blog Posts & Tutorials posted on the web (make sure recent as Facebook features change frequently)
• Use your Status Update to ask a question & your friends mayl help.
• Crowd Source Twitter for answers.
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Shortcuts
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Easy Shortcuts to Enhance Content
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• Post your Facebook Page updates to twitter: http://www.facebook.com/twitter/
• Post your Blog or other RSS feed to the Notes tab on your Page http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=818#!/help/?faq=12431
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Easy Shortcuts to Enhance Content
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Many third party apps to make things easier. Some examples:
• Twitter Feed tab : Involver app Twitter for pages http://www.involver.com/
• YouTube tab : Involver app YouTube for pages http://www.involver.com/
• Use an application like Twitterfeed to post your web page RSS feed to your Page Wall. http://twitterfeed.com/
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Advanced Concepts
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Where does Facebook Fit?
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• Integrated Strategy – where else are you?• Sales and Business Development• Customer Service •Marketing• Relationship Management
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FacebookAdvertising, Events, SEM,
One-to-one, Reputation, Credibility,
Engagement
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Connecting Facebook
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• Syndicate your blog with RSS• Facebook Open Graph / “Like” Button•Make sharing easy• Use Calls to action (FBML)• Keep an eye on:• Facebook's Credits• The URL prediction
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Open Graph / FBML
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Resources
“..My identity is not just defined by things on Facebook, it's defined by things all over the Web.” Mark Zuckerburg
• Static FBML• http://developers.facebook.com/plugins• Facebook Pages on FB
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Community = Responsibility
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“When you have a small community there is a responsibility to trust one another, and it’s a much stronger bond than an anonymous internet.” Jesse Stay, CEO of SocialToo.com Co-Author, "I'm on Facebook -- Now What???"Author, "FBML Essentials" (O'Reilly)
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Thank you
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The Sacramento Chapter of the Social Media Club is grateful for the support of our sponsors.
The Sacramento Press and Chipotle
Please send any questions or comments to [email protected]