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Three Cool Tools for Restoring Your Facebook Privacy

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Dan Tynan at IT World

“Well, it seems all this complaining about Facebook’s laissez faire attitude toward its users’ privacy has finally gotten their attention. According to published reports, the company called an “all hands meeting” to discuss the controversy last week. And what has come of that meeting? Apparently a lot of soul searching, rending of garments, and gnashing of teeth, per a report in the Wall Street Journal. But otherwise, a whole lot of nothing.

So leave it to some clever entrepreneurs to do what Facebook has so far refused to do: Put back the privacy protections Facebook just took away. And they do it in an ingeniously simple way.”

Learn about the cool tools here: http://bit.ly/b2sIxt

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Tags: Facebook, Privacy

Can You Sell Homes On Facebook?

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Julia Kline at SMM Camp

“Can you sell homes or market real estate listings on Facebook?

This is a question that I get asked all the time.

One person who knows how to sell homes on Facebook is Darin Persinger.”

3 Sites + 1 Button = 1,000’s of New Eyeballs for YOUR Content

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Tech Savvy Agent

“How can I manage all of these when I don’t have enough time as it is now?

It can be a challenge keeping up with all of the different social networks for Realtors especially when there never seems to be enough time in the day in this particular industry. Qualified buyer wants to see a home and social media gets TURNED OFF! Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are the top 3 sites real estate agents are using but there are literally 100’s more that you may not be leveraging. By leveraging sites that syndicate content to all of the major platforms at once you are not only saving precious time but also are getting your content seen by thousands of additional consumers.”

To learn the 3 sites that Tech Savvy Agent recommends … http://bit.ly/9WEeps

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Tags: Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, tools, Twitter

Facebook’s new functions (and how to leverage them)

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Doug Akin at iMedia Connection

“A new form of social currency is on the rise

Facebook is moving toward a currency system through its upcoming App2User platform that will allow brands to sync their loyalty and rewards systems to offer users Facebook Credits. Since August, Facebook Credits has been in beta testing, allowing users to make in-game purchases and more. However, the platform will deepen by aligning with brands’ loyalty and rewards programs and allowing users to redeem their rewards for Facebook Credits. We’ve heard buzz words such as social CRM and loyalty 2.0 thrown around, but this truly merges the old-school loyalty world with the new-school social world.”

For more details … http://bit.ly/arJtZT

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Tags: Facebook

Facebook Zero: A Fast, Free, Global, And Mobile Version of Facebook

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

From Nick O’Neill at AllFacebook.com

“Yesterday afternoon Facebook announced that the company is releasing a new mobile version of the site that enables free access to Facebook, even in countries where access would require data charges. It’s a major push by Facebook to expand what is already one of the fastest growing areas of their site: mobile access. 0.facebook.com is an imageless version of the site that will enable users to connect to Facebook from around the globe.”

Facebook Nixes Default Landing Tab Option

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

By Mari Smith

“For some time, I’ve been raving about the benefits of having your non-fans land on a specific, custom landing tab on your Facebook Fan Page.

When you send visitors to your Facebook Fan Page, previously, you could have them land on a Welcome Tab, for instance – the purpose of which was to help visitors understand what your business is about and to compel them to want to join your Fan Page.”

Read the rest of the original article plus the recent updates: http://bit.ly/bUEJiP

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Tags: Facebook, trends

Breaking News – Facebook Sells Out

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

From Lori at Social Media Design

“Facebook, in a sneaky, shocking development to small businesses, suddenly let it slip in a Facebook developers forum that they are no longer going to let new people to your Facebook Fan Page see your custom landing tabs, such as the oft recommended Welcome tab, complete with video, eye catching graphics, and an invitation to “like” the Page.

Ironically enough, this very afternoon I just got done filming and editing welcome videos for this site and for my Facebook Fan Page, when Social Media Examiner posted this news on their wall:

“No longer do new Facebook see custom tabs. Only fan pages with 10,000 fans or who spend money on Facebook for ads will have this option. To see this, simply log out of facebook and pull up your fan page. (props to Damian Leszczyński and Mari Smith for informing me).”