The Hello Bar is a simple notification bar that engages users and communicates a call to action.

Migrate Your Business from a Profile to Page on Facebook

Facebook has very specific terms of service regarding how businesses interact on their platform. For instance, it’s required that businesses who want a presence on Facebook create a Facebook fan page (also called a business page). Unfortunately, not all businesses are aware of this rule and may have inadvertently created a Facebook profile for their [...]

Facebook’s Timeline Changes Everything

Earlier this week I was initially thrown by the new News Feed elements Facebook rolled out. I was mostly annoyed about  the new lists because I liked the way I did my own lists. But I spent an hour or two getting to know the new interface on Wednesday night. That, along with the explanations [...]

Create a Custom Welcome Tab for Your Facebook Fan Page

I’ve been getting lots of requests for custom Facebook Welcome pages. Everyone wants to know where they can get one. I have several options for you and I share them below. Why consider using a custom Welcome page? Let’s face it: Online, looks are everything. A great design can make or break your success. The [...]

Blogging Basics 101′s Facebook Fan Page

Have you stopped by my new digs on Facebook? Because I assure you the new page is fancy and you won’t want to miss it. We have 148 fans so far (or Likes if we go with the new Facebook lingo, but really? I like the word “fans” better than “likers”, don’t you?). We’d love [...]

Social Media Glossary

Social media is how we connect with each other — and with companies and brands — online. These days every marketing plan includes social media; to ignore it would be to ignore a significant portion of your audience. But what is social media? How do you use it? Where do you start? The first step [...]

Google Buzz: Is It a Privacy #FAIL or The Next Best Social Media Tool?

In the past few months Google has been trying to secure their spot not just as the go-to search engine of choice, but a real player in social media. Google Wave and the Google Nexus One phone were cool options to the norm and just last week Google unveiled yet another new social media tool: [...]

Microblogging Tool: Tumblr

Somewhere between traditional blogging and Twitter there lies a sort of half-blog option. If your primary blog is your heavyweight and Twitter is your featherweight, then sites like Tumblr, Posterous, and TypePad Micro would have to be your lightweights. Those sites aren’t quite as much as a full-fledged blog, but they are more than a [...]

Facebook Video Feature: Create or Upload Video to Your Community

Facebook is a great way to share information with your community. Most of us use it regularly to provide quick updates about what we’re doing, where we’re going, or a news story that interests us. Most of us also regularly upload pictures to share with our communities. You know what I’ve noticed, though? Not many [...]

Tools to Take Your Facebook Profile from Fine to Phenomenal

Expert blogger Melanie Nelson introduces tools to take your Facebook profile from fine to phenomenal. Use the Facebook Toolbar, customize your profile, promote your blog, and use a vanity URL to set your Facebook profile apart from the others.

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