Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

peter1978 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:09:45 GMT

Rieva,

can you point me in the right direction please? I'm finding the ol site frustrating because of limitations. for instance, the addthis button and rate buttons you have above... those don't work in office live now, at least from a hover standpoint. i've had to contact addthis directly to try to resolve but there is not fix. any suggestions? also, is there just one area that spells out the step by step to set up the office live workspace? currently it's very scattered and doesn't give a concise directy. instead, it's 1 thing, then step back, then add another thing. pls don't get me wrong, i'm a big fan of it all but finding the right information is very time consuming. thoughts?

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

maisha — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Hello Rieva - I was so happy to see a link to my Inc. article on your blog! I really like your blog and hope that more of my articles will be helpful to your readers.

I'm working on a whole series on Social Media Marketing which starts here: blog.inc.com/.../the_weakest_link_your_social_m.html

and recently finished a series on Search Engine Optimization which starts here: blog.inc.com/.../getting_good_rank_search_engin.html

For those in New York I also teach live classes on these topics: messagemedium.com/classes.htm

I'm happy to answer questions and let me know if there are particular topics/challenges you would like to see me write about. I look forward to reading more of your helpful posts!

I'll be including you in my Twitter feed this week. :o)

Maisha

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

Theo Zen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:43:45 GMT

Having a Page for your small business is one of the most basic things you need to do on Facebook. However, what will actually bring you the most benefit is by integrating Facebook WITH your Office Live website. That is how you can take advantage of Facebook's vast social networking ability and tap into other Facebook users; networks to promote your website. You can learn how to make your Office Live website social with Facebook Connect here:

theozen.com/facebook_connect.aspx

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

SandraLinville-Thomas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:11:15 GMT

Thanks for the tips. I've now set up a Facebook business page. I hope you keep writing about your experiences at Facebook with more pointers in how to use it to promote businesses.

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

Lew1801 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:10:15 GMT

I hope that you will answer rhis question, because I'm sure it is a concern to all who would aspire to be web page "end sellers".The concern is that the "Tags" below, which are on each windows web site:

"Powered by

Microsoft Office Live|Create a free website|Free file sharing "

Has a counter-productive marketing flaw in it..Don't you think??

It is the reason why I don't use it.

Can we come to a better partnership?

I may have put this in the right place, but, hope you will answer me.

Best regards,

Louis

re: Tips for using Facebook to benefit your business

Tom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:44 GMT

This article reitterates what I was told at a recent E-Marketing seminar that I attended. I am now looking for information on how to use facebook to promote a business and found your link very informative.