Facebook Overview

By Ted Prodromou

Description: Facebook started out as a college student-only social network. Facebook is similar to MySpace as it allows people to upload content such as videos or personal profiles. Wildly popular with young people, and now over 50% of the members are over 40 years old!

Facebook Overview

Facebook has now been a social networking website for awhile now, but what most people don't know is that Facebook started out just for college students to interact. As college students starting passing the word around it became one of the most popular websites on the internet. Facebook saw the potential and opened membership up to everyone so now millions of people around the world use Facebook as a means to socialize. Apart from meeting and socializing with people there is a lot more that you're capable of doing on Facebook and more new features are added everyday. Facebook has a very modern and sleek looking template that is very easy to navigate through which is one reason it's become so popular over time. A lot of people that use social networks aren't very knowledgeable when it comes to navigating a computer screen, but Facebook does its best to make the user experience enjoyable.

Features

Show Pictures of Yourself

Invite anyone with an email

Share stories

Great for meeting people

Amazing Applications

Groups

Chat - Private Messages

+ a lot more

Friends and family can all get together in one place and talk on Facebook which makes it really cool and one of the best ways families can keep in touch with each other. The news feed that displays as your homepage once you sign-in to your profile is where the magic happens. You can view all the new things happening on your friends and families profile from one direct interface which makes keeping up with all the gossip as easy as reading one page.

There are many settings that can be chosen when setting up your profile which limits the people who will be able to see your profile. If you only want your friends and family to be able to view your profile then you're able to choose that setting. This will make your profile guarded and also everything on your profile including your pictures. For safety and security reasons it's best to have your profile on limited status so that only friends can see it, as there is no reason for any strangers to be looking at your profile.

When you join Facebook you also join what's called a network, you can join multiple networks as well and what it does is allows people from the same network to find your profile easier. Networks consist of cities, countries and even schools. So there is always a network that you can join and then anyone else from the network will be able to view your profile easier. It's great for finding old school mates simply because you can search through any school network so as long as the person joined the network you'll be able to find them on Facebook.

Ted Prodromou is an Internet Business Consultant who helps small business owners build successful online businesses. Ted started working with the internet in 1991, long before Al Gore declared that he invented it. Ted's been designing websites for over 10 years and is an expert at ecommerce, traffic generation, search engine optimization, and pay per click. For more information visit http://www.netbizexpert.com

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Facebook Marketing Success Tips

By Joel Gray

Sometimes we take the most obvious things for granted without taking a second look.  This definitely holds true when it comes to the fundamentals of marketing your business.  When starting a new business, you probably are thinking about the best marketing techniques you can do at the lowest cost. Before you think about that, though, you might want to stop and ask yourself what the definition of marketing is.

Marketing is about establishing a more mutually beneficial relationship with your customers and potential customers than the one they develop with your competitors. Marketing is about creating relationships. That's what you have to think about before beginning your marketing strategy.  You will want to think about your niche, who belongs to that niche and how best to communicate with them. Use the KLT marketing factor of "Know, Like and Trust" to get more customers to buy from you.      

There are different forms of marketing, but when creating a strategy you have to think about managing each one appropriately.   One very effective marketing method is the use of Facebook.   Facebook is a prominent modern method of establishing relationships.  If you want to make a lot of friends; if you want to create relationships with a lot of people; if you want to reach and have an impact on a huge audience, Facebook is a one-stop-shop for doing so. 

Let's talk about statistics:  There are more than 500 million active users on Facebook and 50% of active Facebook users log on to Facebook in any given day, people spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. There are over 900 million objects with which people interact (pages, groups, events and community pages); the average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events; more than one million websites have integrated with the Facebook platform. There are more than 150 million people that engage with Facebook on external websites every month; and, two thirds of comScore's US Top 100 websites and half of comScore's global top 100 websites have integrated with Facebook.

Those are impressive statistics and are indicative of the fact that Facebook, if used properly, can enable any business to reach out and touch a lot of people.  Depending on your niche, you and your business could potentially influence a large percentage of those 500 million users, 250 million of them who log on to Facebook on any given day.  That makes social networking a very valuable tool in creating relationships and marketing your business.  There are a few things to think about before jumping in, because you're not the first business to use Facebook as a marketing tool.  In fact, you'll have some tough competition. 

To establish good relationships, you have to establish trust, which is the foundation of all good relationships.  You want to know your community and learn to effectively communicate with them.  You don't want to do heavy sales.  Facebook is not the appropriate venue for aggressive sales.  You have to remember that you are establishing relationships.  To talk to your niche you have to show and have respect for that community.  You will want to adjust your message to your audience.  Remember, not all audiences are created alike.  

Facebook can be a very valuable part of your marketing strategy, but your strategy has to be implemented with a personalized touch.  You can't be a company on Facebook, you want to be a friend.  Once your relationship is established you can ease recommendations into your posts and communications.

There are many marketing strategies and to be a successful business, you'll have to implement a multitude of them to be successful. Facebook is an incredibly useful tool, but your energy used there will be wasted if you don't nurture and develop relationships. The type of relationships you're trying to create through social networking are different, so copying and pasting other marketing techniques is not an effective strategy.

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Difference Between Facebook Page & Group

By Neha Wasnik

Why do I need a page? - If you are a small business or a small but well known brand or a public figure or an expert on something people are looking out for then you need a communication platform with your audience or clients where you have many sub platforms and the incoming traffic to it has no permits to be given out. You need to be located by all and sundry in your market and they could get in touch with you or your brand on search engines, Facebook, common interest, or even topic of conversation. You need to offer them in your sub platforms within the same mother platform information of your brand, offers, products, discussions, videos, photos, reviews, polls / surveys, events, application for smartphone downloads, instant customer relation management, FAQs and anything under the sun that otherwise your website or your sales team or publicist or customer service could have offered on a one to one basis. You must go "WOW, if I could have all that on Facebook and have Facebook too" and you would be right in wanting that. What you or your brand needs is a Facebook Page. It is the only answer to all those fancy and basics mentioned above. With a Facebook page you not only get immediate access to your customers but also become a brand personality which is recognized and solicited for its advice.

Why do I need a group? If you are a community or a group or club where you share common interest with others and would like to keep communication real time about the group initiatives, activities, events, recent photos and videos where the members can access this information for their benefit or fun, you need to start a Facebook group. While groups are managed by the creator and admins they are very reflective of these administrators and require permission to be let into the group. So it is for a select few and not meant to have a outreach to whosoever wants to be a part of it. This one is definitely a No-No for a small business or a brand or a public figure or whoever wants to head in these directions. I'll tell you that groups are great for anyone who has or wants to begin a community with a specific interest. Who wants to share information and activities within a closed circuit. Maybe a group of XYZ Fashionistas in your neighborhood or learn art for your heart or Salsa dance workshops are great fun or lets give 10% of our income to save child abuse et cetera. Groups do not get picked up on search engines nor can you join them without the admission of the administrator. Upto 5000 members the admin of the group can send off an email type of a blast update to all the members which is easy updation for all. Of course even the news feeds include all updates in the group but then same is true for pages too. So gist of going in for a group is if you are aiming at a very specific known community or interests to share personal thoughts and concerns or information to a closed circuit not general public. Groups do not give you added advantage of application and multiple tabs on them the kinds that pages do.

Can I have both? Yes!!! Some brands / business/ personalities have pages which are specific to their message for their brand and then diversify with a community which is included in the page in the form of a group. But believe me only if you know your purpose for this go ahead and do it or else just keep life simple as it should be.

Page Advantage - Seen on searches, linked with the Like button all over the web (100,000 sites have the button for a good reason right?), Your fans friends know about your brand by the best source of publicity 'Word of Mouth' when they like your page or they communicate with your brand or review your brand anywhere on Facebook. Even news an articles now have the Like button for brands which is updated on Facebook news feed the moment someone clicks on it or reviews your page. Pages can be promoted through advertisements on search engines and Facebook (revenue is what Facebook was after when they brought out pages). Pages can be treated as a mini website that isn't static but interactive and is indexed. Do you need anything else to be famous online?

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Learn to Make Money Over Facebook

By Sam Bakker

If you want to learn to make money over Facebook then there are a number of techniques which will help you do so. First of all though I would like to make it clear, you are onto something special if you want to make money over Facebook. Facebook is a virtual goldmine when it comes to making money online and as a result it has been one of the internet marketing undergrounds best kept secrets of 2010. In this article I am going to teach you about a method which will demonstrate for you the viral power that Facebook has to drive significant amounts of traffic in very short periods of time.

I first learnt about using Facebook to make money online when I was searching through my Facebook News Feed. I saw that a friend of mine had joined a Facebook fan page which was quite a funny topic, curious I clicked through to have a look and saw that the fan page had gathered over 100 thousand fans within just a short 24 hours since it began. Over the next week I witnessed the fan page shoot virally to the stage where it had over 1 million fans within 5 days. I was astonished and decided that I would focus on how I could have this same impact for fan pages in my internet business that I created.

Facebook pages are the most viral median online right now, internet marketing is a buzz with all the possibilities which Facebook has opened up for marketers to use them. There is a good reason why they are viral as well which I will describe below.

One Facebook each person when they sign up for an account is given their own independent network which they have the ability to add to when they become Facebook friends with someone. Everyone has also a profile page where friends of theirs can visit to see all of their individual public interactions over Facebook. When one of their friends joins a Facebook page, this action is shown to them in their Facebook news feed giving them the opportunity to do the same. If they then decide to also join the Facebook fan page all of their friends see this action on their Facebook pages also and so on.

From the perspective of the Facebook page owner this is great because their page is growing without any work from them. As a result of having fans join their fan page they then get the ability to have their fan page shown on all the news feeds of that groups fans. This in turn means that the Facebook page owner can have influence over all of those who has joined their fan page to either direct them to a website or make money from them through an offer.

This is the real power of using Facebook fan pages to virally influence others in a big way. There are a number of other techniques to grow fan pages virally and make money from them. If you would like to find out about these methods then you can download Sam Bakker's new Facebook Ebook at his website about internet business.

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The Top Facebook Games of 2010

By Jack Dean

Facebook games have shown a lot of popularity during the past year. As Facebook adds more games to its already huge entertainment menu you may be wondering which games are the best and most fun to play. This article will give separate game reviews for each of the twenty five top Facebook games for 2010.

To start the Facebook Game reviews, we will begin by taking a look at the number one game on Facebook called FarmVille. FarmVille which is made by Zynga currently has approximately 73,800,000 monthly users and is growing at a steady upward pace. FarmVille is a game in which you can become a farmer. FarmVille allows you to interact with your friends and even become neighbors with them. Basically you will do everything a farmer does while playing FarmVille. Planting, plowing, harvesting and growing a successful farm. Just make sure when playing this game that you harvest your plants on time. Different plants have different times for harvesting and if you don't harvest in time the plants will die. By taking care of your farm you will get more points and go up in level.

Birthday Cards holds the place of second most popular game of 2010. Birthday Cards is made by RockYou and has approximately 32,000,000 users per month. When using the Birthday Cards game you can customize and send free cards, use a birthday calendar, have a personal birthday list and personal reminders. The game also allows you too start your own birthday zoo. This is popular for those who want to remember their friend's birthdays and send cards on Facebook.

The third most popular game on Facebook is Café World which is made by Zynga. Café World has approximately 31,000,000 active users per month. Café world is a fun game to play if you ever dreamed of owning your own restaurant. When playing this game you can cook, bake sauté and make anything you want when playing Café World. When playing Café World you are the cook and the restaurant owner therefore you will have to hire servers. When hiring a server on Café World you can select one of your Facebook friends. Make sure to always have plenty of food ready for your guests.

The fourth most popular game on Facebook is Happy Aquarium which is made by CrowdStar. Happy Aquarium has approximately 27,000,000 active users per month. When playing Happy Aquarium on Facebook you will be able to set up your own fish tank. This can be done by purchasing fish and other creatures. Make sure to always feed your fish when playing Happy Aquarium because the fish can die just like in real life. This is a fun game for those who love wish and wish they had an aquarium in their home. The bad thing about this game is that you can't feed your friends fish if you notice that they are dying.

The fifth most popular game on Facebook is FishVille which is made by Zynga. FishVille has approximately 24,000,000 active users per month. FishVille is very similar to Happy Aquarium in which you set up your own fish tank and care for the fish. When you're done raising your fish you can sell them for coins and points. Like Happy Aquarium you will maintain your fish tank or your poor creatures will die.

The sixth most popular game on Facebook is Mafia Wars which is made by Zynga. Mafia Wars has approximately 24,000,000 active users per month. The goal of playing Mafia Wars is to grow your Mafia family. This can be done by inviting your Facebook friends to join you at Mafia Wars. Another goal is to increase your group's wealth and supply your friends with weapons. What it comes down to is whoever has the biggest and the strongest Mafia is the group that comes out on top.

The seventh most popular game on Facebook is Texas HoldEm Poker which is also made by Zynga. Texas HoldEm Poker for Facebook has approximately 22,000,000 active users per month. When playing Texas HoldEm Poker on Facebook it's pretty much the same as playing the game in life. Before starting get familiar with the rules on how to play Texas HoldEm. Texas HoldEm Poker on Facebook can be played between friends.

The eighth most popular game on Facebook is Pet Society which is made by Playfish; Pet society has approximately 21,000,000 active users per month. Pet Society on Facebook is a very cute game for the animal lover. When playing Pet Society you can decorate your house and go to your friend's house with presents. This is a very cute and fun game.

The ninth most popular game on Facebook is Petville which is made by Zynga. Petville has approximately 17,000,000 active users per month. This is another adorable pet lover's game. When playing this game you will take care of your own pet. When you first become a player of Petville you will be asked to create your own pet. The options are endless and the end result is an adorable virtual pet. The goal is to keep your pet clean, well fed, walked and loved. This in turn will create a happy Petville pet for you. This game is very similar to Playfishes Pet Society and other pet based games.

The tenth most popular game on Facebook is YoVille which is made by Zynga. YoVille has approximately 17,000,000 active users per month. When playing YoVille you will be living a virtual life. This game is pretty similar to the extremely popular Sims game for personal computers. While playing YoVille you will be building a virtual life. When playing you can work, socialize; decorate your house or anything else you may desire. This is a fun game for those who like the escape of a virtual world.

The eleventh most popular game on Facebook is Farm Town which is made by Slashkey. Farm Town has approximately 16,000,000 active users per month. Farm Town is very similar to the Facebook game FarmVille. When playing this game you will take care of your own farm. In order to advance to higher levels you will need to plant and harvest crops, invite friends to join you and hire workers to help you with the farm. This is a fun game for those who want to be farmers but live in the city.

The twelfth most popular game on Facebook is Restaurant City which is made by PlayFish. Restaurant City has approximately 15,000,000 active users per month. Restaurant City is very similar to Café Town. When playing Restaurant City you will own a restaurant, create the menu and hire workers. This is a fun game if you are interested in how a restaurant operates. This is a social game and you will be able to interact with your Facebook friends.

The thirteenth most popular game on Facebook is MindJolt Games which is made by MindJolt. MindJolt games have approximately 14,000,000 active users per month. When playing MindJolt you can play over 500 games. The games are arcade style, puzzles, strategy, and so much more. MindJolt is fun for those who want a little gaming variety.

The fourteenth most popular game on Facebook is Happy Pets which is made by CrowdStar. Happy Pets has approximately 12,000,000 active users per month on Facebook. When playing Happy Pets you will grow your kitten into an adult. The object of the game is to take care of as many cats as you can. How many happy cats can you take care of on Happy Pets? If you end up feeling overwhelmed by having too many pets to care for don't be tempted to sell your cats. Happy Pets doesn't like those who sell their kitties.

The fifteenth most popular game on Facebook is RCK which is made by Zynga. RCK has approximately 11,000,000 active users per month on Facebook. This is a fun Facebook game in which you can create your own rock band. Ask your Facebook friends to join and help you create a rocking band. This is a fun game to play for any music lover.

The sixteenth most popular game on Facebook is Zoo World which is made by RockYou. Zoo World has approximately 10,000,000 active users per month. When playing Zoo World on Facebook you will take care of zoo animals and Zoo World cash. When earning your Zoo World cash you can purchase new zoo animals and place them in your zoo. This is a fun way to pass time if you enjoy zoo animals.

The seventeenth most popular game on Facebook is Bejeweled Blitz which is made by Popcap games. Bejeweled Blitz has approximately 10,000,000 active users per month. Bejeweled Blitz is an easy to master puzzle game. The fun thing about this game is that you can compete with your Facebook friends. Many people will spend hours out of there day playing Bejeweled Blitz.

The eighteenth most popular game on Facebook is Fish World which is made by Tall Tree Games. Fish World has approximately 9,000,000 active users per month. Fish World is very similar to Happy Aquarium. When playing Fish World you will care for your very own virtual fish. Make sure to feed them and take care of them so they stay alive. Selling your Fish World fish are a common part of the game.

The nineteenth most popular game on Facebook is Pillow Fight which is made by Shikha. Pillow Fight has approximately 8,000,000 active users per month. Pillow fight is a fun game if you enjoy hitting your friends with pillows. The pillows come in different materials and your friends can accept being hit by pillows are choose not to. The pillow that you choose to use will be posted on your friends Facebook page.

The twentieth most popular game on Facebook is (Lil) Farm Life which is made by Playdom. (Lil) Farm Life has approximately 6,000,000 active users per month. This is another game that is a lot like FarmVille and Farm Town. When playing this game you will create your own farm with crops, animals and buildings. This is another fun game for those who tire of Farmville and Farm Town.

The Twenty first most popular game on Facebook is Sorority Life which is made by Playdom. Sorority Life has approximately 6,000,000 active users per month. When playing this game you can create your own sorority. When signing up for sorority life you can invite friends to join your sorority. Another feature is that you can dress and accessorize however you want. This is a fun game for those who miss their college sorority lifestyle.

The Twenty second most popular game on Facebook is Island Paradise which is made by Meteor Games. Island Paradise has approximately 6,000,000 active users per month. This is a fun game in which you create your own island paradise. When creating your island you can grow crops, add animals or whatever you want on your island. When playing island paradise you can stop by and visit your friends. This is similar to Farmville but for those who love the island life.

The twenty third most popular game on Facebook is Country Life which is made by Country Life. Country life has approximately 5,000,000 active users per month. This game is another one that is a lot like Farmville. When playing this game you take care of crops, the only difference from Farmville is that you can create your own bread for more profit.

The twenty fourth most popular game on Facebook is Country Story which is made by Playfish. Country Story has approximately 5,000,000 active users per month. This is another farm themed Facebook game. This game is great for those who like FarmVille or Farm Town and want to play something different.

The twenty fifth most popular game on Facebook is Happy Island which is made by CrowdStar. Happy Island has approximately 5,000,000 active users per month. When playing this game you can create your own island. The more attractions you add to your island the more your island will earn. This is similar to Island Paradise but with more buying and selling involved.

Jack Dean; Blogger for [http://www.gamebrahma.com]

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Facebook - Social Networking Website

By Marnee Masales

This is a social networking website operated and owned by Facebook. It was founded in Feb. 2004. At the beginning, membership was restricted to students from Howard University.

This site helps you to communicate with your friends, family and coworkers. Anyone can sign up and communicate with people.

Facebook is the second most used social site in the world. It has led the industry in giving people tools to control their information you share and with whom you wish to share.

Here are some facts:

1.It has over 900 employees. 

2.There are 31 million active users. 

3.Since January 2007 more than 100,000 new registrations 

4.It hosts over 1.7 billion photos

Offices: Headquarters: Palo Alto California. Us Offices Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit and New York 

International Offices: Dublin, Ireland, London, Paris. Sydney and Toronto

User facts:

1.Average user has 130 friends. 

2.Average user spends 55 minutes per day. 

3.Average writes 25 comments on Facebook a month. 

4.Average user is invited to 3 events a month. 

5.Average user a member of 12 groups. 

About 70% of Facebook users are outside of US.

Mobile: More than 65 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices. People that use Facebook are on their mobile devices almost 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile users. There are more than 180 mobile operators in 60 countries working and promote Facebook mobile products.

Some products:

1. Facebook Chat: It enables users to communicate this way with out any extra installations. 

2. Networks: There are a lot of networks and most of them based around school or work place. 

3. Events: This application is a resource to let friends know about interesting events coming up and also to organize the social gathers. 

4. Market place: This is an application for listing items for sale, housing to rent, jobs etc. Also you can use this to find items you want to buy or use. 

5. Newsfeed: This is updated. It is a list of new stories about user friends activities on Facebook and main section on home page.

In January 2009 compete.com did a study and ranked Facebook as the most used social network by worldwide active users.

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How to Use Facebook Mobile

By James Dempsey

Do you know how to use Facebook mobile? If you just want to read your friends' status updates, all you really need to do is log in to the mobile version of Facebook on your cell phone. To do this, go tottp://m.facebook.com and use your regular user name and password to log in. This version doesn't have as many features as the standard site, but you will still be able to keep up with what your friends are doing.

Are you ready to learn how to update your status message using your phone? You can do this user the mobile browser, but there is a much easier way. You can text your status update to Facebook. To do this, send a text message to 32665 that starts with the @ symbol. For example, you could update your status to "is at Kelly's party" by texting "@ is at Kelly's party" to 32665.

Would you like to learn how to post a picture on Facebook from your cell phone? In order to upload a photo from your cell phone, you need to be using either an iPhone or a cell phone with multimedia message service (MMS) capability. If your phone has the capability, you can post a photo by e-mailing it to mobile@facebook.com. The first time you do this, you will receive a text message with a confirmation code. You need to go to the applications menu and click on "mobile" then look for the "uploads" section and find the link to enter the confirmation code. Once you have entered the code, your phone is set up to upload photos and you won't need to enter it again.

Is there anything else you'd like to do from your cell phone? Now that you know how to update your status message and upload photos, you've pretty much got the basics covered. If you get bored with that, you can learn how to upload videos, search for new friends and check to see what's happening in your groups.

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