4 Tips for Effective Facebook Community Management
Do you manage a Facebook page?
Are you looking for an easier way to manage your tasks?
In this article I’ll share four tips that will increase your value to your community.
About Community Managers
The role of community manager has been around much longer than Facebook. In fact, I like to think of the community manager as a modern-day Andy Griffith. You help people out, give advice, get to know the neighbors and occasionally keep the peace and lay down the law. The analogy isn’t perfect, but you get the idea.
You may start out as the sole admin on your Facebook page, but as your business and Facebook presence grow, you may need help (after all, Facebook is open 24-7). You may want to hire a community manager to facilitate the discussions, postings and moderation. 
Nominate Your Favorite Small Business Facebook Page: Top 10 Contest
Social Media Examiner is accepting nominations for its “Top 10 Small Business Facebook Page” contest.
Have you got a favorite small business Facebook page? Keep reading to learn how you can nominate them.
The winners will be promoted in our 94,000-reader newsletter and announced here.
How to Nominate
6 Daily Habits for Facebook Marketing Success
Do you feel overwhelmed by Facebook? Wouldn’t it be nice to know specific daily actions you can take to get real results on your Facebook page?
You’ve come to the right place.
Facebook marketing, when done right, is an extremely powerful tool. It can increase your leads, attract highly targeted prospects and position you as a sought-after industry leader.
To reap these business-building benefits, the key is to develop daily habits.
The following list of six daily habits will keep you focused on what really matters when it comes to Facebook marketing: real fan engagement.
Top 10 Facebook Apps for Building Custom Pages & Tabs
Are you looking for an easy way to create attractive pages on Facebook? Are you wondering how businesses are creating Welcome tabs?
In this article I’ll reveal a number of applications that make it very easy to add functionality to your Facebook page.
Custom Tabs: What You Need to Know
You may have seen some Welcome pages on Facebook that encourage new visitors to Like the page. You may even be given an incentive such as a free report or, in Tim Ferriss’ case, a free chapter of his book. This is sometimes referred to as fan-gating, meaning only fans see special content.
Top Marketing Tips For Updated Facebook Pages
Are you struggling to understand how to get the most out of your Facebook Page after the recent upgrade? Do you want to know how to build your brand through Facebook Pages?
Then be sure to watch this edition of Social Media Examiner TV with our host Mari Smith.
In this episode, Mari gives you an in-depth look at Facebook Fan Pages, all the recent changes, what they mean to you and lots of new Facebook marketing tips.
Share your feedback and see the show notes below!
How to Optimize Your Facebook Page for Visual Branding
Are you wondering how to visually optimize the new Facebook page layout?
As of March 10, 2011, it became official—the new Facebook page layout was applied to all fan pages. Now that the dust has settled, bugs addressed and some tweaks made, admins can now focus their attention on making the most of what Facebook has given them, which is a LOT of screen real estate!
Essentially, the new page layout gives over two-thirds of the available screen space to brands (see the red boxes in the image below), with Facebook reserving only its narrow blue band at the top and the right column for its own content.
Why Most Businesses Get Facebook Wrong
In this video I interview Jay Baer, co-author of the new book The Now Revolution and founder of the popular social media blog Convince and Convert. Jay shares why it’s important for companies to embrace social media now.
He also talks a lot about why Facebook can have a big impact on business, and explains why most companies approach Facebook the wrong way and what they need to do instead.
Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
8 New Facebook Page Changes: What You Need to Know
Are you wondering what to do about the new Facebook page changes? This article will explore the important changes and what it means for your business.
On Thursday, February 10, Facebook finally pulled the trigger and announced the updated layout of Facebook pages. They made the change to bring them more in line with the recently redesigned personal profiles and to provide a more consistent user experience.
As with any major change to the Facebook user experience, the new design and features were accompanied by complaints, but overall, were well received.
Let’s take a closer look at these changes and what they mean for your business.
8 Social Media News Stories You May Have Missed
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What’s New This Week?
New Speak-to-Tweet Service: Twitter, Google and SayNow teamed up to deliver a new Speak2Tweet service in response to the events in Egypt. Does your business monitor current events unfolding for social media business opportunities?
Users call special numbers to record their message. This generates a tweet with a link to the SayNow.com website (recently acquired by Google), which hosts the recording of the original message.
What’s Hot This Week in Social Media News
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What’s New This Week?
Facebook Introduces Sponsored Stories: Companies can now sponsor ads in the sidebar to republish check-ins and other updates made by the viewer’s friends. This shows viewers what their friends have to say about the brands sponsoring these ads. Watch the video below to see how it works:
