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    Top Small Business Facebook Page Finalists: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / August 25, 2012

    social media researchWelcome 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.

    Finalists: Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages

    We received over 1800 nominations for more than 500 business pages in our Top 10 Small Business Facebook Page contest.

    Take a look at this list of 23 outstanding finalists!

    The Judges: Our panel of Facebook experts includes Amy Porterfield, Andrea Vahl and Phyllis Khare (co-authors of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies). They're currently finishing up their reviews of these sites.
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    Here are the finalists (in alphabetical order):

    • BeStitched Needlepoint
    • Chocolate for Breakfast
    • Dog Pack Snacks
    • Earthegy
    • Galaxy Restaurant
    • Gorgeous Jewellery Ltd
    • How to Market Your Horse Business
    • Koyal Wholesale
    • Legendary Whitetails
    • NOCO Genius / Battery Chargers
    • Obeo
    • Palm Tree Charters, St John USVI
    • Phunk My Space
    • PoolSupplyWorld
    • Precision Paddleboards
    • RecruitMilitary
    • Red-I by Chelsea
    • Social Media Branding with Kim Garst
    • Superhero Stuff
    • Talking Finger
    • The Chicken Chick at Egg Carton Labels by ADozenGirlz
    • The 3/50 Project
    • Zox Straps

    How We’ll Pick the Winners

    #1: Initial Qualification

    A page must have a compelling Facebook presence, must have been nominated multiple times by multiple individuals and must be regularly updated. If someone nominated more than one page, only the first nomination was counted.

    #2: Final Winner Selection

    • Quality of Facebook page: Our judges will examine and score the Facebook page of each finalist (65% of decision).
    • Fan engagement: Regular comments from readers are another sign of a healthy Facebook page. In addition, the number of nominations for a specific page plays a part in this (35%).

    Congratulations to the finalists! We’ll announce the winners here soon!

    What do you think about these Facebook pages? Leave your comments below.

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    "Sponsored Results gives brands the ability to buy ads in search results, bringing more awareness and traffic to your App, Page, or Place."

    YouTube Launches Ads for Mobile Devices: “Mobile growth on YouTube has been phenomenal.”  YouTube now has “TrueView in-stream video ads on mobile devices.”

    youtube mobile ads
    Mobile YouTube viewers can skip ads they aren’t interested in after five seconds.

    Discussion From Our Networking Clubs: Thousands of social media marketers and small business owners are asking questions and helping others in our free Networking Clubs. Here are a few interesting discussions worth highlighting:

    • Guest expert Phyllis Khare on Facebook Apps
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    • Social media in 2017

    Foursquare Lets Users Tag Friends on Facebook and Twitter: Foursquare users can now mention friends in Foursquare check-ins, and automatically tag them on Facebook and Twitter.

    foursquare facebook twitter tags
    Foursquare can tag your friends on Facebook or @mention them on Twitter.

    Here's a useful social media tool worth noting:

    Feedspot: A social feed reader based on topics, currently still in beta.

    feedspot
    Check out Feedspot to follow specific topics of interest.

    GraphEffect: A collaboration platform for social marketers.

    grapheffect
    GraphEffect is a platform that enables marketers to work more efficiently together.

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    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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