Posted in March 2, 2010 ¬ 2:57 pmh.admin
One of the ways to customize your Facebook Page is through the use of Static FBML. Another way is to create a Facebook Application that can be added to Pages. This post will examine the former method which is simpler (albeit less powerful) than the latter.
The first step is to add the ‘Static FBML Application’ [...]
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Posted in February 26, 2010 ¬ 2:30 amh.admin
While making a Facebook Page use the following anchor tag to get a user to become a fan of the Page with just one click.
<a ajaxify=”/ajax/pages/fan_status.php?fbpage_id=[Your_Page_ID]&add=1&reload=1&preserve_tab=1&use_primer=1″ rel=”async-post”>Become a Fan</a>
where,
fbpage_id = [Your Page ID], you can get that from the URL of the Page.
reload=1, set to 0 if you don’t want to refresh the Page, [...]
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Posted in February 22, 2010 ¬ 4:54 pmh.admin
In this post, Webdigi details a way to add Google Analytics to your Facebook Pages. For anyone that has used Facebook Insights, the default Analytics Engine for Page, any type of additional Analytics is welcome.
Facebook Insights is limited on a number of fronts, more specifically Facebook Insights data is unreliable for large and small [...]
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Posted in February 20, 2010 ¬ 10:14 pmh.admin
If you’re an admin for a Facebook Page there are three reasons why Fans may not see your fan Page updates.
#1 They became a fan prior to the homepage redesign of March 2009.
In March 2009 Facebook allowed Pages to posts ‘Twitter-like’ status updates. The problem was what to do with those [...]
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Posted in February 16, 2010 ¬ 4:02 amh.admin
Here are a list of a few of the best resources in Facebook Marketing:
1) InsideFacebook - Founded by Justin Smith Inside Facebook is very relevant to individuals with a more hands on interest in Facebook marketing. It’s the best, most comprehensive news outlet out there for Facebook and a must in any RSS feed [...]
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Posted in September 2, 2009 ¬ 1:28 pmh.admin
Over the past 6 weeks here are some interesting tidbits of information:
Samasource lets you test your Facebook Apps for as little as $1/week. The outsourcing occurs mostly to countries in Africa. At such a low price it’s worth everyone looking into.
Facebook has now an automated process to deal with personal accounts that have been compromised. [...]
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Posted in May 28, 2009 ¬ 3:00 amh.admin
SpeedDate is quietly vacuuming up Facebook Applications. This evening I received the following e-mail from a soon to be defunct My Aquarium application:
We have decided to focus on something more exciting. My Aquarium’s name and functionality will be changed next week to SpeedDate, a fun way to meet new people. Data entered into the original [...]
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Posted in May 27, 2009 ¬ 2:52 amh.admin
InsideFacebook has developed a network of sites that are very useful to the Facebook marketer. In fact, if you are serious about Facebook marketing you should have the following sites bookmarked. I know I do.
AppData - Provides metrics for Facebook Apps. This data is not easily obtainable and InsideFacebook does a great job obtaining [...]
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Posted in May 26, 2009 ¬ 3:59 amh.admin
This evening I noticed Facebook adding an iFrame to links shared in the homepage stream. The iFrame allow users to comment on a shared item without having to go directly back to Facebook. The iFrame also has an option to further ‘Share’ the item and add it to your homepage stream. All commenting and posting [...]
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