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Did you know you only have a few weeks to get your pages Timeline ready? Facebook plans to change all business fan pages over to the new Timeline format by March 30th, 2012. Here’s a great infographic I found from Timothy Brand that will help you get the results you are looking for. Need help? Feel free to contact me for great looking fan pages. Source: See infographic above.
Are you curious about how to make a great looking Facebook Business Page? How you add a cover photo? This video from Facebook will show the the basics on getting your Fan Page ready for prime time. Need some help? Contact me and I’ll help you create the perfect Facebook Business Fan Page. More about Facebook Fan Pages from Facebook. Source: Facebook [hcshort id=”5″]
Just Saved The Day! Batman and Superman review the finer points of social media while hanging out in their favorite café. Source: YouTube
What the heck is Tumblr? Tumbler is a rising star when it comes to social microblogging. The easy to use site allows users to post text, images, video, links and quotes to a short form blog. Nothing difficult here when it comes to setting up your first blog. Share anything! The numbers for this platform are too significant to ignore. 900% growth in the last 12 months 90 million users compared to only 10 million a year ago Addictive and highly engaged audience with 2% of its audience making up 43% of total visits The engagement on Tumblr is only second to Facebook at an average of over 141 minutes per month per user. Tumble on down through other statistics below and feel from to check out my Tumblr here: http://socialmediabook.tumblr.com/ Source: See infographic above for sources.
The top reason small businesses are using social media is because it is inexpensive. Yet only 26 percent of businesses employee someone to take care of their social media marketing. No surprise that Facebook is the most effective when it comes to promoting your business. Is your small business succeeding or falling flat with your social media marketing? Source: Intuit
Don’t miss out on some great articles on Social Media, Facebook, Pinterest, WordPress and more! See what you missed out on in February 2012: [posts-list month=”2″ year=”2012″]
Pinterest continues its zoom up the charts of most visited US websites. This highly addictive site continues you add new users. Do you think it will continue to move up the chart below? Are you addicted? If you are wondering WTF is Pinterest read on with this helpful infographic below. Courtesy of: Online Schools
Updating your pages to the new Timeline for Fan Pages? Wondering what image size to use? What is the size of the profile picture in Facebook? With the new Timeline for Pages some new sizes have been added and older ones modified. Here’s a list of those dimensions to help you out when making changes to your page or advertising on Facebook. Cover Photo for Timeline This is the big picture (also known as Cover Photo) for Facebook’s Timeline. Width: 851px Height: 315px Facebook Page Width The usable area (custom tabs) of your brands Facebook page Width: 810 px Height: Unlimited This is the maximum size of the image you can upload. Width: 2048px Height: 2048px Application icons for Timeline view These are the icons that are displayed on a fan page that has Facebook Timeline enabled. If your picture exceeds these limits, your icon will be resized and converted. Width: 75px Height: 75px Maximum file size: 5MB Facebook Status Update Status update length: 63,206 characters Comment length: unlimited Video The maximum file size of video you can upload Size: 1024MB Length: 20 minutes Facebook application favicon size This is the tiny icon that is being displayed on the left hand side of your news feed, where the applications that you use are. Width: 16px Height: 16px Facebook milestone picture size This is the size you use for milestone pictures such as company’s foundation date. Width: 843 pixels Height: 403 pixels Profile picture for Timeline pages Profile pictures sizes were recently updated for timeline. The new width and height are 180 px which will be automatically scaled down to following: Width: 32px Height: 32px Please Note: It is important to choose a picture that can be scaled down as the profile pictures that are displayed on Timeline posts are really small. Best practice is to choose your business logo. Thumbnail When Sharing The image that is displayed next to the link when you click like or share something. Width: 90px Height: 90px Pictures displayed in Facebook This is the maximum size of the image as shown in slide show or album. Width: 960px Height: 720px Facebook Ads Picture in the ad Width: 110px Height: 80px Size: 5MB Text in ad Header: 25 characters Body copy: 135 characters [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]
Looking for ways to make Pinterest work for your business? Several major companies are already on-board with Pinterest. Many are discovering the benefits of this hot social media darling. The site hit 11.7 million unique visits in January of 2012 and users are spending several minutes a day pinning and re-pinning to their boards. Do you have a Pinterest marketing plan? Check out the infographic below for more information and feel free to comment. Source: See Infographic for source information.
Are you at a loss when it comes to posting new content? I know that sometimes I draw a blank and need some inspiration. Number twenty-two on the list talks about recycling old content and making it fresh again. I hope this list gives you the inspiration to write something great. If you have some ideas of your own feel free to comment below.