Facebook Tips – Dennis J. Smith

The Social Media Talk Show | Facebook rolls out changes to Insights and Get More Likes

July 11, 2013

The Social Media Talk Show – Facebook rolls out changes to Insights and Get More Likes I’ve posted the links from today’s show below along with the replay. In this weeks Social Media Talk show I talk about the changes rolling out for Facebook Insights and how to Get More Likes for your Fan Page. Facebook Insights Update Get More Likes on Facebook Pages Links from Today’s Show and more links: https://dennisjsmith.com – Social Media, WordPress, Webinars, Videos, Books and Social Media Talk http://followtruenorth.com/ – Creative Business Planning https://dennisjsmith.com/wordpress-for-business/ – Free webinar on Sunday July 14th at 7 pm Mountain Time. https://dennisjsmith.com/webinar-express-for-wordpress/ – Free webinar on Sunday July 21st at 7 pm Mountain Time. book.https://dennisjsmith.com – Download free Google+ Chapter of my updated 2013 Edition of my book “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” WordPress Hangouts with Dennis – for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your WordPress questions answered live. Social Media Hangouts with Dennis – – for less than $25 a month you can hangout with me and get your Social Media questions answered live. Listen to the show below: Listen to internet radio with The Social Media Talk Show on BlogTalkRadio

Facebook Tip – Turn off Notifications

February 17, 2013

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the notifications you receive after you comment on a Facebook post? There are a few ways you can turn off notification and you can also change the settings for the type of notification you want to receive. Watch the video below to see how easy it is to make the changes.

How-to Assign a Facebook Username URL for your Facebook Fan Page

January 27, 2013

Does your Facebook Fan Page have a long URL (web address) that is hard to remember? Most don’t know that you can change this and make it easy to share your page with others. All you have to do is go to http://www.facebook.com/username and find your fan page in the drop-down list. Select the page that you would like to create the special username URL for. Facebook requires that most pages have 25 likes before you can do this. So you might want to ask close friends and family members to “Like” your page before you so this. Ask them to check “Get Notifications” when they do this so they get notified when you update your page. Once you’ve selected the fan page from the drop-down list you need to enter your desired username to check if it is available. Facebook will let you know if your choice is available and then you would save your new username. How-to Assign a Facebook URL Username for your Facebook Fan Page – Video Now that you have your own special Facebook URL Username you can share it on business cards, brochure and any other marketing material you have for your business. Do you have a Facebook Fan Page? Leave your new special Username URL in the comments below and let our readers know about your fan page. Thanks for reading!

Facebook adds “Get Notifications” Feature to Facebook Fan Pages

December 30, 2012

New Get Notifications Feature I talked about Facebook’s New “Get Notifications” on my talk show “Social Media Talk with Dennis J. Smith” and did a short video on where to look for it on Facebook. This is a great asset for Facebook Fan Page owners because now your followers can get all your notifications for your page. Each time you post an update to your page they get a notification. You will find this feature by clicking the pages “Like” button or “Liked” if you have already liked the page. This is also a great feature for those of you who don’t want to miss updates from your favorite pages. Just keep in mind that the global notification will show you indication every time something is posted. What do you think about this new feature? Leave a comment below or leave a comment on YouTube if you found the video helpful. Social Media Talk on Facebook – Facebook Fan Page [divider] [hcshort id=”13″]

15+ Ways To Get More “Like” For Your Facebook Fan Page

November 8, 2012

Learn 15+ Ways to get more Like on your Facebook Fan Page. These slides are from a webinar presented on 11/8/2012. Find out more about my webinars at https://dennisjsmith.com. 15+ Ways to get more Like for your Facebook Fan Page Webinar from Dennis Smith

Adding A Facebook Event To Your Google Calendar and iCal

December 15, 2011

Adding A Facebook Event To Your Google Calendar and iCal In my last post and Facebook Tip – Adding A Facebook Event To Outlook on YouTube, I showed you how to add a Facebook Event to your Outlook Calendar. It is a fairly easy process once you do it a few times. If you don’t have Outlook you can still add a Facebook Event to your favorite calendar such as Google Calendar and Apple’s iCal. Follow the same instructions I laid out in Adding A Facebook Event To Your Outlook Calendar and download the .ics file to your desktop. Locate the file you have downloaded and follow the instructions I’ve listed below depending on the calendar you use. Google Calendar Import events from iCalendar or CSV files To import events from iCalendar or CSV files, just follow these steps: Click the down-arrow next to Other calendars Select Import calendar Click Choose file and find the file that contains your events, then click Open. Select the Google Calendar where you’d like to import events, then click Import. Apple iCal Exporting and importing iCal information If you want to move a copy of all the events on one calendar to a calendar on another computer, you can export the calendar information, and then import it into iCal on the other computer. You might want to do this if you want to archive a calendar or if you want to edit the calendar on another computer. To transfer calendar information between computers, do one of the following: â– To export the events on a calendar, select the name of the calendar in the Calendars list, and then choose File > Export. The events are exported as a “.ics” file. â– To import calendar events, choose File > Import, locate the calendar (.ics file) you want to import, and then choose the calendar you want to add the events to. You can also drag a .ics file from your desktop to iCal. If you follow the steps above your Facebook Event will be saved to your favorite calendar so you won’t miss that next Facebook Event. If you are using another calendar application check that calendar’s Help menu for information on importing .ics files or search Google for information.

Adding A Facebook Event To Your Outlook Calendar

December 14, 2011

Adding A Facebook Event To Your Outlook Calendar Have you ever confirmed yourself for an event posted on Facebook but forgot to to attend or add it to your calendar? There is actually a real easy way to add any Facebook Event to your Outlook Calendar. In the video I explain how it is done with Outlook. But you can also download the information for the event and then import it into Google Calendar. When you are looking at your Facebook Profile page there are 2 ways you can view events. One is on the left-hand menu from the Events link and the right-hand side of the page you should see the Birthdays of your friends and and how many events you have in the current week. Click on the link on the left-hand side to see all your upcoming events and birthdays. If there is a number next to the link it means you have new events you can join. You can “Join” or “Decline” to the right the event information or clicking the event title will give you more information on that event. If you scroll to the bottom of your events list page you’ll see links to view past events, declined events, birthdays and a link to export all events to your calendar. You can export all events if you want. However I recommend you only export the events you plan to attend. Lets scroll back up to the top of your events page and look at an event. You have to “Join” an event or be a “Maybe” in order to “Export Event” to your calendar. Once you do that the button will change to “Going” and allow you to change it to maybe or not going. Notice the button to the left of the “Going” button below. Here is where you can “Share Event” with your other friends or “Export Event” to your calendar. Pick “Export Event” to start the export process to your Outlook Calendar. It should only take a few moments for the .ics file to download to your PC. If you click on the file it will launch Outlook so you can save the event. You can also save this file to your PC and then import it into your calendar. Most calendars will have information on how to do that. Notice how the information from the Facebook event is carried over to Outlook. Here is where you can make any need changes, add a reminder, set a category and then save the event to your calendar. It is pretty easy to do after you understand the process and you will never miss an important event with your social media friends. I will talk about how to import your Facebook events into Google Calendar in a few days. Please feel free to leave a comment below or let me know if you have any questions.

Facebook Tip – Add Your Business Page As Your Place Of Work

November 10, 2011

Adding Your Facebook Business Page As Your Place Of Employment One thing I’ve noticed that several of my self-employed Facebook friends don’t take advantage of the full benefit of their Facebook profile. If you have your own business page on Facebook and you are self-employed it can be connected to your profile. How? In the new Timeline view or old profile view you want to go to your info page to update your employment information. Edit your Work and Education information and enter your business page under “Where have you worked?” box. Please note: Facebook has changed how your Profile information is displayed to others. Those visiting your profile have to click on “About” first before they can see the “About You” information and your place of employment. However the instructions below still work to add your self-owned businesses fan page as your place of employment. Book: Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook (3rd Edition) [Kindle Edition] – Just $.99 Cents When you start typing a list of business pages you follow will start to populate. Keep typing until your business page shows so you can select it. List will populate as you type the name of your business page Add information about your business including your position, city/town a description of your business and the time you have been in business or self-employed. Then the “Save Changes” and “Done Editing” buttons when you are finished. Down below that you can “Add A Project” to let others know what you’ve been up to. I listed my book and then added the 2nd Edition when that was launched back in September. Now when someone visits your personal profile and they hover over your employment information they can “Like” your business page right from your personal profile. How cool is that? Feel free to comment if you have any questions and if you found this helpful. By Dennis J. Smith Author of “Promote Your Business or Cause Using Social Media – A Beginner’s Handbook” [divider]

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