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Facebook Timeline 2.0

Almost a year and a half after Facebook's Timeline release, new toolbars, apps and layouts are on their way...or are they? I had access to a new Timeline for several days before the system reverted back to the original. Take a look at what the updated version looked like for those several days.[read more]

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Facebook made it official. Your Facebook Timeline is changing. Continuing Facebook's desire to help us communicate stories and moments, the new Timeline is designed to help display the things that interest us the most. Sections for Movies, TV Shows, Music and Books have all been redesigned and repositioned.[read more]

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Facebook is about to change your profile timeline again. Reports says that a new look has shown up for a limited number of users already. Its going to hit a larger crowd soon.[read more]

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When a new user visits a business’s Facebook Page, the ultimate hope for the business is that the user will become a fan. User-to-fan conversion is tough. But there are ways to increase the likelihood of a user becoming not only a fan, but an active fan who engages with the business online. The formula C=4m+3v+2(i-f)-2a is one way to measure Facebook user conversion.[read more]

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Facebook, you have done a wonderful job of fixing what was never broken, and have not given enough credit or focus to the areas where you have been truly innovative and potentially game changing.[read more]

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They’re saying, “We’re forcing you to get a Timeline, but look at all your memories flashing before you! Enjoy!” Timeline Movie Maker was created by the marketing agency Definition 6 and videos cannot be embedded so they can only be shared using Facebook.[read more]

So, no sooner have we got used to timeline for pages coming in, then Facebook introduce some changes to Timeline…but some of these are pretty handy too![read more]

Facebook announced the Timeline format for Brand Pages on February 29, 2012.  They reinforced their commitment to us all by saying:“We’re 1% of the way there – if we truly put people at the center of what we do.”This sent users, page owners, page admins, and Facebook marketers scurrying to create new logos and cover images before...[read more]

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I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the two most impactful changes within the Timeline feature-set are pinned posts and the design demand for multimedia content. A third, the new ability for sponsored stories to appear in the wall (vs. the sidebar) will likely prove a big winner not just on acquisition but on engagement (people liking, commenting, clicking through to content).[read more]

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Like it or not, Facebook’s Timeline format is rolling out this weekend and by April Fool’s Day all brand pages will be automatically be converted to the Timeline format. No brand is safe from this mandatory change from Facebook, Facebook’s turf so it’s Facebook’s rules.[read more]

Facebook finalizes the transition to Timeline for brands one week from today (March 30), presenting a timely opportunity ito make your Facebook page the visual, storytelling hub of your brand. In case you missed the news, here are a collection of useful resources on Timeline:Courtesy Jackie Cohen at AllFacebook, an...[read more]

Yup, Facebook did it to us again. This time they have added the new timeline to business pages. With it come both good and bad changes.  As I wrote in this earlier post “ Quit Blaming Facebook and Fix Your Own Marketing Problems” it’s important you don’t waste too much time complaining. Instead use that same negative energy and turn...[read more]

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We don’t like change. I get that. But it’s something we have to deal with, and if Facebook never changed, we’d be complaining about that as well. Now, having said that, there are two particular aspects of the new Timeline that I don’t really like, and they both relate to the same particular area.[read more]

Don’t fight the Facebook Timeline. Use it to connect to others by telling your story in a wholly new way.[read more]

If we look at social media marketing, then we will realize that spammers don’t really have a lot of room there. Some of them will spend few dollars on getting cheap fans and followers, but they eventually realize that they have been only wasting time and money.[read more]

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From March 30, all Facebook profiles will be updated to include the new redesigned Timeline, which until now has been optional. This change, one of the most important in the history of the planet’s biggest social network, means new challenges for companies who use online marketing tools to optimize their image and boost their consumer profile. Alex Konanykhin, entrepreneur specialized in the world of online business, outlines the challenges which brands will have to face in order to avoid missing out on visibility opportunities in the online universe.[read more]

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The Internet is now more open and public. Thanks to social networks, people are now connecting more with their friends and business contacts. Recently, social platforms are transforming themselves into visual platforms. Pinterest is gaining momentum and is considered one of the fastest growing social networks around. Facebook just launched the Timeline format for brands.[read more]

Let me pre-empt this post with an acknowledgement that I know the Facebook changes do have impact. I acknowledge they make changes without notice nor a lot of care for what we all think. I am not endorsing their behavior and lack of care for their business audience, particularly small business.[read more]

The Newsfeed hasn’t changed, and so to some degree your content strategy is still about what’s happening “now”. But Facebook Pages now make it about the past present and future as well! Here are a 11 things to consider in your new Facebook content strategy...[read more]

Yesterday I read a great Mashable article that had me simultaneously excited and bummed out. The post was added as a result of Facebook's announcement that on March 30th all Brand Pages will migrate to Facebook's Timeline.[read more]