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5 more useful things we learned about Facebook this week

Like it or loathe it, Facebook is the big beast in the social media jungle. With 900 million users across the globe, and updates to its services coming thick and fast, it is the social network to which we often … Continue reading

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Chasing those metrics: what do followers mean?

Social media makes it easy for us to count the number of people who’ve liked our page, or who follow us on Twitter, or who’ve added us to one of their circles on Google+. This is all well and good, … Continue reading

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Fun with Facebook

As you know, there seems to be a never-ending tide of tips and guides to maximising the impact of your Facebook page, and so here is today’s selection, all drawn from wonderful All Facebook: Worried about keeping your FB likers? … Continue reading

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How do people use social media? And why?

Here’s an excellent not-for-profit perspective on some recent survey data, from Allyson Kapin in Frogloop. Allyson is referencing a survey carried out by NM Incite into the social media behaviour of nearly 2000 adult users (presumably from the USA) who … Continue reading

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Bumper crop of Facebook tips, tricks and info

I’ve been frankly ignoring all the FB-related items in my RSS feeds lately, but no longer: it’s time to stop prevaricating and get to grips with them. So (drumroll, please) sit back and enjoy a bumper crop of Facebook factoids: … Continue reading

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Facebook Webinar: Monday 31 October

Care2 are holding a free webinar looking at the recent changes to Facebook, and how not-for-profit organisations can benefit. Read all about the webinar in Frogloop here. By my calculations, the webinar will happen at 6pm GMT on Monday… unfortunately … Continue reading

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Infographic Extravaganza

Feeling the need of a lift this week, despite it being only Tuesday? Well, I do! So rest your brain cells and take a look through this catalogue of useful infographics that have come my way recently. They’re just the … Continue reading

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More hullabaloo about Facebook changes

Unless you’ve been on your hols this week, with your phone switched off and not even a sniff of the web or the TV to distract you from reading your Jackie Collins, then you’ve probably been aware that Facebook have … Continue reading

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Useful tips for revamping your Facebook page

One of the projects I’ve got on the drawing board at the moment is to revamp GAVCA’s FB page, and as ever the blogosphere has no shortage of advice to offer about making the most of your organisation’s presence on … Continue reading

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