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Guest Commentary: Facebook Guidelines.

  A good friend of mine posted what I think has to be a response to the latest hoax which has some thinking that Facebook going public means that earlier copyright agreement are negated. CBSNews notes that ” Facebook members own the intellectual property (IP) that is uploaded to the social network, but depending on their privacy and applications settings,
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Real World Share Code

Straight from www.toyota.com/tundraendeavour, Here is some share code. Why did I ‘share’ this with you? Look at the first link – the one for facebook. That will show you how to not only share, but prescribe the link image and the copy rather than having Facebook randomly select incomplete copy or text. Especially important if your page is all video
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Page Post Ads Checklist [INFOGRAPHIC]

Qwaya created an infographic in order to help you create Page posts that translate well into Page post ads, and is essentially a checklist for you to run through when creating Page posts that you might want to sponsor.  

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Using YouTube to Market Your Products

If you think that YouTube is a place where kids go to steal movies or adults waste time watching silliness, you are right. But that is not the only audience that is using YouTube. By far, the platform is a fantastic venue to showcase your product and market your business in a cost effective way that was unthinkable only a
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Sorting with Facebook Interest Lists

A great feature on Facebook allows you to sort pages and friends by lists, similar to what you can do on twitter. 1. When you are on a Page or Friend Profile, click on Like or Liked. BTW you can also hide these streams from your newsfeed this way. Now choose Add to Interest Lists… 2. You can add a
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Getting a Job in the Social Age [Infographic]

I feel that one can never be told enough to manage their social profile. You never know when you might find another opportunity or worse, have to look for one. Employers are looking beyond LinkedIn to find out what you are all about.  

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Smell You Later FBML. Can’t Says as I’ll Miss Ya.

Don’t say you weren’t warned. If you are still leaning on any – repeat ANY FBML code on your Facebook page, time to man up and dump it. You are going to be up the creek soon enough if you don’t. Currently the FBML page on Facebook states “FBML has been removed. If you are building a new application on
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So Who is in Your Neck of the Woods on Twitter?

  Ever wonder how you stack up against other tweeters in your city? Twitaholic allows you to do just that. A rather simple tool that can rank by number of followers is great, but remember that a large number of followers does not alone make success on twitter. Other things such as mentions, retweet and reach are more important. If
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Peter MacKay #SleptThroughHistoryClass

Peter MacKay slept through history class. He must have. His information about the French and the War of 1812 is shameful and for being the National Minister of Defense it is utterly nexcusable. Last week during a speech at the French Embassy in Ottawa, the Defence Minister suggested the French supported the British during the War of 1812. MacKay’s office
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CSS Scale Your Website for Facebook Page App Call-in

Looking to create a page app that ties directly into your website, but your website is perhaps wider than the he maximum recommended width on a page app of 760 px? To remedy this, create a mirror of your website specifically for your Facebook app to call in. What you want to do is scale down the size of the
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