Monthly Archives: March 2011

Why you DON’T want to convert your profile to a Page

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Breaking news in Facebook is the new ability to convert your profile to a page.  Sounds great.

Except…

you’ll lose every post, image, video you had on your profile.
the only thing that will convert is your profile image and the friends you had will become LIKES
your new page will not be the normal variety of page but [...]

Facebook Questions – just noise or a gateway to spam?

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At first, when I saw the new Facebook Questions feature I thought of Formspring.  In case you missed it – Formspring allowed random people to ask you questions.  You could reply to those questions and the whole thing could be “public”.  Nice idea in theory until the “MySpace’rs” and Spammers found it and it then [...]

37 Ways to Rock and 63 Ways to Fail on Facebook

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That’s the title of my session for RETSO.
So this next Thursday (March 31st) at 11:20 AM EST – I know exactly what I’m going to be doing.

37 Ways to Rock and 63 Ways to Fail on Facebook
Now the question is – What are you going to be doing then?  If you are at RETSO you [...]

MarsEdit vs LiveWriter

Mike Mueller Tramp Stamp Version 2.0

Just in case you didn’t know, I don’t use the traditional wordpress backend to write any of my posts.  As a PC user I found Microsoft’s LiveWriter a long time ago and have never looked back.

Now I also have a sexy silver machine (MacBookPro) that I’m starting to ease into.  Looking for the Mac version [...]

NorCal Real Estate Expo 2011

Nor Cal RE Expo

I’m a Hockey Guy.  Spring Training?  That’s just something to keep others busy while the Playoffs start.
All kidding aside, on April 6th, I’ll be happily doing what I love to do best. That’s talking about all things Social Media.
The 2011 NorCal Real Estate EXPO is on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 8:30 am-4:00 pm at [...]

12 posts for the Facebook n00b

I sell Facebook Success!

So you are a self proclaimed newbie (n00b) to Facebook?
Welcome! Group HUG!
Feeling good?  You should.  Facebook can be an incredible place.  But be forewarned – there’s a lot of snake oil being sold out there regarding Marketing and Facebook.  There’s incredible plans to automate this, manipulate that, increase your whozit while dramatically decreasing your [...]

Transparency

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Like a photon of visible light streaming thru a pane of glass…
For that to make sense you’ll just have to watch the video below.
Transparency as it relates to social media is theoretically about being open with those that are listening.  That means being upfront, honest and clear about what it is that you are [...]

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