http://blog.appbistro.com Facebook Fan Page & Social Media Marketing Blog Wed, 02 May 2012 21:27:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en guest blog post courtesy of Kevin Kirkland  The First Date: Courting Customers on Facebook Paul rings the doorbell, nervous, but excited. He’s got everything under control. He called Brittany three days ago and asked her for a first date. She sounded excited, so it’s all up to him! He took a shower, put on a...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/how-to-avoid-the-bad-date-making-your-facebook-date-a-success/ Article appears courtesy of AllFacebook.  Guest post by Phillipp Postrehovsky. Many timelines on pages still have somewhat outdated tabs, resulting in unattractive thumbnail icons in the applications area. Here are six easy steps to fix that, taking advantage of a simple but important branding opportunity. Step 1: Click on the down arrow that appears to the right of...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/customize-facebook-timeline-thumbnail-images-heres-how/ Guest post by Fotobabble  “Today the very same principles apply to people as to brands: You have an identity, use it. You have a voice, express yourself. Your customers are listening and your customers are talking, so engage them.” - Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook Sheryl is talking to you. And to Fotobabble, too. We heard her,...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/announcing-fotobabble-for-facebook-timeline/ Article appears courtesy of NetworkSolutions.  Guest post by Monika Jansen. It’s hard enough to manage a busy Facebook page, along with the other marketing tasks pulling you in a million different directions. Add to that Facebook’s ever-changing landscape and features, and Facebook marketing becomes quite the challenge. To help you out with your Facebook marketing...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/facebook-marketing-3-easy-ways-to-get-better/ Guest post via Nathan Latka, chief executive officer at Lujure.  Not all page administrators have equal responsibilities and Facebook knows it.The social network said it would provide the ability to create five different levels of admin access to pages as soon as the end of this month. (We’re talking about pages, not developers, who already have the...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/five-kinds-of-admins-every-facebook-page-should-have/ FACEBOOK TIMELINE  is here to stay and we’re here to help you through the transition! Many Fan Page applications will no longer be compatible with the new update, but our trusted developers have been hard at work utilizing Timelines new features to ready for it’s global launch on March 30th.  With the new Timeline layout,...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/timeline-top-devs/ This post was contributed by Josh Mendelsohn, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Constant Contact. As you may have seen today, Facebook has changed the way that Facebook Pages look and work by making Timeline the default experience for people visiting Facebook Pages. Facebook announced a lot of things today that are designed to give users...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/guest-post-facebook-timeline-is-here-for-brand-pages-%e2%80%a6-and-we-love-it/ Post Appears courtesy of Francisco Rosales & SocialMouths  According to the Content Marketing Institute, Content is one of the fastest growing segments in Marketing and an increasing number of marketers are relying more and more on their strategies to achieve success online. Is this a surprise to you? Because if it is, you have probably been living under a...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/the-rise-of-content-marketing-infographic/ Post appears courtsey of Mashable & Christine Erickson.  This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. With 845 million users, Facebook has become an increasingly useful tool for brands, and it’s important to have a strong presence on the social network. Whether your brand...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/9-hot-tips-for-small-business-marketing-on-facebook/ Post Appears Courtesy of AllFacebook.com & Brian Carter  Hopefully by now, we don’t have to tell you that you aren’t visible to all your page fans when you post, and most of fans never go back to a Facebook page after they’ve initially liked it. To optimize for GraphRank and get your posts to show up in your fans’...]]> http://blog.appbistro.com/can-it-be-true-facebook-pages-only-reach-17-of-fans/