Social Network Marketing: A Resource Guide to Facebook
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Facebook is a social site that uses student, business, and location networking. Facebook can be found at www.facebook.com. First, click on the "register" link and fill in your full name. Second, select whether you are attending high school, college or graduate school. Third, select from the choices if you are working at a company, or none of the above. Fourth, you enter your email and make up a password. To continue, you enter your birthday and the text in the image box. Next, you read their terms of use and check that you agree to them. Then, click on the "register" button and they will send you an email to confirm your registration. Finally, you click on the link in your email to complete your registration.
To continue, Facebook allows you to look at the profiles of your friends and others in your network. Next, another feature of Facebook is the ability to search for other Facebook users in your networks. Moreover, you can enter emails for your alumni or work to join those networks. Also, you can join a regional network by entering your city or town. For example, if you live in a small town, a network of bigger cities is provided for you to choose. Then, you can upload a picture to accompany your profile. Thus, you need to read their terms of use to make sure your pictures are not copywrited and that they don't violate Facebook's terms of use. Finally, use the browse feature to find the picture you want on your computer, check the terms of use, and click on the upload picture box.
Also, you can click on the "my profile" link to add and edit your profile information. Next, inviting friends to join Facebook is easy too, by typing in your email address and password for email providers such as; Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, or AOL. Then, this option searches your address book for friends who are using Facebook. In addition, your password and email is not kept by Facebook and you choose who gets invited. Finally, steps two and three can be skipped to step four.
Moreover, this step verifies your identity to make sure Facebook's users are authentic. First, you enter your cell phone number and you will receive a verification code on your cell phone to enter on the site. In addition, your cell phone carrier's charges are the only fees applied. Second, enter the code received on your cell phone in the "code box" and click on the "confirm" button. Third, you have the option at this step to sign up for Facebook Mobile. Furthermore, Facebook does not charge for signing up for this option, but your phone carrier will charge their normal rates. Finally, at this point your registration is completed and you can click on the "I'm all done" button.
To continue, you are taken to your profile page that contains your name and birthdate. In addition, if you uploaded a photo previously, it will be displayed on this page. Also, in the "mini feeds" section, the network you joined, and a welcome message from Facebook are shown. Moreover, your contact email is displayed in the "information" section. Besides, this section gives you the choice to fill out the rest of your profile. Furthermore, you can create a profile badge, keep your status updated and post on walls. Plus, you are given a link to use at AIM to link your Facebook profile to.
Additionally, a badge is a great way to display your Facebook information on other websites. Furthermore, you can choose, a photo badge, signature badge, blog badge, or design your own badge. Next, the status box displays whether you are at home, the library, work, at class, partying, or sleeping. Also, this profile keeps your friends informed on how long ago your status was updated. As well, you can change your status by clicking on the "clear status" link. Then, you can write a message on your wall and post it.
First, in the "edit profile" area you choose your sex and what sex you would like to meet. Second, is the "relationship status" box where you can choose drop down answers such as; single, in a relationship, in an open relationship, engaged, married, or its complicated. Third, you can personalize this information by typing your reason for networking in the box below "relationship status." Next, is the "looking for" area which allows you to check off the options; friendship, a relationship, whatever I can get, dating, or random play. Then, your birthday is displayed and you have drop down options of showing; your full birthday in your profile, showing only the month and day, or not to show your birthday. In addition, you can select; your hometown, state, country, political views and religious views. Finally, you can edit and add to; your contact information, personal information, education, place of employment, and picture from the links supplied in the "edit profile" area.
Making friends at Facebook is easy to do by the power of local networking. First, you can type in the email addresses of friends that you would like to invite to Facebook. Second, you can send them a personalized message, and click on the "invite" link. Then, from the "invite" link you can import your address books from email providers such as; hotmail.com, yahoo.com, gmail.com, aol.com, msn.com, hotmail.co.uk, and yahoo.co.uk. Third, you type in your email address and select which address book you are importing from the drop down list provided. Fourth, enter your email password and click on the "get friends" button. Finally, you can choose which friends to invite to Facebook.
Next, using the browse feature is a great way of making new friends. Moreover, the default sort method will randomly select all sexes in your net work. Then, you can click on the "add to friends" link and a request will be sent to that person. Furthermore, you can send that person a message, poke him or her, or view their friends. Also, you can join groups to gain more friends. For instance, if you like pets you could join a group for people who like dogs. In addition, you can browse for people who attend or attended your high school. Finally, if you attended college you can browse for people who attended or who are attending that college.
Also, you can browse for people by your present or past place of employment. Furthermore, you can browse for those who share your religious views. Moreover, you can browse for those who share your political views. In addition, the more profile information you share, the more options you have to browse for people in your network(s). For example, if you are interested in computers, you can click on your profile, and click on the "computers" link in your information area. Then, the search of your network will be narrowed down to people that are interested in computers. Furthermore, Facebook allows you to be affiliated with up to five networks. Finally, you must have a valid company or school email to join work and school networks.
Making money on Facebook can be easily done too. For example, suppose you own a pizza shop with online delivery available. You would click on your "share" link and type in your URL. Then, when your friends login into their Facebook account they will see the link you posted. Also, you can share your web links by posting them. Furthermore, you can add your websites to the "contact" area. In addition, you can list your mobile phone number, your home phone number, your address, city, state, country, and zip code information in the "contact" area.
Furthermore, getting your profile viewed more times is a key to making you more money. For instance, slide shows can spice up your profile and are easy to create an upload to your Facebook profile with Rock You. Thus, go to www.rockyou.com and click on the Facebook banner. Then, click on the "browse" button and upload pictures you want to share. Then, click on the Facebook tab and login into Facebook. Next, click on the "I agree" button. Moreover, you will have choices to add music, tags, type of transitions, pin, the size of your slide show, and whether or not you want to share your slide show. To continue, the "how to add" box will appear so you can click on the box to post to Facebook. Finally, your Facebook page will come up and tell you to click on the "share" button to post your slide show.
To continue, you can write articles and import them to your "notes" section. Also, you can use your mobile phone to import from a blog or RSS Feed. Moreover, you can write a note and send it to notes@facebook.com. Furthermore, you can send photos to your Facebook account to the address photos@facebook.com. Next, Facebook will send you a code on your cell phone to enter and click on the "confirm" button.
In addition, to import from a blog or RSS Feed click on the link "click here" in you are taken to "my notes" section. Then, you enter the web site or RSS/Atom feed address. Next, check the box that states you have the right to this information; it is legal, and not obscene. Then, click on the start importing button. After that, click on the "confirm import" button and your note will be imported. Subsequently, click on the "share" button to post it on your profile. Also, you can add a comment and send it to people who are not on Facebook. Finally, you can create events by clicking on "my events" link and fill in the event name, tagline, description, location, city/town host, and if the event is open, closed, or secret. To end, using Facebook and these methods are great money making tools.
