Facebook Custom Tab Images

Here’s a great tutorial by Louise Myers on how to add custom tab images to your Facebook Page.  Custom Tabs are great for promoting your testimonials and reviews, providing an email sign up form, upcoming events, and other featured content you would like your facebook users to have access to. How to Create Custom Tab Images for your Facebook Timeline Fan...

Adding a TripAdvisor Badge to Facebook Page

With almost a billion users from around the world, Facebook is a great place to showcase your TripAdvisor reviews and awards, and spread the word about your property far and wide.  Adding a TripAdvisor widget to your Facebook business page makes it easy for prospective and loyal guests to read your property’s reviews.  The instructions below from the TripAdvisor blog are for the Facebook...

How to Add a MailChimp Email Sign Up Tab to Facebook

If you have a Facebook (Business) Page I’m sure you’ve noticed the recent changes to the layout of your page.   I admit, I joined with many in the industry in begrudging the changes, mainly because it meant that some of the customizations I had worked so hard in setting up  for my clients (custom landing pages and tabs) would no longer work with the new timeline view.  So having...

Social Media Workshop on Kauai

Here are the slides from the presentation by Linda Sherman. Social Media Marketing For Business Overview and Tips View more presentations from Linda Sherman       I have been invited to participate in the Kauai Chamber’s Social Media Marketing workshop this Friday, June 29th at Kauai Community College.   Participants will learn about the most widely used social media...

Facebook Changes Coming Soon….

My friends over at Mainstreet reminded me that some mandatory changes are in store at the end of March for Facebook business pages.  To learn more about what you need to do to make sure your business page won’t be negatively affected by these changes, visit the link below. If you currently have a custom landing page for instance, these will no longer be supported. If you need help...

Add Your TripAdvisor Reviews to Facebook

If your business or property is listed on TripAdvisor.com you can now share your reviews and ratings on your Facebook Business page. Here are the instructions on how to do it. To begin, you need to create a new tab on your property’s page in which to embed the widget or badge. This is called a static iFrame. Here’s how to do it: 1) Go to your TripAdvisor Owners Center and pick the widget...

Facebook LikeBox

If you have a Facebook business page you can leverage your social media involvement by adding a Facebook LikeBox to your website and/or blog. The Like Box is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website. The Like Box enables users to: - See how many users already like this Page, and which of their friends like it too - Read recent posts from...

Are You on Facebook?

Most people either love it or hate it…. I was a bit skeptical about its value when I first joined a year or so ago but I’ve come to appreciate it as a tool of connecting with old friends (and new), sharing information and building business pages for my clients.  If you haven’t created a business page on Facebook yet, I have a few blog articles already written on the topic...

Facebook User Names

If you’d like to have your own easy to remember and brand Facebook username/URL (example:  www.facebook.com/mybusiness) for your Facebook business page, here’s a quick video tutorial from We Teach Facebook on how to do it. You must be the admin of your business page and you must have at least 25 fans before you are eligible for your own branded URL on Facebook.  Go to...

Promoting Your Facebook Page

I’ve posted a bunch of posts on the topic of Facebook and how to create a page for your small business.  Now here’s some resources for promoting your Facebook page outside of Facebook, like on your blog or website or other social media sites.  Click on the link below to see Facebooks’ guidelines for promoting your FB page and to find FB images and  a FB badge to be used on...

Creating a Facebook Profile & Building a Business Page

Facebook is a widely used social media site that has over 120 million users, is growing by 250,000 users daily and is the 4th most trafficked website on the internet.  Chances are many of your business partners and potential clients are using it, so it’s a great place to establish a presence for yourself and your business for more exposure on the web....