It’s Happening: Facebook’s 4.74 Degrees of Separation

Unless you’ve lived under a rock, you’ve probably heard of ’6 degrees of separation’ a term coined in 1929 by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy.

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.

In a recent study by Facebook (conducted in early 2011, released Fall 2011)  a much narrower 4.74 degree rule was found.

“the scale and international reach of Facebook allows us to finally perform this study on a global scale. Using state-of-the-art algorithms developed at the Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Università degli Studi di Milano, we were able to approximate the number of hops between all pairs of individuals on Facebook. We found that six degrees actually overstates the number of links between typical pairs of users: While 99.6% of all pairs of users are connected by paths with 5 degrees (6 hops), 92% are connected by only four degrees (5 hops). And as Facebook has grown over the years, representing an ever larger fraction of the global population, it has become steadily more connected. The average distance in 2008 was 5.28 hops, while now it is 4.74.”

I have had the privilege to witness this amazing phenomenon in action and would like to share the story of Sherrie and Susie, two strangers separated by 3000 miles who found each other through Facebook and had so much in common!

HERE IS THE STORY

Last year, October 2011, I was co-moderator of an online game called Game of Like.  Find more about his great event here.

One of my friends was kind enough to ‘play along’.

This story is Sherrie Glensky‘s story.

(Last year) I was in a new town with a new business and was not real well versed with social media. The new business is a hyper-local digital lifestyles magazine about the Myrtle Beach area, called Grand Strand Happening. Having been a CPA most of my adult life, I really hadn’t used social media except occasionally on Facebook to connect with friends.

One of the first people I met in Myrtle Beach was Dorien Morin, a social media manager. We met at a group I found on Meet-Up.com. After the meeting I approached her and said we need to connect. Obviously I was not the only one because our next meeting was at Mellow Mushroom where we formed a small networking group to increase our presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Sherrie goes on to tell about the Game of Like:

Dorien had met Keri Jaehnig, another social media manager from Ohio during an online game that was also to increase social presence. The two had decided that they had liked the results from the first game, and decided to start their own. The group was initially comprised of people primarily from South
Carolina and Ohio. The Game of Like was born and initially the purpose was to gain more likes on your personal and business page, if you had one. Dorien and Keri decided that it was a great opportunity to teach the participants social media tips and treat it as a contest.

The game took legs and experienced a far greater reach than I believe either Dorien or Keri expected.  I personally connected with people from many states as well as Canada, England and Switzerland!  But the most important connection I made was with Susie from California. Susie loved to come to North Myrtle Beach to join the Society of Stranders (SOS) or shaggers, which is a cultural phenomenon in this area; one that I currently report on. When she came to town for the Fall SOS, she introduced me to the woman who was the Entertainment Director for two of the Shag Clubs, who then introduced me with
the local Carolina Beach Music Community.

Sherrie met Susie through the Game of Like and even though they lived so far away from each other, they instantly hit it off and felt connected!

Sherrie continues her story of how social media helped her find a new circle of friends:

But more than learning some great tools and tips about social media, I met some amazing people and learned ways to promote and grow my business. Dorien and Keri were outstanding teachers and leaders and continue to keep us engaged and informed through the Game of Like Facebook page.

The relationships and tools I learned are invaluable and help me to grow my business and I thank the team of Dorien and Keri for that.

Note: I (Sherrie) originally wrote about the Game of Like on Grand Strand Happening.com as one of the 10
requirements in the game. You can read it here.

The funny thing was, not only Sherrie, but several other (local) people asked me whether they should play.

‘Was it worth it for a local business to play this online game and to spend time doing the assignments if their audience was a local one?’

My answer was to quote Jimmy Buffett:
‘Everybody’s Got a Cousin in Miami.’

And that’s what happened!  Those who played and connected in the Game if Like found common ground in the most unexpected places with the most unexpected people.

Real 4.47 degrees of separation happening!

YOUR TURN

Do you have a story of real 4.74 degrees of separation?

Have you met a friend of a friend of a friend online?

How has Facebook connected you with the world beyond your local circle?

I’d love to hear your personal story!  Leave a comment below!

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Taking Control:

Convert Your Facebook Community Page Back!

Something is happening  to many Facebook Pages this Spring, as Timeline has rolled out and it is confusing Facebook Admins:

Facebook Business Pages are being converted to Facebook Community Pages!

In 2010, Facebook automatically created 6.5 million Community Pages.  

Mashable published an article on Facebook Community Pages on April 1, 2010 and had this to say:

The new feature looks a whole lot like the Facebook Pages businesses and brands create, but there’s one key difference: It’s for the hordes of “unofficial” Pages that have been created by users in support of topics or causes.

There’s a big difference in functionality too –- Facebook says that if a page becomes popular enough, administration will be handed over to the Facebook community. In other words, Community Pages become a whole lot like a wiki once they reach a certain threshold.

If you want to learn more about Facebook Community Pages, follow this link to Facebook.

Social Media Examiner dove even deeper into the subject and classified Community Pages as either user-administered Community Pages or Facebook-administered Community Pages.  Find a very comprehensive blog post about Community Pages.

Oh oh!  Seriously?  I admit I wasn’t paying much attention when this feature came out in 2010!

So fast forward 2 years and the roll out of Timeline for Pages…

Here is what made me pay attention to this feature real quick!

Last Friday as I was meeting with a new client, Linda of ‘Zumba Fitness With Linda C‘, an interesting  question came up:

Why did her Facebook Business Page (recently) convert to a Community Page?

And should she keep it that way?

Has this happened to you?  Did your page convert, too?

I was able to help her convert her Community Page back to a Facebook (Business) Page.

I thought that was the end of that…

No.  Not really!

You see or hear something once and think…a fluke

You see or hear something a second time and think…a coincidence

You see or hear something a third time and think…a charm?

No way.

Third time means something’s going on!

Because…

Another client called.  Same issue.

Gail and Al Cashman of Success by Design had a similar question about the same feature:

Each time they logged onto Facebook as their Facebook Page, a notice flashed on the screen, asking them to permanently convert to a Community Page.  They wanted to know if they should make that move.  My advice was ‘No!’  The same easy solution took care of the annoying flashing message and restored their page back to its original state.

And then I saw a Facebook Post about the same issue.

Seems as if many people are confused!

Here is what I found, and how I restored both of my clients’ (user-administered) Facebook Community Pages back to regular Facebook (Business) Pages.

STEP 1

Go to the Admin panel of your page

STEP 2

Click on the toggle feature next to ‘manage’ and click on ‘edit page’.

STEP 3

Scroll down (on the left side of your next screen) and click on ‘Basic Information’

STEP 4

Under ‘Official Page’, on both of my clients’ pages I found information linking to a larger Facebook Page.  I simply deleted that link and their pages were converted back to their original state.

All three of the cases I’ve seen in the last week involved this ‘Official Page’ link.

YOUR TURN

Have you found your Facebook Business Page has turned into a Community Page?

Do you want to convert back to a regular Facebook Page, or are you happy with the ‘status quo’?

 

Please share your recent experience with Community Pages with us!

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S(t)weet Tip:  How To Find The URL of Your Tweet

 (for easy sharing and easy re-tweets)

Have you ever been asked to share a specific tweet?

Maybe for  a friend, colleague or collaborator?

All you had to do was copy and paste the link they gave you, right?

I bet you’d like to know how to get that URL link!

Here is a quick way to get that URL link for a specific tweet you’d like retweeted.

Step 1

Find the tweet you want and click on the time stamp.

Find the tweet you want and click on the 'time stamp'.

Step 2

Find your tweet URL at the top.

Find your Tweet URL at the top!

You can also embed a tweet in your website.  To find the embed code follow this three step process.

STEP 1

Find the tweet you want and click on the time stamp.

Find the tweet you want and click on the 'time stamp'.

STEP 2

Now  a new window will pop up to show you that one tweet.  Click on ‘Embed this Tweet’.

Click on 'Embed this Tweet'

STEP 3

Now you’ve got options!  You can embed the tweet, create a shortcode, or create a link.

Embed, Get Shortcode or Link

Here are some ideas and reasons to get and use the URL for your tweets!

• Contests
• Promotions
• Brand Updates
• Charity Events
• Blog Exposure & Comments
• Gain Followers
• FB Group Sharing
• LinkedIn Group Promos

Have you used this feature ?

Was it to promote your own tweet or to promote online friends?

Can you share what you tweeted and why?

I invite you to join the conversation: leave your comment below!

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Online Longevity an Oxymoron?

Recently, as in two days ago, my husband and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. While thinking about both my marriage and my business today, I wondered if lessons learned in a long lasting and happy marriage would directly apply to online relationships.

I think so.

The strength of online relationships have not yet been tested over a long period of time due to the nature of these relationships: The internet only just emerged in the 1990′s. Even if early relationships in the online world were formed at the beginning and sustained, in comparison to a 60+ year marriage those relationships are fairly new.

With continues development and tremendous growth in blogging and social media, ‘online relationship building’ has become an art in itself.  I do think lessons from real life relationships can directly be applied to online relationships.

If you’d like to explore more about building online relationships with your clients and customers, I recently wrote about customer engagement and building relationships online in my blog post: Cruisin’ The Information Highway.

So here we go: Relationship advice from an ‘old’ married couple.

1.  It’s all about the marriage, not the wedding.

No matter how you met (online), who introduced you or what your first impression was…   It’s about what happens after that.  Are you committed to building a relationship with this new person?  You should.  Make that commitment and carry through.

2.  Admit your mistakes and say sorry.

Sound simple?  But yet people still think that when something is said or done online, it will be buried, and ignoring it is the way to go.  WRONG.   Deleting the mistake doesn’t work because someone, somewhere took a picture of your tweet or your post or commented in a mean way.  Ever heard of the expression:  ”Bad news travel fast?” or better yet: “Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules”  Just like in real life and real relationships, online mistakes need to be addressed and apologized for, immediately.

3.  Give each other freedom.

In a marriage, it is important for each spouse to explore interests, play sports and hang out with their own friends.  The same is true in an online relationship.  Allow the person to explore other interests, hang out in other groups and circles and play games with their friends.  A solid relationship will withstand a bit of competition for your time.

4.  Stay friends and do fun stuff together.

By the same token, do find something you both like to do and do the activity together.  It will bring you closer together.  I am thinking Tweet Chat, a Mastermind Facebook group, collaboration on a project.

5.  Listen.

Do.  It.

6.  Know your vowels:  Admire.  Encourage.  Inspire.  Observe.  Uplift.  (and sometimes) Yield.

Stay positive.  Be kind.  Encourage dreams and missions.

7.  Do little things to show you care without being asked.

Once you get to know a person, you like the little things that make them ‘tick’.  In online relationships, the same principle applies.  Share a kind word or remark, send a morning greeting, share a blog post, repost, retweet, etc., etc., etc.

8.  Start your own traditions.

My husband and I grew up in different countries and we’ve incorporated several family traditions from our very different families.  Yet we have also chosen to create many of our own traditions with our four kids.  These traditions are sacred, cherished and are very much treasured and thus protected by all of us.  Start your own traditions with your online relationships.  Be creative!

9.  Treasure each day.

You never know what lies ahead.  Plan for tomorrow, but don’t forget to live now.

10.  Learn something new together.

Bonding happens when you spend time together.  There is nothing like learning a new skill or trade to bring out the best in everybody.  When you learn something (online) with your friends, you can refer back to the learning time and reconnect to that feeling of accomplishment and pride as well as the fun time you had.

11.  Grow together.

This could also be stated as: learn from each other.  Do not hold each other back, but lift up the other if growth is evident.  Jealousy has no place in any relationship, so encourage growth and celebrate milestones while learning.

12.  Like each other.

Does that sound too simple?  Remember that first time you met?  Instant attraction? Remember what you liked?  Find it!

13.  Respect.

It goes without saying that a relationship without mutual respect can and will not be a fruitful one.  Enough said.  Seriously.

14.  Treasure who came first.  Treasure the original relationship.

Let me explain.  My husband and I were married in 1989.  Seven years later babies started coming, at a pretty quick rate, too.  Our relationship changed with those little people in it, BUT the original bond we share is super important.  Those little kids will grow up and leave us.  When they are gone, off to build their own life, it is imperative we still like each other, have fun together and have a relationship.  Online: Do not let other people ruin your relationship with that one special person because they want ‘in’.  Let them in, but do not replace one person for another. Treasure what came first.

15. Ask for and accept help.

In our marriage, I’ve had to learn to ask my husband for help.  He was never unwilling, but often did not see the need (do dishes, go the the store, make time for a trip) until it was pointed out to him.  Online translation: Ask for the blog post share. Tell you friends you need them to tweet a tweet.  Help with networking. Sometimes your need is only visible to you.  Point it out, ask for help.  Pretty simple, right?

16.  YOUR TURN

What point(s) made above could help you strengthen you online relationships?

Do your treasure your online relationships?

Can you add to this advice?

Please leave a comment and join the conversation.

Dorien ♥

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If You Could XeeMe Now – A Video Tour

I frequently sign up for emerging and new-to-me social media platforms.  As a social media manager, I want to stay on the cutting edge of all things social media. When I hear of a new platform, I usually will meander over and make a profile.  I then monitor activity and engagement to see if it takes off, or tanks.  Being on the forefront of a new social media platform has many advantages and I’d like to have a whole bag of tricks up my sleeve in order to give my clients the best possible outcome on the best possible platforms.  Social Media Management and Strategy is certainly is not one-size-fits-all. To get more insights on where you should be and where you might want to have a social media presence, complete this social media self audit.

Let me reiterate: one-size-platform-fits-all should not be anybody’s approach to social media.

I find and sign up for these emerging platforms via different avenues.  Here are some ways I find them:

• Via personal invite from a trusted social media manager colleague
• Via an online ‘buzz’ or ‘frenzy’ surrounding a new platform
• Via an online search
• Via a client request
• Via a friends’ blog post

It was on the far, far back burner and I’d nearly forgotten about it (and certainly wasn’t using it), when Karleen Harp of Resume Smith posted something on Facebook about how much traffic she’d gotten from XeeMe.  My ears immediately perked up and I thought…

“What’s up with MY XeeMe account?”

Turns out, not much.  Not much at all!

So last Sunday, I set out to ‘learn XeeMe’.  It’s been a little over a week and I’ve decided to make my own video tour about XeeMe.  I see huge potential and have seen an increase in traffic and connections.

Check out my XeeMe here.

If you are serious about connecting with new people on-line and want to expand your network, as well having ONE  simple link to give to people to connect with you, watch this video.

YOUR TURN

What do you think after seeing the XeeMe Video Tour?

Might it be worth a look?

Want your own?

Here is my referral key, in case you want to check it out.  It’s very easy to sign up and I encourage you to take a second look!

A quick note:

Last week was Twylah week on XWeek.  XeeMe hosted a great webinar with Twylah founder Eric Kim.   Next week will be Qwikr week.  Learn about this new emerging platform and get the inside scoop.  I hope you will join me and 1,000,000 other XeeMe users.  I am looking forward it!

Dorien

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Cruisin’ The Information Highway:

Do You Stop When No One Is At The (Social Media) Shop?

During a very stimulating Skype chat with my friend Rich McElany last week, we were discussing ‘how to break through the fear/doubt/reluctance barrier many small business owners have (concerning social media) with stories, case studies, analogies and situational constructs’.  Being who I am (female, visual learner) I love visuals, stories and analogies.

Rich continued talking and used a great analogy which made me say to him:

You are writing a blog post about this, aren’t you, because if you are not, then I am!

He didn’t hesitate. He ran with it, pushing out a blog post at 6:22 AM the next morning.

Here is one of his two analogies, the one that got me so excited right away:

‘If you opened a retail sporting goods store would you for one moment consider scouring your preferred market for just the right location, signing a long-term lease, agonizing over every detail of signage…

and then completely skip connecting your utilities, selecting, hiring and training staff and stocking your store with the perfect mix of the most coveted brand name products?’

I couldn’t wait to read his blog post!  Loved seeing it written down even more than listening to it on our chat and so that same morning I tried out the following take on his analogy during a networking meeting:

You have a website, right?  (most hands in the air)  Your website is sitting on the Information Highway.  I imagine you’ve got bells and whistles and flashing neon signs to get people to your store.  If you don’t have those (great url, SEO, blog, content, graphics, business cards), your store is  really on a dead end street, off the highway and will never be found.

Enter Social Media!

Social Media is another way to get traffic to your website.

But what happens if potential customers follow your directions off the highway to get to your FB site, your Twitter account or your YouTube channel and the lights are turned off?  No personel is there to greet you?  Dust on the counters or worse, the door to your store is locked?

Your potential customer is not only lost in the dark, but has wasted their time as well!

That’s what happens when you ‘do’ social media’ but forget the engagement!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

Is this an eye-opener for you?

Are you getting it?

This all ties in with a blog post I recently wrote.   ’5 things you do not need for excellent Facebook engagement’ and in it I wrote about all the things you do not need, but more importantly, I wrote about what you do need, which is to BE THERE.

What a waste in effort, time and money if you build it, invite people to come join you on your social media platforms but then forget to be there!

If you can not commit to being there, that is, engaging on your social media platforms daily, outsource it to someone who can and will!

I can tell you honestly:

–> If I get to a Facebook Page with the ‘latest’ post being one made days, weeks or even months ago, I do not hit ‘LIKE’.

–> If I follow a Twitter account and it quickly looks like a robot account, I unfollow.

If you are going to invest time, money and effort into Social Media and you are worried or concerned with the ROI, know that all your resources are wasted if you have no engagement!  Your ROI is what you put into it AFTER you build all your platforms.

A Few Social Media ‘Building Relationships’ QUICK TIPS

• Building an audience is a long-term job.
• Being there and answering questions shows you care.
• Providing great information, motivation and engagement is what keeps people coming back for more.
• Address concerns and complaints.  Do not ignore.  Provide a resolution and apologize.
• Reach out to customers and build a customer base by adding value each and every time you interact.
• Build a trust relationship takes time and patience.

 

How is your personel situation?  … Need to Hire, DIY or Outsourced?

Got someone manning YOUR store?

Is your electricity turned on, your counters dusted and did you unlock the doors today?

 

I invite you to leave a comment and engage!  I’d love to hear your thoughts on this analogy.  Talk to me.  Talk to Rich, too.

Dorien.

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Thank you!

A heartfelt ‘Thank You’, with gratitude and ♥, goes out to

• my fans, all 1001 of you
• my online collaborators of 2011/2012: Keri & Mallie
• my online friends
• my Triberr tribemates
• my Hands On Networkers
• my Kickin’ it with Klout Facebook group

In my video, I issued a new challenge:  

What should I do when I reach 2000 fans?

I hope this milestone might not be so far off.  Help me think ahead…

Tell me:

‘What would you like to see me do at 2000 fans?’

♥, Dorien

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Want Engagement?  R-E-A-C-T!

In preparing for a speaking engagement at CreateSouth, I stumbled upon this acronym as I was preparing a PowerPoint slide about engagement.  When I say ‘stumbled upon’ I do not mean ‘that social media platform’, but really…as I was typing in all the important keywords of engagement, I saw this word appear on my screen.

R-E-A-C-T

In talking about building an audience, the verb ‘react’ is relevant.

From Merriam-Webster Dictionary

re·act

verb \rē-ˈakt\

1:  to exert a reciprocal or counteracting force or influence

2:  to change in response to a stimulus

3:  to act in opposition to a force or influence

4: to move or tend in a reverse direction

5: to undergo chemical reaction

1:Reply

2:Respond

Apply any and all to Social Media Engagement!

R-elate
E-ngage
A-cknowledge
C-ompassion
T-rust

Let me show you the presentation first:

As a business or brand, present on social media sites, you have to ACTIVELY BUILD AN AUDIENCE or REACT in order to expand your reach to include a new and always growing audience. ~Dorien

HOW?

Relate – Find your target market.  Know what makes them tick (react).  Know what’s important to them: Issues, information, causes.  Then engage your audience in online conversation about those issues, the information you’ve provided and the cause they care about.

Engage – Go out and find new fans, followers and subscribers: After an in-person networking event, connect with people on-line, too.  Ask questions, evoke emotion, start a discussion.

Acknowledge – If you get a new fan or follower…acknowledge them and thank them! ‘Like’ their posts and comments on your page.  ’Highlight’ and ‘Feature’ special fans and businesses who engage with you.  Reward those who engage with attention, special shout-outs and engagement.

Compassion – Be compassionate and show it. Even though many connections on social media are with people you might never meet in person, be a true friend.  Friendships do blossom online and showing compassion for a friends’ cause or business goes a long way in cementing a relationship.

Trust – ‘What goes around, comes around.’  Trust in the good of people.  Trust that you will be respected because you are showing respect for others.  Let your actions speak louder than your words.  Be trustworthy in your business, online and in your friendships.  Remember that trust is earned!

YOUR TURN

Are you REACTING?

Are you ENGAGING?

How do you actively engage your audience on social media?

I’d love to know your take on social media engagement.  Please comment and join the conversation!  To make it just a bit easier to connect with me – and engage – I invite you to check out my XeeMe profile.

Dorien@MoreInMedia.com

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Super Tip for Facebook Timeline Engagement

I am confident you’ll love this tip and you’ll want to use it right away…and I can’t even take the credit for it.

This tip came straight from Facebook!

A post rolled through today from Facebook:

Well… here I am.

What is an Interest List?

According to Technorati

Interest Lists are curated news feeds you can create and share with others, based on aggregating Facebook pages surrounding a particular area of interest, such as a company, artistic endeavor, hobby, industry or whatever you’d like. The list can be subscribed to, just like an individual member’s feed can be followed. With Interest Lists, however, you’re following any number of feeds brought together by the whim of the List creator, who can continue to add (or remove) as desired.

I love the new ‘Interest List’ function on my personal profile and I have used the new feature right from the start.

I had, however, overlooked its power using it as a page admin!

No more.

From your Personal Profile, you can add any page you’d like to your ‘Interest List’ as soon as you go to the Timeline of a Page.  Look at the next image for location.  You just click on the toggle arrow next to ‘Message’ and scroll down to ‘Add to Interest List’

As a Page Admin, you can encourage all your fans to add you to their ‘Interest List’ with the click of a button.

Now you want to know the why?

Melissa Agnes describes in her post:

Through the new Facebook Interest Lists, you now have the opportunity to monitor  pages and industry leaders alike, without the need to be subscribed, friends, or even fans of these pages. For all of you social media monitors out there, Facebook has given us a gift that grants us exclusive access to a pool of engagement and conversations that has never before been able to be monitored in this direct way.

So there you have it!  Time to make lists, subscribe to them AND encourage your fans to list you!

I’d love to be on YOUR Interest List.  To add More In Media, simply follow the link to find my Timeline here.

Here are some lists I’ve made.  You can subscribe to these if you’d like.

Hand On Networking Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach Facebook Pages

Social Media Managers

How does all this ‘List Building’ add up to ‘Super Engagement’?

By creating lists, you create new news-feeds, with very specific posts.  It’s simple to make it a daily habit to go to each list and interact with each specific audience.  It filters out the ‘junk’ and the ‘nonsense’ posts and at the same time highlights those posts you might want to see, read, like, comment and share.

Encourage your page to be listed, encourage your audience to engage.  Simple as that!

YOUR TURN:

Are you using Interest Lists?

Have you listed any pages yet?

Are you using your lists to filter your news-feed?

I encourage you to engage with me by leaving a comment or by adding me to your list!

Dorien @MoreInMedia.com

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The Timeline Crunch – Are You Feeling It?

No need to admit to feeling the crunch right now…read first!

Even though Facebook ‘announced that an announcement’ was coming, no one ‘expected the unexpected’:

Facebook rolled out Timeline for Pages hours before the official announcement was to be made on February 29, 2012.

Since then, many front-runners have converted to Timeline and so far, most love what it has to  offer brands.

But another whole group of Facebook admins have stalled and I think I know some of the reasons why.

Are you one of these people?

• You don’t understand and don’t quite believe Timeline for Pages will be an improvement to what you have now.
• You’ve let fear of the unknown keep you from taking action.
• You lack clear information on new features.
• You do not have the resources or knowledge to install/order/design a new Timeline Cover for your page.
• You might not know it’s inevitable.  And it is!

Do YOU fall into any of these categories?

 

If you do, this post is for you!

Here are some tips to get you moving and ready by Friday March 30 when Facebook will convert EVERYBODY’s page to Timeline.

No more hiding!  

Do this:

• Read some POSITIVE blog posts about the changes.  You’ll be glad to hear others have converted before you and love it.
• Watch a few YouTube VIDEO TUTORIALS to see how easy Timeline is to use.
• Learn about New Features by attending a WORKSHOP or online WEBINAR.
• If you have no artistic skills and do not know how to use Photoshop, OUTSOURCE your Timeline COVER to a Graphic Designer.  We use a wonderful company called Go Creative Go and their covers are true works of art.
• Keeping Friday MARCH 30 in mind, you have <4 days to go take the plunge.

Still not convinced?

Here is one more reason to convert right now:

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