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Late to the party: learning to use Facebook

April 30, 2008 · Print This Article

Late to the party, indeed. I just now am beginning to scratch the surface of Facebook. I spend quite a bit of time on LinkedIn (which I love); but have so far spent no time exploring the capabilities of FB… always assuming it was more of a personal thing. In my ignorance, I never bothered to really see what it can do. And it can do a lot. I am surprised by the number of people that use it excusively (and very effectively) for business and that it’s actually very useful - not merely a social distraction.

Along with my “discovery” of Twitter last week (which is surprisingly addictive), I feel I’m making some social networking progress these days. Next week: Squidoo.

Many thanks to Erin Blaskie - who patiently helped me see the Facebook light.

So - since I’m new, I’m still light on friends… please visit me. ;-)  Anyone else feel behind the curve with Facebook?

Written by Mary · Filed Under Blogging, Commentary, Current Affairs, Recommended Resources, Social Networking, Useful! 
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2 Responses to “Late to the party: learning to use Facebook”

  1. Andrea Kalli on April 30th, 2008 7:44 pm

    I’d like to mention to your readers that there is a business side to Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/pages. It allows you to create a one-page site for your business. A great way to utilize these pages are to do one for each product or services you offer, instead of lumping them all into one Facebook page. These pages are also indexed by search engines, so populate heavily with keywords and phrases.

    Shameless plug coming…
    And if you like check out my page on Outlook and SharePoint training at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Outlook-and-SharePoint-Training/10244633652. There’s more that I want to tweak on it, but it’s up and getting hits.

    And since you’re going to talk about Squidoo next, take a look at my Squidoo page http://www.squidoo.com/outlookandsharepoint

  2. Mary on April 30th, 2008 9:10 pm

    Thanks Andrea! I am also really intrigued with Squidoo… and you can plug your classes here any time you like. :-)

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