Social Media for Business and Personal Professional Use: Facebook

This article that I found on BuzzFeed.com highlights a list of 27 things you can’t do without Facebook. This article sarcastically informs you of the things that you didn’t know you could do without a Facebook account. You will find some things obvious and something’s informative. But, this article is a must read for frequent users of the site.

This article outlines 20 different tips and tricks you might need to know on Facebook. The article gives 20 handy tricks that are foreign to most users on Facebook. I would recommend this site to all Facebook users. In addition to the comments at the end of the article letting you know that this article has been helpful to a lot of people.

A brief overview of various features Facebook has to offer

The article disscus the psychological effects of Facebook. An article published by Dr. Whitborne illustrates Facebook as a virtual world that society has been emerged in. Dr. Whitborne argues that Facebook will forever be embedded into our society for decades to come. The article shows how powerful the site has become and what direction it is headed. User of Facebook will find this article worthy of a post on their own Facebook wall.

Small businesses are becoming frustrated with the returns they are seeing as they invest more time and energy in social media sites. 61% say they don’t see returns on social media, while 30% say they see significant. The three main reasons businesses connect on these sites are to acquire and gain new customers, gain leads and referrals, and to boost awareness. Facebook was said to be the most difficult platform to maintain. Social media experts say that businesses aren’t patient enough in updating and seeing returns on their investment in social media.

This article details the strengths and uses of Facebook and Twitter so businesses can decide which social media platform is best for them. It highlights the reasons why a business would choose Facebook over Twitter or vice versa. The article highlights Facebook as personal, versatile and has the ability to sell ads. Twitter has the advantage of speed, a plethora of information in a tiny space and the ability to go viral at any moment.

This web page is a very useful tool on how to set up and utilize all of Facebook for your business. This is a website for people who aren’t familiar with Facebook at all and gives them an introduction to the tools and features. First it gives a checklist on whether it would be useful for you to set up a Facebook account for your business. Then it goes through the steps you need to get started as a business and how to gather customers to your page.

This article is very straightforward and is trying to convince businesses to set up a Fan page. It lists the reasons why a business should set up a Fan page and some hints and tricks that could help them in setting up a successful one. Some of the common threads in the ways are attracting customers, getting information and improving your online presence.