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Get ready to register your Facebook Fan Page username if you were not previously eligible (fewer than 1000 fans by May 31st, 2009). On Sunday, June 28th at 8:59pm PDT / 11:59pm EDT go to http://facebook.com/username to register the username of your choice...

First, what is a Vanity URL and why would you want one...

As a participant of the Social Media Success Summit 2009, you’re invited and encouraged to tweet about the event, and to tweet nuggets from the event. If you don’t have your ticket yet, today Monday, May 24 is the LAST DAY to save $100; the event starts tomorrow with Gary Vaynerchuk...

Whether you attend events via Facebook and/or you host your own, this post and video may be of interest to you. I really think there is a fine art to using the Facebook Events feature effectively...

Social media is the latest, greatest craze. Just like the gold rushes of days gone by, business men and women and every day folks are stampeding to social media in droves...

Facebook’s new Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities recently opened up for voting upon. This unprecedented move to open their TOS (Terms of Service) for user voting is genius of Facebook … but it’ll certainly be interesting to see the end result...

The King of White Papers, Michael Stelzner, just released a hot new report this morning, after surveying close to 900 marketers online: Social Media Marketing Industry Report: How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses...

The other night I was up late (as usual!) and came across a hilarious spoof post by humorist Brian Briggs revealing Twitter’s supposed new business model...

Ah, to follow or not to follow - that is the question. But to AUTO follow or not to auto follow - that is a whole other question! And to AUTO DM?! Eek. I received this DM recently from a Twitter bud: “Please post me a link to something that answers the etiquette of the autofollow...

I’ve been watching the hoopla and panic on the web and in the Twitterverse today regards Facebook’s recently (slightly) revised Terms of Use. The main change folks are reacting to is the perception that everything you load to Facebook suddenly belongs to Facebook. Not so...

With the latest trojans, phishers, hackers and imposters floating around cyberspace, especially on Facebook, it’s no wonder members have cause for concern. I’ve put the following suggestions together for you to help protect yourself from identity theft, hacking and the likes: 1...

Whether you’ve purchased Facebook Social Ads or have in some way interacted with these ads, you may be underestimating the power of this Facebook feature. First, as an advertiser, you can select very targeted demographics for your ad campaign, much as you can with Google Adwords...

Have you heard about the Shorty Awards? It makes me smile just thinking about winning any kind of award with the word “shorty” in it… given I’m six feet tall. Heehee. The Shorty Awards honors the best producers of short (140 characters or less, on Twitter) content in 2008...

I just got off the phone with yet another Facebook friend who had his account deactivated by Facebook with no warning. In the past ten days or so, several more people in my community contacted me asking if I knew how to get their Facebook accounts reactivated...

Which is better: a Facebook Page or a Facebook Group? This is a question I get asked regularly. I promised my peeps I’d write a blog post about this topic, so here ya go: My short answer is you need BOTH a Group and at least one Page. Each serves different purposes...

This Monday, October 27, I am honored to present at an all-day Social Media event in Ventura, California with my dear friends and colleagues, Deborah Micek (@CoachDeb), Denise Wakeman (@BlogSquad), Patsi Krakoff (@PatsiBlogSquad), Nancy Marmolejo (@NancyMarmolejo) and special guest Simon Leung...

My Facebook friend, Sara Waller, is part of the brainpower behind the Facebook app, Coinjars. Coinjars provides a way to move iCoins around the internet without incurring ANY charges! iCoins are REAL money...

Many of my tweeps (Twitter peeps) have asked me lately about various acronyms, odd lingo and twords (Twitter words). I’ve compiled below a shortlist of the most popular terms many active Twitterers, including myself, use in everyday tweets. First, what is a tweet...

Social networking sites, especially Facebook, have significant implications for business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs around the world...

The Facebook Events application is one of the most powerful tools on the platform. Whether you’ve yet to use the app, or you’re using it regularly, this post has something for you...

Is it just me, or have you noticed a surge in the amount of friends tagging friends on Facebook Notes recently? I’m a big fan of using Facebook Notes strategically as I wrote about here: Ten Steps to Leverage Your Blog Posts With Facebook Notes...

Are you enjoying the new Facebook look, feel, and features? I’m hearing mixed reviews, and am not fully sold on all the changes myself yet. There are a few nifty features and some “whaaaat happened?” changes...

Are you growing weary from the inappropriate use of email on Facebook? I’m referring to the friends who email you their latest blog post, affiliate link, or MLM program and/or insist on sending bulk emails - that is, emails addressed to multiple recipients...

Are you tired of the incessant irrelevant Event invitations on Facebook? I certainly get my fair share on a daily basis. However, when the tables are turned and I’m hosting my own Event… it sure can get tricky...

This is the question I get asked most often: How do I make money on Facebook. I can tell a lot right away about someone who asks me that question...

I just got back from several days in historical Skagway, Alaska - gateway to the Klondike Goldfields. I’m fascinated by the visceral history hubby and I are soaking up as we journey the country in our motorhome...

I received this question from a gal in my network we’ll call Sonia who’s wondering how she can increase the interaction and response from her Twitter followers: “I really appreciate your down-to-earth personality...