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Social media network

Andy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:52 +0000

Before just jumping in and building blogs and Twitter and facebook and Linked-in etc, think about the end in mind; how are you going to engage with people, what tone are you going to use, what type of content are you going to publish and the frequency. If you think and plan the network through you’ll have far more chance of getting it to work and also being efficient so that it doesn’t consume all your time.

Facebook Vanity URL’s also for Pages

Andy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:34:00 +0000

As of June 29, 2009 , Facebook fan pages with over 100 fans can now also get their customised/vanity url. To do this go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ and select the username for any fan pages that you administer.

As an example, a page that would originally have be fount at

http://new.facebook.com/pages/the-harcombe-diet/100265415

is now at
www.facebook.com/theharcombediet.

I like this feature. It makes it much easier to let people know about your fan page and to include it on marketing materials, press releases, email signatures and, of course, in conversation.

How will you socialise this summer?

Andy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:57:12 +0000

For sure, you’ll be having the odd Barbq, dinner party, evening down the pub, weekend watching the cricket but what about your online social network?

Many businesses have a quiet period over the summer and many close for the holiday period. This year, unfortunately, some may not reopen.

The holiday period is a great time to take stock of your online business activities and learn about new things happening on the Internet. There’s a huge buzz about Social Media on the Internet, and it’s not all about dating. If you’ve heard about and play with Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Linkedin etc. Great! Have you started to think about how you could use these tools to benefit your business? If you’ve not heard about them, don’t you think it’s about time you did?

Many people I come across tell me that they don’t have time for all the online social networking activities. Yet, the same people spend hours every evening watching some re-run film or soap on the TV.

Socialising online needn’t take large chunks out of your life. However, like most things in life, the more you put into it, the more you’ll get back.

Whether you’re a pro online socialiser or a novice, grab yourself a cup of coffee and get entertained for 10 minutes watching this clip.

Grab Your Facebook Vanity URL.

Andy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:19:43 +0000

I’m not a regular user of #Facebook and, consequently, have missed out on getting my own ‘Vanity URL’. Having such an unusual name, I wouldn’t have thought it would have been a problem. However, it would appear that someone has pipped me to the post and grabbed my name so facebook.com/andyharcombe is not, actually, me. If you’re interested, I’m at www.facebook.com/AndyCymru.

Vanity URL’s make it easier and cleaner to let people know how to get, and keep, in touch and I always advise clients to secure their ‘real estate’ with as many online services as they can. Practice what you preach eh!

Anyway, if you haven’t already grabbed your vanity URL on Facebook, I would suggest you go and do it now. Log in to Facebook and you should have a link to choose your username in the upper left-hand corner — or just go to http://www.facebook.com/username/ , login and select your username there.

While you’re at it, why not do the same for twitter, flickr, gmail etc.