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Facebook Vanity URL’s also for Pages

Written by Andy on July 28, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Social Media

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 [...]

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Power to the people through social media.

Written by Andy on July 23, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Social Media

This video, by Dave Carroll, was made as a complaint to United Airlines by the musician out of frustration at not being able to get his claim for a broken guital heard.
The video is nothing special; a comical tongue-in-cheek pop at the airline. The impact, however is huge.
More than 3,600,000 views on youtube (at the [...]

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How will you socialise this summer?

Written by Andy on July 20, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Social Media

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 [...]

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