Diane Kline of St. Louis, MO, writes: “I am the co-author of QuirkOut! Crazy Things Women do to Stay Sane. It’s a blog and weekly column, for women 20 through death, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper on Sundays—sort of a Martha Stewart meets Tina Fey. “We all have QuirkOut! moments. We just named them.… Read More
How can a psychologist market on Facebook and Twitter?
Dr. Karen Hoving of Aurora, Colo., writes: “I have a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and specialize in two areas: Bipolar Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. “Here’s what I’m doing right now to market myself: A Facebook page. A website. Two blogs: The Couch Trip for general psychology and “Shrinking” Chronic Illness. A monthly… Read More
Mari Smith to share her Facebook ‘pot of glue’ Wednesday
Why is it that some people have so much trouble generating interest in their Facebook pages? Yet other people, like Mari Smith, one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook, seem to have a big pot of glue that they slather onto their pages and capture whoever happens to stop by? Mari’s glue is in the… Read More
Facebook, inflight mag titles added to inventory close-out
I thought I had caught all the out-of-date products when I went through my inventory a week ago, to prepare for my close-out sale that’s been under way for a week. But I found two more that I want to offer: 11 Ways to Avoid Missed Opportunities on Facebook (only $5, reduced from $49.95) Because… Read More
How to give Facebook Fans a coupon for Liking a page?
Heather John of Los Angeles, Calif., asks this week’s Help This Hound question: “I created and manage the Facebook business page for an online store and I want to set something up on Facebook (maybe through Events?) where we send out a mass Facebook message inviting previous customers to like our new Facebook business page. … Read More
How to promote events on Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn
When it’s time to promote your next live or virtual event, don’t assume that you’ll find your target audience on all of the Big Three social media sites: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Spending too much time promoting on one of those sites, particularly if the people who you’re trying to reach aren’t active there, can waste precious time.… Read More
Solution for ugly photo ribbon on Facebook fan pages
If you haven’t converted your Facebook Fan Page to the new platform, it will look very different when you log on tomorrow, Thursday, March 10. The tabs at the top will disappear. In their place, you’ll see an incredibly ugly photo ribbon that includes the five most recent photos you’ve posted to your wall. Here’s… Read More
Is sending birthday greetings on Facebook a time-waster?
A few years ago, when I created my Facebook profile, it was a real high seeing hundreds of birthday greetings flowing onto my profile page on my birthday. Today, it’s like junk mail. Not quite as annoying as “poking,” but so commonplace that I find myself asking, “Why am I doing this??????” It does nothing… Read More
Help a blind person sidestep the captcha on Facebook
Judith Bron of Spring Valley, NY, writes: “I’m not the only blind person in the world, nor am I the only one who doesn’t have a Facebook account. “However, I wouldn’t mind having Facebook and Twitter accounts or an active LinkedIn account. The problem is that whenever I go to these sites, I’m asked to identify something… Read More
5 things to do if your Facebook Fan Page disappears
Google “my Facebook Fan Page disappeared,” and you’ll see a long list of frustrated, aggravated, infuriated people—some of whom have accumulated thousands of fans—perplexed as to why their Fan Pages, and months of valuable content, are long gone. It happened to me, as I explained here. And it can happen to you. You may not… Read More