Facebook anatomy basic course

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Presentation given by MedeMerkers to explain the different aspects of Facebook to non-users.

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Introduction: Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn

Pages, profiles and groups

Status updates, links, photos, questions

‘like‘ or ‘share’

Fan gating: only visible for the fans!

Send messages (also for pages)

Overview

More info

General structure of Facebook (simplified)

Facebook

profile

person

pages

group

applications

documents

messages

like &share(and admin)

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Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Facebook

4.100.000 Belgians (about as much as Dutchmen)

a communications platform (like email)

Not a medium (like television)

Posibilities:personal profile, fanpage, group, application, advertisement

Twitter

150.000 Belgians (and a lot more Dutchmen)

Comparable to conversations in the bar or marketplace

Not the right place to spread your message

Possibilities:listen, get to know, learn, inspire, be discovered

LinkedIN

840.000 Belgians

Professionals, looking for business contacts

Ideaal to get to know people within your sector

Possibilities:LinkedIn groups (from yourself or from others)

Pages, profiles and groups

Every user has a profileHere you can change your privacy settings

Status updates and things you share

When friends click on your name they see your history

A group is a ‘secret place’You can share document, make appointments: fuly

private

A page is a ‘public place’Pages are ideal for companies to communicate with

their customers

You can choose who can add content

When a fan places a messages, his/her friends will see it in their timelines: more attention for your page!

status updates, links, photos and questions

You can choose the privacy of your updates

You can also create groups of friends to post messages that others can’t see

For pages: target your updates

Instead of making a different page per country/language, you can also target the updates you post

In groups, you can not target messages

In a group everyone is equal. Members can send messages to a group, which arrives as an email (standard)

Status updates make up 90% of Facebook

They can be used by persons (profiles), groups and pages

Photos are interesting, since you can ‘tag’ them

People can tag themselves in pictures, which brings the picture (from your page) under the attention of their friends

Be carefull as whom you post!Do you want to place a message in your own name, or as one of the pages you administer (also on other pages)?

In ‘edit page’ you can configure that your updates will always

come from the pageYou no longer have to switch between ‘use facebook

as a person’ and ‘use facebook as a page’

A question is a mini-survey amongst your fans, friends or

membersThe nicest feature? People can also forward this to

their friends: more reactions!

‘like’and ‘share’

A ‘Like’ determines how interesting a particular message is.

The more likes you get, the more the message will appear in the timeline of the friends of the fan.

A ‘share’ is much more powerfull than a ‘like’

With a share your fan is placing the picture or update directly on their own profile, just like when they would have posted the item themselves. had

fan gating

People are curiousIt is possible to restricted certain information to only

be accessible for friends

Fans can have direct access to content

To do this, you can install an application in a tab and have this assigned as the default landing tab (only for non-fans)

You can go even further: approvalIf you app wants to post on the wall of it’s fans or reach his list

of friends, the fan first needs to give permission to the app

Attention: make sure you have a gracefull fallback.A lot of people click on “do not allow”

Send messages

Facebook messages= the new email

Don’t forget that you can also send messages to the fans of your page. Use this sensibly! (no spam)

Messagebox ‘other messages’Unless you have already had a lot of interaction with a person, your

message will end up in ‘other messages’. Point this out to a fan you want to contact or they will miss your message.

overview

General structure of Facebook (simplified)

Facebook

profile

person

pages

group

applications

documents

messages

like &share(and admin)

upd

ate

s,

photo

s, ...

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Adding applications to your page

Tagging your page in pictures

Using Facebook Notes on a page

Integrate a blog

The (mis)use of an event

Using a personal profile as page creator

Using a personal profile as page buddy

Organize a contest / giveaway on a page

Advertise your page

Requests to share or like

Custom Facebook applications

Where to find applications

Applications can be for free, but serieus applications cost money.Facebook allows you to find all publicly available applications through the search tool (limit to apps by clicking ‘more’, then apps)

Applications have their own page

Use this page to see how well the application is functioning and how the developer is supporting the application.

Applications canvas

Applications also have a canvas (aka ‘home page’) where the user or administrator of a page can configure the application

An application adds a tab

The name of the tab can not be chosen by the page admin. The tab can also be installed as the landing page for non-fans (attention: not for all categories of pages)

Applications for users are the same

The difference is that these applications interact with the user on their canvas page and they don’t add a tab for pages.

Users can revoke app permissions

This also holds true for apps on your page. Check what happens with the user experience when a user does this (they might not be aware that this app belongs to your page)

Tagging your page in pictures

Helps to spread your page (and let users promote you)

Using Facebook notes on a page

Notes are the best/easiest way to publish long copy. Content in notes can be seen by Facebook (internal SEO) and users and pages can be tagged in it.

Integrate a blog

Content can be syndicated automatically from an existing blog. Depending on the application, pictures can be included and layout can be customized.

The (mis)use of an event

Pages can not send messages to all fans. Events can be used as a workaround: Pages can create events and invite their fans (this creates an email). Also, the admin can invite people for the event.

Using a new profile as page creator

To avoid issues in transfering ownership of a page (e.g. employee leaves the company) a page can be set up from a separate admin account. The account details can be shared with e.g. an agency. Also note that Facebook does not do any logging.

Using a new profile as page buddy

Users don’t see/notice the difference between a page and a profile. A virtual profile can be used as a ‘buddy’ account to a page to exchange messages with users. Risk: Facebook forbids this, so the account can be deleted (which is harmless).

Reporte a fake account

Reporting a non-person account can be done in 1 click. Reporting an imposter/bully requires you to validate your phone number.

Organize a contest/giveaway

Always respect the Facebook rules when organising a competition!Punishment= page suspension to page removal!Note: +10k/y advertisers get an account representative

1.Don’t use share, like, become a fan, tag or comment as a participation mechanism

2.Don’t mention Facebook (only the F-logo)

3.Don’t contact people / publish winners through Facebook

4.Don’t give alcohol, drugs, firearms, or tobacco as a price

5.Also allow participation without a Facebook account

Advertise your page

Advertisements can be with your own copy or ‘sponsored stories’. CTR is important for publication frequency.

Target your advertisements

Request to like your page

A ‘like’ button can not be built into a page. Only Facebook can place these buttons/links (reason: spam/clickjacking)Solution: point out to the user where the button is.

Request to share your page

A ‘share’ button can be built into a page and into any website/email. Users receive a dialog that allows them to enter text before placing the message on their wall.Creates a stronger endorsement (but more user effort is needed)

Create your own applications

Install the application ‘developer’ in your Facebook profile. From within this application, you can create your own applications.

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