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Facebook Timeline for Pages out now!

A Complete Get Started Guide To: Facebook Timeline For Pages

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Here’s a complete get started guide to facebook timeline for pages as well as a quick tutorial on how to activate facebook timeline in 5 seconds.

Everybody was overjoyed when Facebook Timeline made its debut late in 2011. And now its here again extending its support for Facebook Pages. Its unique, its creative, its a money maker!

With the release of Facebook Timeline for Pages, Brands and Companies will get an uplift in the way they promote their brand on Facebook. Attracting visitors is what we are looking for, and that’s what Facebook Timeline is good at with its ability to add Covers for Pages.

Facebook Timeline for Pages - Customizing it for your Brand or Company

Lets check out a quick and simple way to turn on Facebook Timeline for Pages, shall we?

Step 1 : Visit the Facebook Timeline Manager link and add Timeline support to your pages. If you are reading this article after February 29 you might as well go to your Facebook Page and click the Preview Button to activate Facebook Timeline directly.

That’s it! Were you looking for more, if yes then i suggest you better go to Google.com, because you would definitely not find it over here, hehe 😀

After you have activated your Timeline, please don’t let it lie like a rotten piece of tomato, begin customizing it immediately by following the steps below.

1. Attractive Cover Photo: First things first, upload a nice and attractive Cover Photo, perhaps your website logo if your Page is dedicated about your site. Don’t make it too attention grabbing and overly advertising, just make it funny and interesting so that visitors should have that streak of smile, everytime they visit your Facebook page.

facebook timeline for pages - cover photo

2. App Highlights: The new Facebook Timeline for Pages highlights your apps below the cover photo, just like in Facebook Timeline for Profiles. Try to place apps which is helpful for promoting your product or if you want to advertise about something such as your Shop Store. Conduct giveaways regularly and arrange those apps to appear first.

facebook timeline for pages - app highlights

3. Featured Post: Timeline for Pages also has a feature wherein it allows you to pin a post as the first post in your timeline, just like a featured post. This post can be made to appear for seven days. Make sure you pick a post to which you want to drive your visitors to immediately, as these pinned posts will have a lot of click through rates and impressions.

facebook timeline for pages - pinned posts

4. Page Mentions: Facebook also reserves a small spot for people mentioning your page, just below the Friend Activity box. Don’t allow negative posts about your page earn their way to that spot. Always keep a close check and remember only positive feedback about your page will make visitors like your page.

facebook timeline for pages - page mentions

There are very less chances that even after seeing a negative comment, a person will go on to like your page, unless of course he knows the Page administrator closely or he just carries that very positive feeling about your brand.

5. Admin Panel 2.0: With the activation of Facebook Timeline in your Page comes the Admin Panel goodness. Don’t you enjoy being called as an administrator of something? The new Timeline has a much nicer interface for Page admins. The new admin panel drops down in your timeline so that you don’t have to migrate to a new page and can access it without spending much time.

facebook timeline for pages - admin panel

Here you get “everything about what’s happening” interface. With a much accurate insights and control over your page you get to decide what appears where.

After doing all this, when you are ready to make your new page’s look public just click the Publish button and you will be on your merry way.

If you enjoyed this Facebook Tutorial please give your feedback about the same and how you feel about the new Facebook Timeline for Pages.

Linkedin follow button: How to Add it your Site

How To: Add LinkedIn Follow Button to your Website

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Just recently LinkedIn released their new Follow button for all the users. The Follow button, according to World’s biggest business networking site, will allow people to stay up to date with the latest news and trends of the companies they are following.

For e.g. if you like a particular biz company you can start getting their updates directly on Linkedin by just clicking the follow button. Follow button sure is a breeze for many multinational companies to keep their users engaged and grow their professional network. According to statistics there are over 135 million users currently registered on Linkedin and what better way to keep them hooked by creating a Follow button.

Linkedin follow button released for companies

According to the official blog post,

Starting today, companies will be adding this button to their websites, making it easier for any consumer on the web to begin following companies of interest, on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn, having such a vast database of the millions of companies in the world, we assure you, finding your company name is as easy as looking for hay in a haystack. That’s right. I accidentally came across a company named Hello which has 690 followers, seriously i never knew to this day, that there was such a company!

Coming to the part on how to add the linkedin follow button, please follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Visit this page https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/follow-company

Step 2: Type your company name in the Enter a Company name field and choose your company.

Step 3: Select a No Count button if you don’t want to display your followers, or leave as it is to boast your followers in a counter box.

Step 4: Finally click the Get Code button to receive the HTML code to be pasted on your website. Place the code wherever you would like the follow button to be displayed.

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How To: Embed a Facebook Subscribe button on your Website

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As you all know Facebook recently had launched a Subscribe feature with which you could Subscribe to a person’s public or most important updates on Facebook without the need to be his/her friend.

Just a few days ago, the social network decided to release its Subscribe button for blogs and websites too. Now you can embed the Subscribe button on your WordPress blog or any other site by simply inserting a few lines of code into a post or page. It works just like the Facebook Like button.

facebook subscribe button for websites

On clicking the Subscribe button, users will immediately get subscribed to your public updates on Facebook. This way you can increase your subscribers count easily, furthermore you can also make sure your content gets delivered to more people via Facebook.

iFrame Subscribe button:

<iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/subscribe.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fzuck&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;width=450" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>

NOTE: Please replace the red portion of the code with your Facebook Profile url and you are good to go.

XFBML Subscribe button:

The XFBML button consists of two codes, the Javascript and the actual code where you want the button to appear.

The Javascript:

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>

Make sure to insert the above code possibly in your header.php if you are on a WordPress blog.

The Code:

<fb:subscribe href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck" show_faces="true" width="450"></fb:subscribe>

NOTE: Simply replace the red portion with your Facebook profile url and insert the code where you want the button to get displayed.

If you would like to further customize your Subscribe button please head to this page and personalize it the way you want! Enjoy coding.

If you have any questions, please drop a word to us. Enjoyed this tutorial? Please comment.

YouTube now has a new look! Experience it!

How to turn on YouTube's new amazing look in 30 seconds

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YouTube has been revamped completely from scratch. The new YouTube look is very slick and amazing. I am enjoying it very much. Here is a 30 second guide to all you guys who haven’t yet got the new YouTube look in your region.

youtube-new-look-november-2011-turn-it-on-guide

Step 1: Fire up your Google Chrome or Firefox browser.

Step 2: Visit http://www.youtube.com

Step 3: Chrome users:

on Windows: press Ctrl+Shift+J to open the developer tools

on MAC: press CMD+Alt+J to open the developer tools

Firefox users:

on Windows: press Ctrl+Shift+K

on MAC: press CMD+Shift+K

Step 4: After opening developer tools on your specific browser switch to the Console tab and copy this line of code where the cursor is blinking:

            document.cookie=”VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=ST1Ti53r4fU”;

and now press Enter.

Step 5: Close the developer tools box and reload the page.

Now if you got the new look, please press the Tweet button on this post and share your joy with us. Thanks and please do comment to share your views about the new YouTube look. Do you enjoy it, or regret it? 🙂

[Source: The Verge]

How to know who unfriended you on Facebook

Take advantage of Facebook's new timeline to know who unfriended you

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With the release of the new Facebook timeline feature you must be pretty excited to use Facebook. But there are many other improvements yet to launch on the most popular social network. One of the most needed feature we all were looking for is how to get notified when someone unfriends you.

Although not available as a notification, there is a small tip for you to find out who unfriended you in a particular year with the Facebook’s new timeline! This feature is only available for the users who have activated the new Timeline. If you want a tutorial on how to activate it, proceed to this link.

Now talking about the

unfriend feature, just have a glance about these three simple steps discussed below and find out how easy it is to know who that jerk was, who was foolish enough to unfriend YOU!

  • Click a particular year in your Timeline and look for a Friends box.
  • Now click on the “Made X new friends” link. Now a popup box will open up showing all the friends you made in that year.
  • Scroll down the list. If you come across a Add Friend button in front of your Friend’s name. That denotes that he/she has already unfriended you.

Facebook Timeline Unfriend feature

We are also waiting for Facebook to release a feature which notifies you in real time when someone unfriends you, but till then this should solve your problem.

If you are looking for a browser extension which notifies you of the same then we had better suggest you to go with Mashable‘s recommended Better Facebook. Its quick to integrate, has a lot of other useful features and is free too!

Did you like this tutorial? Drop a comment and let us know your thoughts about the new Facebook timeline.

Source: Buzzfeed

How To: Block a Particular Website in StumbleUpon?

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If you are aware of the immense power of Social Bookmarking sites, then an introduction to StumbleUpon is surely a no-brainer.
However, if you don’t know much about StumbleUpon: Hear it, StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking site which beloved for the backlinks it gives and steady growth in traffic of that blog/website.

Related: tumbl.in, The StumbleUpon for twitter

Blocking a particular Blog/Website from StumbleUpon

  • You are probably used to the Thumbs down aka dislike in the StumbleUpon toolbar.
  • Next to that, there is located a small drop down button.
  • Click that, and you can see four options under the list.
  • The first option, Not for Me is the default. It is checked when you directly click on the ‘Thumbs Down’ button.
Blocking a website in Stumble Upon
Blocking a website in Stumble Upon

When you click on:

  1. Not for me: This signifies to StumbleUpon that the category just isn’t for you. But this doesn’t block the whole website from you. Let’s say, you say “Not for me” on an article about Ipad, written in mashable. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get to see an article about Twitter, from the same Mashable – It may also happen to be the very next post! 😉
  2. Report Spam: Blocks website permanently to you. Also after certain number of people have reported the website for spam, It maybe removed from the StumbleUpon directory and the user who submitted will also be banned.
  3. Duplicate Content: Need not block content. Once certain number of complaints are filed, the same action listed above is performed.
  4. Block Website: Blocks the whole website/blog only from you.

I hope this small tip could help you in some way. I’m looking forward to hear from you through comments!

Driving traffic to your Blog

How to: Maximize Your Blog’s Traffic?

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One of the useful functions of website analytic programs, like Google Analytics, is these programs allow you to monitor your traffic sources. You can often look at where your traffic is coming from via three broad categories: Direct Traffic, Search Engine / Keyword Traffic, and Referred Traffic. Read on to learn more:

Driving traffic to your Blog
Driving traffic to your Blog

Direct Traffic

Direct trafficYour direct traffic numbers are a reflection on how strong your brand truly is. If you have high numbers, then readers out there often think of you and your site as a source they trust, and so they have no hesitation about visiting your site. Because these readers are your most loyal, you don’t risk driving them away, and you can depend on them in tougher times to stand by you.

Two ways to improve your direct traffic are to have a URL that is easy to remember and to market your blog in offline venues. For the first method, you should have already thought long and hard about this, so it shouldn’t be a problem. But, if you still use a WordPress or Blogspot URL, you should immediately buy your own domain name and switch over. Related: How to build relationships with your Blog readers.
For the second method, try to come up with some neat guerilla marketing ideas: create stickers to put up around the city, and make bookmarks to hide in books related to your niche when you’re at the book store. You can do this for much cheaper than it would cost to take out an ad in the local paper.

Search Engine / Keyword Traffic

Traffic from Search EnginesPeople who come to your site via keywords and search engines don’t know what to expect sometimes. They’re looking for something specific, sure, but that makes them very picky, so you have to be able to keep their attention once they’ve arrived.

By looking at the traffic you get according to certain keywords and phrases, you can try to produce additional content that might satisfy those readers. Revisit those posts that produced good keyword traffic, and publish updated content that uses those keywords if you can. In order to make searchers happy and draw them in, give them what they want so they’ll be willing to stay around to check out your other content.

Referring Sites

Referral sitesVisitors from referring sites clicked through because they trust the site that sent them to you. They are probably a part of your niche, so you will have an easier time keeping their attention; however, your reputation is at stake if they don’t like what they find.

Treat referring sites like your friends. The best ones will send you traffic regularly, so you should give those other bloggers thanks every now and then and send traffic back their way to keep them happy. Essentially, the traffic you get from referring sites is a testament to the strength of the blogging community of which you are a part.

Related:
The secret of driving flocks of traffic from Twitter

Editor’s note:
This is a guest post contributed by Kitty Holman, who writes on the topics of nursing schools.  If you’d like to write for us, read the guest posting guidelines.

Screensaver with Defrag tool? WTF?

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Here is an awesome tool for those who are too lazy to manually defrag. The tool is a screensaver which not only looks good but works awesome too.  And moreover its free. 🙂

This is a great tool by Auslogics the same people who made hit products like Auslogics Boost Speed.

STEPS:

  1. Download and Install Auslogics Disk Defrag Screen Saver.
  2. Right Click on the desktop and go to personalize (Windows 7). Other users need to find screen saver option.
  3. Click Screen saver and browse for Auslogics Disck Defrag.
  4. Set The time and enable the screen saver.
  5. You are done. Now when your PC is idle it will be automatically defragmating.

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