Monday Funday: January in Review

The first Friday of each month, I do a quick article reviewing topics from the previous month, including links to the articles, breaking it down by platform and theme as well as providing a link to read the full article.  Unfortunately, while I started the article on Friday, I didn't get to finish it till Sunday night, so it's not going up till Monday. A wee bit late.

As always, I'm glad to answer questions folks have and look forward to more questions coming my way.

The Monday Search - These are the job listings I posted each week.

• The Monday Search: Job Listings Current as of 01/05/2015 
• The Monday Search: Job Listings as of 01/11/2015
• The Monday Search: Job Listings as of 01/19/2015
• The Monday Search: Job Listings as of 01/26/2015

Tuesday Tips: All

• Jan. 20: Tuesday Tips: Don't Give Up - A brief discussion about not giving up on social media even if it seems like what you are doing isn't working. Remember it takes time to build a brand, build followers and build followers who engage and interact. Give it time.
• Jan. 27: Tuesday Tips: Watch and learn - Another quick tip, which relates to all social media platforms, is sometimes to sit back, watch and learn how the platforms work and what engages people the most. Sometimes watching and learning is your best bet to learn as you go.

Tuesday Tips: Facebook

• Jan. 6: Tuesday Tips: How to Learn More About Facebook Changes - A guide to learning about all the recent changes to facebook.
• Jan. 13: Tuesday Tips: Articles Explaining Facebook's Changes - An article linking to all the articles that cover Facebook's changes. 

Wednesday Words: All

• Jan. 7: Wednesday Words: Social Media Policy - Does your company have a social media policy? If so, do you know what it is? If not, do you need one?  Learn more about social media policy via this article.
• Jan. 14: Wednesday Words: Social Influencer - Learn about social influencers and why they are important.

Wednesday Words: Google+

• Jan. 28: Wednesday Words: Extended circles - You know about Google+'s circles, but what are extended circles?  Hint: It's kinda like friends of friends on Facebook.

Wednesday Words: Twitter

• Jan. 21: Wednesday Words: Twitterverse - Welcome to the Twitterverse - a universe of tweets and twitterers. 

Thursday Tutorials: Facebook

• Jan. 8: Thursday Tutorials: How to Create a Milestone on Your Page - A quick how to guide on creating a milestone for your Facebook fanpage.
• Jan. 15: Thursday Tutorials: Adding Apps to Your Facebook Page - A quick how to guide on how to add apps to your Facebook page.
• Jan. 22: Thursday Tutorial: Changing the Order of Sections on Your Page's Timeline - A quick how to guide on changing the order of sections on your Facebook Fanpage's timeline.
• Jan. 29: Thursday Tutorials: Changing Order of Tabs on Your Facebook Page - A quick how to guide on changing the order of the tabs on your Facebook Fanpage's timeline.

Other Posts

• Jan. 1: Happy New Year! - A quick New Year's message. Nothing special.
• Jan. 9: Friday Facts: 7 P's Of Social Media Marketing That Drive Results - Links to an infographic of same title found on Pinterest.
• Jan. 10: Saturday Sharing: 5 Social Media Studies That Can Make Your Social Media Marketing Strategy Better- Links to an infographic of same title found on Pinterest.
• Jan. 16: Friday Facts: 21 Rules for Effective Social Media Marketing Strategies- Links to an infographic of same title found on Pinterest.
• Jan. 17: Saturday Sharing: 10 Steps to Creating a Winning Social Media Strategy- Links to an infographic of same title found on Pinterest.
• Jan. 23: Friday Facts: How To Convert Traffic From Social Media Into Sales
• Jan. 30: Friday Facts: The History and Power of #Hashtags- Links to an infographic of same title found on Pinterest.
• Jan. 30: Social Media Marketing: Tips and Hints All Time Blog Stats - A look at the most popular posts for this blog for the past year.

Thanks for reading!  Posts will continue to roll out this month and on-going.  Please leave any comments, questions, etc. in the comment section below!

First Friday: The Month of February Review

The first Friday of each month, I do a quick article reviewing topics from the previous month, including links to the articles, breaking it down by platform and theme as well as providing a link to read the full article.

As always, I'm glad to answer questions folks have and look forward to more questions coming my way.

Tuesday Tips: All

• Feb. 18: Choose Your Images Wisely - This post discusses why it's important to pick good images for your Facebook profile, cover images, avatars as well as for posts and other social media.

Tuesday Tips: Facebook

• Feb. 4: Schedule Posts - A reminder that scheduling posts can help keep your page active without making you post new content every day.  
• Feb. 11: Like Content As Yourself - Liking your content you post as yourself instead of your page counts as interaction and engagement.  So do it.

Tuesday Tips: Google +

• Feb. 25: Format Your Posts in G+ - Tips on how to bold, emphasize, and strikeout text in Google+ posts.

Wednesday Words: Facebook

• Feb. 12: People Talking About This (PTAT) - An explanation of what this statistic means on Facebook and why it is important to you.
• Feb. 19: Avatar - Definitely not the blue aliens from the movie Avatar.  This talks about the image used in the tiny square on Twitter, Facebook and other locations.

Wednesday Words: Google+

• Feb. 26: Circles - We threw in a Google Word this month - Circles - which is basically the way you sort your friends on Google+.

Wednesday Words: Twitter

• Feb. 5: Follow Friday - Just what is #ff?  If you don't know, this post explains it.

Thursday Tutorials: Facebook

• Feb. 6: How to Schedule Posts via Facebook - This is a step by step tutorial explaining how to schedule posts using the post interface via Facebook pages.  A useful thing to learn how to do.
• Feb. 13: How to Change From Using Facebook as Your Page to Your Profile - Per an article above saying you should like your page's content as yourself, this guide explains just how to do that - as some people didn't know how to change from liking as their page.
• Feb. 20: How to Find The Info for Optimizing Posts - Information on how to find statistics so you can figure out what times of the day are optimal for creating posts so they will be seen by more fans.

Other Posts

• Feb. 7: Nifty Infographic with Sizes for Social Media Graphics - This article links to a very useful infographic that I now have bookmarked because it tells me what dimensions are needed for every form of Social Media graphic spot.  Good stuff to know.
• Feb. 14: The Hard Truth About How The Facebook News Feed Works Now - Another good article linked from this article talking about what's changed with the Facebook Feed since December.
• Feb. 21: How 6 Hours of Social Media Marketing Can Increase Your Sales - Another article being linked to that explains how just as little as six hours of social media marketing can increase your sales.  A must read for anyone marking sales in social media.
• Feb. 22: Weekend Sessions - Answering questions on whether or not Facebook pages are tied to a specific admin's account, can admins charge other admins for ads and more.  Some good to know info in this weekend post.
• Feb. 24: The Monday Search: Social Media Job Openings Available as of 2/24/14 - A list of social media job openings for those seeking jobs.

Thanks for reading!  Posts will continue to roll out this month and on-going.  Please leave any comments, questions, etc. in the comment section below!

Weekend Sessions: You Have Questions...I Have Answers

I've had a few questions pop up related to Facebook pages.  As I have nothing planned to post on Saturdays - but the number of hits the blog gets drastically drops over the weekend because of no posts - I figured today would be a good day to answer one of those questions.

There seems to be a lot of confusion over Facebook pages and admin ownership, and more importantly, about pages being tied to Facebook admin profiles and their PayPal Accounts.

There will be more guides and tutorials regarding Page Admins and what they can/cannot do, but first, I'll explain the link between page admins, pages and PayPal.

Anyone can create a page and add people who are their friends as Admins to that page.  The original page creator can add PayPal or a credit card to pay for promotion fees.  HOWEVER, other admins CANNOT use those payment methods to run campaigns.  Each admin has to put in their own payment information and they are individually charged for any campaigns they run.

So for an admin to "delete a page" because the page is "tied to their Facebook profile and PayPal account" is a bunch of BS.  They can remove their self as admin, then it is no longer tied to them.  If they do this without other admins, it will delete the page.  But if there are other admins on the page, deleting their self as admin will not delete the page.

So, ultimately, other admins cannot charge promotions to your credit card or your PayPal.  Each admin/manager is separate.  They must pay for their own promotions for their page.  They cannot see statistics for promotions any other admin has paid for, nor can any admin see the statistics for what they paid for.

Hope that clears things up.

Weekend sessions are blog posts that occur sporadically on the weekends and answer questions that have been submitted to the author.