Check out these links for more information on how to maintain a successful facebook fan page!
http://www.openforum.com/articles/social-media-for-business-2012-how-to-maintain-a-stellar-facebook-fan-page
http://www.facebook.com/help?page=168617716530627
http://www.facebook.com/events/324158702041/
http://www.blogher.com/how-create-maintain-facebook-fan-page
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243138/how_to_promote_and_maintain_your_facebook_business_page.html
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
People to follow
Check out these people on twitter and follow them!
Professionals in my field of study
@BKWaring
@timwpatterson
@juanitokey
@ambsparagus
@davidmccaman
@jasonrussell
@lifepointsending
@dustindozier
@svandyke39
@DaleBraswell
Non- MTSU Students in my field of study
@AshleyFricks
@TheThaneMan
@Staciashew10
@justinmorton
@TiffanyHolland
@bobbybailey
@brandontomlin
@kyletanner
@jaredshingleton
@scottiemills
ORCO Professionals
@bwkaminh
I'm still working on building this section... I need to find more ORCO professionals! If you're reading this and you're one, let me know and I'll follow you!
Social Media Blogs
@socialmediablog
@PR_Couture
@socialmediaclub
@TNWsocialmedia
@socialmedia2day
@socialmediaweek
@ABCDsocialmedia
@mashable
@socialmediajobs
@socialguide
Local entrepreneurs
@lifept
@funtrepreneur
@theIDEAPot
@BCUEntrepreneur
MTSU Organizations
@MTSUnews
@mtsualert
@mtsu_
@MTathletics
@MTCareerCenter
@MTSUGOLF
@MTSUGreeks
@MTAlumni
@MTSUsidelines
@MTSU
Professionals in my field of study
@BKWaring
@timwpatterson
@juanitokey
@ambsparagus
@davidmccaman
@jasonrussell
@lifepointsending
@dustindozier
@svandyke39
@DaleBraswell
Non- MTSU Students in my field of study
@AshleyFricks
@TheThaneMan
@Staciashew10
@justinmorton
@TiffanyHolland
@bobbybailey
@brandontomlin
@kyletanner
@jaredshingleton
@scottiemills
ORCO Professionals
@bwkaminh
I'm still working on building this section... I need to find more ORCO professionals! If you're reading this and you're one, let me know and I'll follow you!
Social Media Blogs
@socialmediablog
@PR_Couture
@socialmediaclub
@TNWsocialmedia
@socialmedia2day
@socialmediaweek
@ABCDsocialmedia
@mashable
@socialmediajobs
@socialguide
Local entrepreneurs
@lifept
@funtrepreneur
@theIDEAPot
@BCUEntrepreneur
MTSU Organizations
@MTSUnews
@mtsualert
@mtsu_
@MTathletics
@MTCareerCenter
@MTSUGOLF
@MTSUGreeks
@MTAlumni
@MTSUsidelines
@MTSU
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Facebook page vs. group for ORCO
Facebook pages and groups have many different pros and cons that should be look at when trying to decide to start a Facebook page or group.
Facebook groups: can be set to open it to a particular network (such as a university), more for personal interaction among members, extension of your personal actions, as long as it's under 5,000 members the administrators can send out messages to the group, more control over the group (like a private club), create events, great for personal level for similar interaction around a cause.
Facebook pages: mostly used to connect with brands, famous people, businesses, the ability to have friends, can add pictures, have walls so fans can post on it, doesn't list the names of the admins, send updates to fans through the page wall, can restrict page to certain ages and locations, can create events, great for businesses who want to interact with fans or customers without using a personal account.
There are also certain guidelines that must be followed when using a page or a group.
For instance, everyone can join a page but certain people can choose to join the group or not, depending on the level of interaction they want with other ORCO people.
Our Social Media Group thinks ORCO should start a facebook fan page and a group since both have great pros!
http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/facebook-page-vs-group/
Facebook groups: can be set to open it to a particular network (such as a university), more for personal interaction among members, extension of your personal actions, as long as it's under 5,000 members the administrators can send out messages to the group, more control over the group (like a private club), create events, great for personal level for similar interaction around a cause.
Facebook pages: mostly used to connect with brands, famous people, businesses, the ability to have friends, can add pictures, have walls so fans can post on it, doesn't list the names of the admins, send updates to fans through the page wall, can restrict page to certain ages and locations, can create events, great for businesses who want to interact with fans or customers without using a personal account.
There are also certain guidelines that must be followed when using a page or a group.
For instance, everyone can join a page but certain people can choose to join the group or not, depending on the level of interaction they want with other ORCO people.
Our Social Media Group thinks ORCO should start a facebook fan page and a group since both have great pros!
http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/facebook-page-vs-group/
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Starbucks Coffee and Facebook
In my opinion, Starbucks is one organization that does a great job at using Facebook in an exemplary and successful professional manner to get their brand out there!
Starbucks in number six on fanpagelist.com's list of top brands on Facebook.
Starbucks Coffee has 29,207,842 likes on on their facebook page and 2,232,668 followers on twitter!
Everyday I see some sort of tweet from Starbucks coffee promoting a new drink, showing an awesome pic from instagram, or a tweet just to say have a great day! I have never seen a status update on their facebook page that has been negative or "unprofessional". They are always encouraging and insightful!
Being as I am addicted to coffee, I love to be in the know of what's going on in the Starbucks world! They are a great example of a company who is taking advantage of social networking sites to get their brand and name out there!
Like Starbucks facebook page here and follow them on twitter here!
Starbucks in number six on fanpagelist.com's list of top brands on Facebook.
Starbucks Coffee has 29,207,842 likes on on their facebook page and 2,232,668 followers on twitter!
Everyday I see some sort of tweet from Starbucks coffee promoting a new drink, showing an awesome pic from instagram, or a tweet just to say have a great day! I have never seen a status update on their facebook page that has been negative or "unprofessional". They are always encouraging and insightful!
Being as I am addicted to coffee, I love to be in the know of what's going on in the Starbucks world! They are a great example of a company who is taking advantage of social networking sites to get their brand and name out there!
Like Starbucks facebook page here and follow them on twitter here!
Zuckerberg's "The Social Graph"
Have you been wondering what Mark Zuckerberg's "the social graph" is all about? If so, take a look at Dan Farbers article "Facebook's Zuckerberg uncorks the social graph" on DZ Net.com.
Farber explains that Facebook is doubling in size every six months and has over 100,000 users per day!
Zuckerberg attributed the power of Facebook to the “social graph, ” the
network of connections and relationships between people on the service.
He said, “It’s the reason Facebook works.” says Dan Farber from ZD Net.
Zuckerberg explains that “As Facebook adds more and more people with more and more connections it
continues growing and becomes more useful at a faster rate. We are
going to use it spread information through the social graph.” The net
effect of the social graph is that groups and application can achieve
exponential growth, says Zuckerberg.
By creating this "social graph" facebook has opened up endless ways for people to organize and do business. As Farber explained with a controlled environment like Facebook one can leverage the huge network of people and allows for targeted innovation.
People and businesses are now using facebook to reach their target audiences. For example, when Starbucks makes a status update it shows up in my newsfeed. Using facebook as a networking tool to get your company's name out there is not only smart but efficient. People spend a large part of there day surfing social networking sites and the more company's go to where the people are the more people will see the company's stuff!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
In
the past I used facebook for personal things only. I used it to connect with
friends I had not seen in a long time or friends I had met abroad. I travel a
lot and facebook was a great way to keep in touch with people when I returned
home. It was a great tool for just that.
However,
within the past year I have used it a lot more for work. I currently work at
LifePoint Church as their Sending (missions) intern. I use my facebook to get
information out there about upcoming trips people can sign up for. Being the
sending intern I am leading our student internship process. We are sending nine
college students to Bangkok, Thailand and three college students to Sao Paulo,
Brazil this summer. I now use facebook as the main form of communication with
those twelve interns. Since they are all on facebook already, it has worked
great to get information to them quickly.
Being
the sending intern I also manage the LifePoint Sending facebook page. I update
this on a weekly basis with information about sending and how to pray for
people and how to get involved locally and globally. I think facebook is a
great source of social media to help me accomplish the things I need to at this
time in my life.
ORCO Communication Professionals
Today there are many organizational communication professionals that use social media to spread awareness of their company, programs and stories.
LifePoint Church, whom I work for, is one example of organizational professionals who take advantage of social media. The social media outlet LifePoint uses the most, other than their website, is twitter. If there are any events or news to get out to the church they tweet about it. Since twitter is one of the fastest growing social networking sites this works great for them!
Another non-profit that I think does a great job at using social media to get the word out about their ministry. ONE less ministries missions is: One less orphan, one less victim of human trafficking, one less victim of sexual exploitation, and one less victim of poverty. The social media outlet ONE less uses the most is their facebook page. Courtney Bartemus, the founder of ONE less, is great at keeping their facebook page up to date on things going on in their organization.
Brittany and Witt Kaminh use blogger to share their life story while living in Bangkok, Thailand. Blogger is another social media site people use to get word out about their work. On their blog they write about their everyday lives in BKK. They are missionaries that work for the LifePoint Bangkok campus.
I plan to follow what ONE less ministries and the Kaminhs are doing through their social media networks. I absolutely love that our world is so connected through social media these days.
LifePoint Church, whom I work for, is one example of organizational professionals who take advantage of social media. The social media outlet LifePoint uses the most, other than their website, is twitter. If there are any events or news to get out to the church they tweet about it. Since twitter is one of the fastest growing social networking sites this works great for them!
Another non-profit that I think does a great job at using social media to get the word out about their ministry. ONE less ministries missions is: One less orphan, one less victim of human trafficking, one less victim of sexual exploitation, and one less victim of poverty. The social media outlet ONE less uses the most is their facebook page. Courtney Bartemus, the founder of ONE less, is great at keeping their facebook page up to date on things going on in their organization.
Brittany and Witt Kaminh use blogger to share their life story while living in Bangkok, Thailand. Blogger is another social media site people use to get word out about their work. On their blog they write about their everyday lives in BKK. They are missionaries that work for the LifePoint Bangkok campus.
I plan to follow what ONE less ministries and the Kaminhs are doing through their social media networks. I absolutely love that our world is so connected through social media these days.
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