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Can I Change my Facebook URL?

Posted on September 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

We are asked this simple question quite often. The answer for pages is NO. Once you have set a “vanity” URL it can’t be changed or transferred. The answer for your Facebook profile is YES*. The asterisk is telling you there’s a catch…you can only change your account profile URL once. One time. Here’s how:

  1. Open the Account dropdown menu at the top right corner of Facebook and choose Account Settings.
  2. Click the Edit link next to Username.
  3. Type your new username in the open field and click Save Changes.

If you have a Facebook page, and have not yet set your username, take a few minutes to do so here: http://facebook.com/username.

Maybe someday, changing URLs will be an option, but for now, Facebook’s settings mean you have to be sure that the URL you choose is the one you absolutely want — goes without saying, make sure it’s spelled correctly.

You might be wondering about the page title as well…can you change that? Yes, but only if the page currently has under 100 likes.

Happy Facebooking!

-Dan

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Easily Make A #Foursquare Business Page

Posted on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment

Our time spent with Foursquare has been like many relationships. We fell very hard at first, felt smothered, and then we left. We loved the idea of dating someone new Foursquare, one of the first Apps to integrate social media with your smartphone that made excellent use of GPS technology. We were checking in while we picked up our laundry, eating an Indian buffet at lunch, and we even had a location for our home. Foursquare began feeling like a chore.

Does your business need to create a foursquare page? Mashable reports that:

Foursquare business pages are no longer limited to large brands with the money and clout to buy Foursquare’s limited and in-demand dev resources. Business pages are now self-serve…Now, any business can create a free Foursquare business page, enabling it to customize a branded page where fans can “follow” the brand and unlock its tips.

Are we going to recommend that all our clients create a Foursquare page? Not yet, but it couldn’t hurt to try it out for yourself, especially if you have a business with a physical addresses or perhaps your a manufacturer that wants to start a retail promo campaign. But it is too early to see if it will be worthwhile.

We will be monitoring things closely to see what happens now that Foursquare has opened this new opportunity for businesses. After all, doesn’t love deserve a second chance?

For more information please visit here.

-Andy TWW

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Facebook for Business Arrives

Posted on July 28, 2011 | Leave a comment

We remember six or so years ago when people found it funny that a company might have a Facebook page for it’s employees to communicate. Maybe it was a Fortune 500 that started one for it’s consumers. It just seemed that Facebook was more Hannah Montana than Warren Buffet.

Cut to present day and Facebook has grown up and gone all sorts of pro, unlike the Myspace and Friendster counterparts. Are there businesses out there that still don’t think they need to be on Facebook? Yes…but at least some of those who were holding off are finally coming around. If that’s you, you should check out “Facebook for Business”.

Facebook for Business “provides step-by-step guidance for how to best use Facebook’s marketing tools,” a company rep says. Such tools include Pages, Ads, Deals, social plugins and Sponsored Stories. Mashable quotes a rep in this article: “Though Facebook is sought after by marketers, many have found the process of buying ads on the network complex, which has spawned a network of third-party agencies that specialize in placing ads on the network. With the site, Facebook hopes to offer more of a helping hand. We want to inspire small businesses by seeing how other businesses have found success on Facebook by sharing their stories.”

To get started, visit: http://www.facebook.com/business.

-Andy TWW

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