Facebook Me! A Guide to Socializing, Sharing, and Promoting on Facebook
With more than 500 million active users around the world and still growing steadily, Facebook is more than just another social media site. In the words of author Dave Awl, Facebook is “the new town square”—the place where people gather to discuss the news of the day as well as share what’s going on in their lives. And Facebook can actually be a useful business tool as well as a great way to promote creative projects.
Facebook and Philosophy is an entertaining, multi-faceted exploration of what Facebook means for us and for our relationships. With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to "friending," to the (debatable) efficacy of "online activism," this book is the most extensive and systematic attempt to understand Facebook yet. And with plenty of new perspectives on Twitter and Web 2.0 along the way, this fun, thought-provoking book is a serious and significant contribution for anyone working with social media, whether in academia, journalism, public relations, activism, or business. (perhaps worse yet) the death of our desire for privacy?
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
Added by: isabeljimenez | Karma: 1202.60 | Fiction literature | 8 January 2011
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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World
How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? Kirkpatrick shows how Zuckerberg steadfastly refused to compromise his vision, insistently focusing on growth over profits and preaching that Facebook must dominate (his word) communication on the Internet. In the process, he and a small group of key executives have created a company that has changed social life in the United States and elsewhere, a company that has become a ubiquitous presence in marketing, altering politics, business, and even our sense of our own identity. This is the Facebook Effect.
There are many ways to market with Facebook. Most of these ways are totally free and some ways are paid forms of advertising.
In the first part of this special report I am going to show you step by step how you can use all my top free marketing methods to drive traffic on Facebook. After that I am going to discuss how you can market effectively with Facebook Ads, which is probably the most targeted form of traffic on the Internet currently.
Facebook started out as a social network for high school and college kids. But now grown-ups like you are getting connected, too–even if you use Facebook much differently than your kids do. If you’re a grown-up looking to join the Facebook bandwagon, Facebook for Grown-Ups is just the guide you need. You’ll learn how to use Facebook to reconnect with old friends and family members and keep them up-to-date on what’s happening in your life.
