08.10.11 | posted by btrandolph

customize twitter feed for facebook pages

more and more businesses are creating facebook pages to engage with their customers (and yeah, to sell stuff too). businesses and organizations then face the challenge of populating that page with a regular stream of new content. one option? “cross-pollinate” twitter. if the business and/or its employees have a twitter presence, that content can flow into the facebook page. on the other hand, we’ve all seen less successful versions of this on geeky friends’ profile pages.

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Here are a few ways to get the tweets you want, where you want them, on your facebook page.

twitter’s own facebook application

twitter has an application on facebook that provides a two-way connection between the services. that is, your twitter messages show [read more...]

05.13.10 | posted by btrandolph

the facebook dilemma - damned if you do

I realized why I was torn. making all my information available to anyone? so not good. making my information available to businesses that want to sell me stuff in order to save us both time? golden. don’t get me wrong. I still think facebook’s privacy shenanigans stink, and I worry about the potential for abuse with younger consumers. but I think the instant personalization concept is an enormous win for businesses and [read more...]

04.06.10 | posted by btrandolph

facebook privacy, 2010 edition

one of my first posts on the qualified yes was on using facebook privacy settings to prevent public humiliation – or maybe just an awkward conversation. big changes have come to facebbok, and I have been remiss on keeping my readers up to date. here’s a post to correct [read more...]

03.31.10 | posted by btrandolph

Facebook Killing 'Become A Fan,' Embracing 'Like' (via ClickZ)

According to a confidential e-mail sent to ad agencies today, the social media site will change the “Become A Fan” button to read “Like” within the next few weeks. why does this matter? It marks another step in facebook’s transformation from a purely social entity to one with more commercial [read more...]

12.20.09 | posted by btrandolph

facebook doth protest too much

facebook has its reasons for encouraging users to share personal information. in fact, it makes sense for many people. however, a new popup is just one of the tactics the company is using to persuade users that cross the line from disingenuous to [read more...]

12.15.09 | posted by btrandolph

guilt by association? keeping your facebook friend list private

facebook’s privacy setting changes: my series on what they mean for users. this one is about hiding your friend [read more...]

12.14.09 | posted by btrandolph

selective status updates: facebook privacy

the privacy setting changes facebook was talking about have come to pass. first in a series of posts on the good, the bad and the [read more...]

12.09.09 | posted by btrandolph

privacy gets all in your facebook

today mashable reports that the promised “pushed” privacy efforts are underway. that is to say, rather than waiting for users to go set their own privacy levels, the site is basically putting the options in front of users, offering recommendations, [read more...]

12.01.09 | posted by btrandolph

facebook ceo announcement on privacy 12.01.09

facebook acknowledges that basing privacy policy on shared networks is no longer adequate for its user and plans to (1) revamp its current settings; and (2) actively work with users to help them get the right settings for their [read more...]

09.12.09 | posted by btrandolph

facebook users: a bit older, and on the move

what do the changing demographics mean for facebook users? for the growing number of businesses and organizations seeking to use the service to communicate with those users? read [read more...]

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