UPDATED March 2015 Why are my Facebook Page Likes Decreasing? The sky is falling!!! Facebook are removing Page likes. Panic not! Facebook are once again purging their platform. In a recent change, Facebook are updating the way Likes are counted by removing deactivated and memorialised accounts. Decreasing Likes Is A Good Thing Removing inactive accounts from […]
Facebook Machine Gun Marketing: Step Away From The Update…
I have to ask because I am genuinely interested and no one has yet given me a straight answer… As a small business owner, does posting your ads and special offers to a multitude of Facebook groups, pages and walls actually bring results. And if yes, what is the return on your time and effort, […]
Create Facebook Cover Images The Easy Way
Easy Facebook Cover Graphics If you are like me, creating Facebook cover images is not the easiest thing in the world! I found this nifty tool a couple of days ago and recommend you give it a try. If I can use it, there’s hope for everyone! Timeline Slicer Pro helps you to create Facebook […]
How to Install The Facebook Recommendations Bar
The New Recommendations Bar Earlier this week, Facebook announced a new recommendation bar. There’s been a recommendations box around for a while now. The bar is different… You’ll see the new Facebook “bar” pop up in a little while down on the right corner. At the moment it’s a nice, unintrusive like button. As you […]
How Not To Run A Facebook Ad Campaign – A Lesson From The BBC
I’ve been watching with interest the Facebook Ad fake likes story reported over on the BBC online technology channel. I’d love to know how anyone with obviously no clue how things work can run not one but three stories (so far) on reported fake likes from Facebook ads. I’m not going to jump in and […]
Facebook Ads – Avoiding the Telemarketer Lies and How To Start Your Own Campaign
Yesterdays blog, How Not To Promote Your Business On Facebook took the conversation in a bit of an unexpected direction over on MLBO Facebook Page. The spotlight turned to Facebook Ads and the spate of random telemarketing calls claiming to be calling on behalf of Facebook. I am sick of getting calls from people claiming […]
How Not To Promote Your Business On Facebook
In my previous post, I covered the three essential elements to promote your local business online. To recap they are: A website Google Places (Now Google +Local) Citations Many small business owners I speak to are resistant to investing in a website because they promote their business on Facebook. It’s “free” after all and don’t […]