Is there a How to Use Facebook tutorial?

by Barbara Eyre

Posted: 15 years ago 13 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I've been on Facebook for a long while. However, I don't use it much because:

1) It runs so darn slow!

2) It's hard to find one's way around.

3) How do you use it to market/brand yourself, etc?

4) What other features am I neglecting to find/use?

I know I'm not utilizing Facebook to even half it's potential ... but I'm having trouble figuring things out there.

Heck, I can't even tell people what the URL to my profile is! :confused:

#facebook #tutorial

ExtremeIM 15 years ago

I completely disagree.

It's very fast, easy to use, etc.

For marketing... you need an app to really do well.
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Prozerran 15 years ago

Facebook is awesome. I like to think of it as the 21st Century version of AOL, only with much more potential. The way I plan to use it, eventually, is in creating business pages for free and keeping in contact with customers who purchase from my websites via IM. There are a lot of useful plugins for Facebook as well. I use Pidgen, which is an instant messenger that manages AOL Instant Messenger, Facebook Messenger, and a whole host of other direct chat programs. Facebook also comes with a chatroom feature, so you can carry on actual group discussions about your products and/or services.

I don't know, I think that's powerful enough. I haven't even figured out all of its useful tricks for making money yet.
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- Barbara Eyre 15 years ago
  
  Ok, so how do you find these plugins?
  
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  LindseyInteractive 15 years ago
  
  To be honest. Facebook has recently updated their entire engine, and it seems to have been made a bit more difficult to use for first time users.
  
  Use google, and search specific topics, and they have good information for you to find what you are looking for.
  
  Also, Facebook has a very nice HELP section that helps you to understand the information you are having troubles with.
  
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  Prozerran 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Barbara Eyre
  
  Ok, so how do you find these plugins?
  
  Like SIS said, you've gotta look for them. Pidgen is simple to find and install from searching on Google.
  
  I guess you'd call it an application, not a plug in. At any rate, there are many applications out there that make using social media sites more manageable. Twirl is an application that allows you to update Twitter with Tweets without requiring you to go to Twitter's website. You also receive tweets as well.
  
  There are all sorts of little things out there. I like Ed Dale's 30DayChallenge for all the little things you can do with Twitter and ways to automate a lot of the work like following other members of Twitter. There is an application (I can't remember what it is called, haven't installed it yet) that automatically follows people on Twitter. If they don't start following you after a specified amount of time, you stop following them. It apparently helps with trying to build a group of followers.
  
  I'm waiting for the application that applies 'Tweet Relevance' to this. I'd download the app that searches Twitter and follows only users who have tweeted specific topics. That way, I get followers who have an interest in what I tweet about and pay attention to me
  
  I like attention.
  
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  Shannon Herod 15 years ago
  
  I have to agree with the OP. I find Facebook slow and hard to understand. I rarely use it, but I do have an account with many friends. I update my status through TweetDeck. But, other than that I really do not use it.
  
  I would probably use it more if I knew what the heck I was doing.
  
  So, like the original poster asked... does anyone have any tutorials?
  
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pdrw07 15 years ago

I agree that FB is slow and hard to understand. I use it only for chat with my friends hehe.. And play poker..
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msoon2k 15 years ago

runs pretty fast for me here. I have FB running on my iPhone as well and it's pretty handy. It's got huge potential for IM
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seanb007 15 years ago

Hi Guys,

For those of you looking for a complete step by step video tutorial guide to using facebook for everything from branding, making money, different applications like using html and opt in forms on your profile, adding music, customizing your profile background, how to create groups, pages, events and pretty much anything else go to

Facebook Tutorials

It even teaches you affiliate marketing and how to make money using facebook. Definately worth a look.

Sean
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Cousin_Lucky 15 years ago

Hi Barbara,

" 3) How do you use it to market/brand yourself, etc?"

View your Facebook profile like a combination curriculum vitae and first time customer's brochure. Just tell your story and you'll do fine. Then, join a few Facebook groups related to your business or market, read, reply, and make friends, and give the people what they want.

If you're having trouble with the technical aspects of Facebook (!), I suggest bribing a teenage geek. The girlfriend's freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies have worked well in the past.

Hope this helps,

Cousin Lucky
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Jdub840 15 years ago

Facebook is quite difficult for internet marketing. There are other things also that are bit complected and creates different. I have had hard time with Facebook.
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Barbara Eyre 15 years ago

Glad I wasn't the only one having problems with Facebook.

I can't figure out how to get to Groups and Pages, unless someone provides me a link to their Group or Page. There's no links anywhere on that site to anything! It's very un-user friendly because their navigation stinks.
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SaSeoPete 15 years ago

The way I see it you can use Facebook in two ways. You can try and make money off of it or you can just use it to keep in touch with your friends.

I really can't understand people finding it hard to use. It's pretty damn straight forward.

As far as making money off of it is concerned, ExtremeIM is dead right, Apps are the way to go.

Personally I just use it to keep in touch, but I would like to venture into apps this year sometime.

To answer your question, the problem with creating a "how to" guide would be that they keep changing the user interface so you would have to keep it up to date.
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