He’s volunteered to give away a copy of his recent book, FBML Essentials , to two readers. Here are some tips you can apply to your Facebook marketing strategy that will put your Facebook Page leaps and bounds ahead of the competition: Maximize Your Avatar Visibility Profile pictures on Facebook can have a maximum size of 200×600 pixels. Scroll down to the end of the post for details on how to win. Marketers love Facebook. If you had any doubt, just go on over to their stats page and see for yourself why it is something you want as part of your marketing strategy. MORE >>

Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. don’t need to see the same message from you on Twitter, FriendFeed, your Google Talk status, your Facebook feed, and on your dog’s scrolling LED collar. Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases. Many call this spam. Abusing group invites. MORE >>

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. Do you or any of your readers know how to do this? While my personal one is not “secret&# per se, and even has the same avatar/photo as my professional one, I find it much more useful to compartmentalize, both for following others and being followed. I’m not sure there’s much “in-between.&# I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. promote good content. Sports! MORE >>

Your avatar picture shouldn’t be a logo. Unless you’re a fictional character, more often than not, your avatar should be you. It feels creepy friending a four year old kid (avatar). Links do matter to Google and to the people you care about. If you’re reading in Google Reader, sharing is as simple as “[SHIFT] S&# and that goes to everyone who reads your shared items. I receive a lot of questions about various points of etiquette with regards to social media. You’re very welcome to add to these in the comments. Just leave. MORE >>

Make sure you open up   Disqus and  Gravatar accounts for blog comments – Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatar, so that your brand is being represented uniformly across the social media universe. Use a good blog searching tool like Technorati or Google Blog Search to find industry specific blogs. Tip: Use a RSS reader tool to pull in these industry specific blogs – I like Google reader but there are other options available. It was my extreme honor to be a guest in yesterday’s tele-seminar with the International Social Media Association (ISMA). MORE >>