Janet Fouts

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Facebook Metrics Update

Janet Fouts

We’ve been saying for years that the quality of the content your produce is more important than quantity, and it seems Facebook agrees. Affinity is affected by how users interact with your content. Likes, comments, shares and clicks are all ways to show affinity. For example a comment has more weight than a like.

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Marketers are freaking out about Facebook

Janet Fouts

It’s a bit long, but here are some highlights from his post : “…recently we’ve gotten feedback from our community that public content — posts from businesses, brands and media — is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.” The effects of this announcement.

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There Is No Free Social Media For Business

Janet Fouts

Blogs were in their infancy and we used bulletin boards and comment streams on posts to communicate with our user-base and we loved every second of it. Businesses flocked to both networks and created free accounts to market their wares as well as paying a nominal fee to get their content in front of interested users.

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Marketers- Stop multi-tasking social media

Janet Fouts

We all *think* we’re doing great when the Twitter alerts are rolling, Email’s pinging, Facebook is always open and your RSS feeds are pushing you new content to share. You’ll learn more and your comments and shares will be more thoughtful. If it works (or if it doesn’t) tell me in the comments!

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Could a lot of fans hurt your Facebook page?

Janet Fouts

check your Edgerank here ) To put it simply Facebook looks at how many friends you have for your Facebook page, how many times your friends have interacted with your posts (share, liked, commented), The algorithm runs and checks to see if there is an affinity between you and each fan. Have you commented on something they posted?

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Google+ Tips and Tricks

Janet Fouts

Make sure you add links to your other networks, your blog and your syndicated content ( here’s how ). comment on your posts go to your phone. If you get one for every time anybody comments it will drive you bats. You can disable comments or re shares, but only after the post is added. Fill out your about section.

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Who will win the video app wars?

Janet Fouts

If I was completely independent or establishing my personal brand, yes, they’re fun and yes, I could even put out consistent content such as answering questions, etc. It can be a bit disconcerting when your video gets hijacked by the comments. However, my professional role has evolved. “– Frank Strong.

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