Facebook – Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from the same people lately?

Sunday, May 29th, 2011 at 6:50 pm

Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from the same people lately? Have you also noticed that when you post things like status messages, photos and links, the same circle of people are commenting and you are not hearing from anyone else?
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…The problem is that a large chunk of your contact list can’t see anything you post and here’s why:

The “New Facebook” has a newsfeed setting that by default is a……..automatically set to show ONLY posts from people you’ve recently interacted with or have interacted the most with (which would be limited to the couple of weeks just before people started switching to the “new profile”). So, in other words, for both business and personal pages, unless you or your friends/fans commented on one anothers posts within those couple of weeks – you are now invisible to them and they are invisible to you!!

HERE’S THE FIX:
On your homepage click the “Most Recent” title on the right of the Newsfeed, then click on the drop down arrow beside it and select “Edit Options”. Click on “Show Posts From” and change the setting to “All Of Your Friends and Pages” (you can also access the “Edit Options” link at the very bottom of the Facebook homepage on the right)

Note: Business pages do not have a newsfeed. Owners of business pages should adjust the settings on their personal accounts.

The good news is:
You can now view all of your friends and fans again.

The bad news is:

YOU ARE STILL INVISIBLE to a large portion of your list. If you want to re-establish contact, you will need to get the word out to ALL of your contacts by sharing this post via twitter, facebook and your blogs, etc. … GET THE WORD OUT NOW!
God Bless Your Success,

Alpha Bizelli Marketing & PR, Inc. – Passion Over Hype

5 Simple Tips to Grow Your Facebook Fan Page “likes” by Melissa Ann Mitchell

Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 7:37 am

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Hey Friends,

If you haven’t created a Facebook Fan Page yet, you’d better get on it, because you’re a little behind.

For those of you that are on top of your game, crushing it daily … here is some great tips to Grow Your “Likes” on your Facebook Fan Page by a fellow Daily Crusher: Melissa Ann Mitchell.

I’ll admit. I have some improving to do myself.

http://facebook.com/curtbizelli

The Solution (Per Melissa Ann Mitchell’s Blog)

1) Create a page that Invites people into your Business: If you take a look at my Free Gift tab, I not only give away a free 7 Day Video Training right through my Fan Page, but I also talk about who I am as a person and business owner. I created that page to make sure I was inviting people into my business and I did that with simply adding the opt in form to give away my free training series. This is one way to build your list, connect with new clients, and truly invite people from Facebook into your business. When you are giving away something for nothing, something of very high quality that you created, people will flock to your page to grab your gift.

2) Interact: I know, everyone says this, but I really mean it. If you look at my posts on my fan page, you will see that I comment and interact on everything! Some of the posts have even turned into some lengthy conversations. And notice this as well, my comments don’t say, “Well, if you want to know the answers, buy _________ from me.” No, I actually do interact with every single person that comments on my page. It is called relationship building, and it’s those relationships that will matter in your business. Also, when you do interact… “key point here” your posts will actually show up in peoples’ news feeds. The more activity on the posts, the more they will actually be SEEN.

3) Add a YouTube Tab to your Fan Page: If you have a YouTube Channel, I would highly recommend you add a YouTube Tab to your Fan Page! It is so easy to do, just go to www.involver.com and install the YouTube tab to your Fan Page! “key point here” Once you have your Involver for YouTube installed, you can then share your videos to your Facebook friends by copying and pasting the link to the video on your fan page to your personal page. I know, what am I talking about? See this video I have on my Facebook Fan Page from YouTube?

http://www.facebook.com/melissamitchellfanpage?sk=app_57675755167

You can take that link and paste it into your Facebook Feed on your Personal Page, or anywhere else for that matter, to bring people to your Fan Page to view your video! Wow! That is an idea to keep! They have to click “like’ to view your video if they aren’t already a Fan.

4) Add a Facebook Fan Page Plugin to your Site: Be sure to add a Facebook Fan Page Plugin on your site somewhere. If you don’t have a Facebook badge on your site, you can certainly add a Facebook Social Plugin.

5) Run a contest: If you really want to drive more fans to your page, run a contest. Offer to enter everyones’ names into a drawing for a prize once you reach a certain number of fans. For example, say that when you hit 5,000 fans, you will give away prizes! This is a very easy way to build your “likes”.

Now, be sure to leave a comment here, share with a friend or colleague … and THEN .. head over to Melissa Ann Mitchell’s Blog for more Great Value!