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Custom image for Facebook Wall Posts

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Custom image for Facebook Wall Posts

  This post is for people who have a Facebook brand page, not personal Facebook profile.     When you post a link from your website or blog to your Facebook Wall it pull sthrough a thumbnail from that website. You’ll find that it is often an unconnected image or is badly sized. You can prevent this by including a custom Facebook image on your site or in your post. here is an image at the size that you need. The dimensions you need are H:68 x W:90...

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What is Twitter and why should I use it?

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What is Twitter and why should I use it?

If you’ve ever said any of these things, this presentation will help you. I should be on Twitter but I don’t really know what it is What is Twitter all about? I think I should be on it, but I wouldn’t know what to say Isn’t it just for celebrities and stuff Twitter is about everything, for everyone and you don’t need to sy anything.  View the ‘Prezi’ here

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My IFTTT Recipe that tweets favourites to buffer to be sent out later.

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My IFTTT Recipe that tweets favourites to buffer to be sent out later.

http://ifttt.com/recipes/8667 This IFTTT recipe adds my favourite tweets to buffer to be sent out later. I can review later in Buffer which ones I want to send out.

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How to see what you’ve Liked on Facebook (and un-like it)

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Q. How do you Unlike a Facebook page? A. With great difficulty. Here’s a step by step guide on how to see what you’ve ‘Liked’ on Facebook … Log in to Facebook Type “Pages” in the search box Select ‘Facebook Pages’ from the search results Select ‘My Pages’ from the header … and how to ‘un-like’ it. Select the Page/Brand Select ‘Unlike

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The Needy, Needy & Voyeurs Principle

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I always use this rule when planning projects with user generated content (UGC). Any project that requires the public to add their own content is driven by common motivations, which if understood can make for a successful and possibly viral campaign. I think it’s first important to understand the three elements of user generated content. These are … 1. The Needy Content Providers Asking members of the public to donate free content is a pretty big ask. If someone emailed you and asked for an hours free work to help advance their business, you’d probably ask “why”,...

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Google+ versus 37Signals – Facebook has nothing to be scared of.

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Google+ is a online gadget. It does lots of clever things, but you’re not quite sure what. People are bragging that they’re the first to get one. You and your friends all want one, but you don’t quite know why. I’m used to wanting gadgets. I want a tablet, a mobile phone that turns into laptop and a solar powered mobile charger. I don’t own these things because I don’t need them. My geek blood boils with desire but my brain (and wallet) asks if I’ll ever use them and the answer is no. I wanted Google+. I screamed out to the Twitterverse about how...

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