This is an interesting class subject, I learned a lot for being part of your FB group, page and I still have some questions – might be insignificant, but…the question is:
How does it work when you want to FB an article to you biz page,from a different source but you have your regular account (fan page?), my posts are always getting to be listed to my FB account but not the biz page?

Have fun with your course!

I agree with the earlier comment about a daily checklist.

I’d also like to learn how to avoid information overload. As in, not being part of the problem with too many tweets or newsletters, etc.

Good luck with the book.

Second, how to find what people’s felt needs are and how to address them with what you can do to help fulfill those needs, how to make it desirable.

I know one lady who has NO energy to speak of, and she is willing to try this and that, go to this one and that one, but won’t try the simple plan of clean the body/feed the body that the products I represent can offer. She hasn’t even tried the sample I left her!
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@Kim–Good topics. Are you using a Twitter client by the way? Tweetdeck, Hootsuite or Seesmic Desktop all allow you to organize your followers by group which is really helpful at cutting down on all the “noise.” Plus there’s just a lot more functionality than if you were just tweeting from the Twitter.com site–easier re-tweeting, etc.

In terms of less people seeing your tweets, are you spacing your tweets out at all throughout the day? Are you sending any of your tweets to update your status on Facebook so another set of people is exposed to them (if you use FB)? Don’t be shy about repeating some of your tweets sometimes–different people use Twitter at different times of the day and the same followers most likely will not see your tweet multiple times in one day. Just some thoughts.

@CSea–Thanks for your nice words and your input! The areas you mention are two of the big ones I definitely intend to cover. I really like how you refer to part of it being the “emotional side”–very true!

@Betsy–Love what you mention and completely agree. There is definitely a lot of meat to the etiquette topic and I hope to do it some justice. Thanks for sharing.

@Sabrina–This is excellent, excellent stuff! Thanks so much for taking the time to give your thoughts and experiences. You sound like you are right on with the way you are using the Fan Page. I love that you mention bringing value for your fans.

Your groups vs. Fan Page question is a biggie and one I will be addressing in the course. In fact, I might even write one of my next blog posts on it because it does seem to come up a lot!

As for the question about emailing your fans, there is the option to “Update Fans” all at once. If you click “Edit Page” under your Fan Page pic, you’ll be taken to your Page “dashboard.” On the right hand side you will see an option to “Send an update to fans.” Hope that helps and thanks for stopping by!

@Emily–As I mentioned to Paul, I definitely agree it’s a very much neglected topic. I am glad you added your input–it reinforces that it is something I should definitely explore! Thanks!

My solution was to develope a page where I would regularly post things that would be of value to our residents and their friends. Our posts focus on freebies, discounts, fun things to do around town, and interesting web sites – but we also sprinkle in photos and videos of places we have coming available.

It’s been successful – we have over 250 fans already, and we have increased our referrals significantly. But I had to figure out (and I’m still figuring out) everything about how to utilize Facebook by trial and error. Even understanding how my “fans” see the post! I think a great tool would be some basic information on how people use Facebook. For example, the benefits of setting up a group page versus a fan page. (I did the group page first, and then realized no one was seeing my postings!) I still would love to find something like this…in fact, I became a fan of your page hoping you might cover things like this. Here’s something i would like to learn… I know that my posts show on the wall of my fans, but if they don’t check Facebook regularly, they probably miss a lot of my postings. Is there a way to send an email to all of my fans? I’d love to set up some type of mini-survey so I can figure out how to better serve my fans – is there a way to do that?

Fear of the unknown and inability to justify ‘time’ or recognizing these investments of time are needed, tend to be at the top of the list of people I speak with. I suspect your course will include the emotional side with your benefits statement.

You have a wonderful demeanor, excellent advise and I look forward to receiving more empowerment from you Christine…
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