Tag: facebook

Posted on

Facebook Page “Cover” designs – branded social media

I just updated the Southland Jamboree page & was thinking I should mention that I design facebook “covers” for your facebook page that work well with their layout.

I can also make headers for Google+ and backgrounds that work well with Twitter in case you want a unified look across all of your social media outlets.

See:
https://www.facebook.com/SouthlandJamboree

Or my own:
https://www.facebook.com/hilary.baumann
https://plus.google.com/112754019546978412552/about
https://twitter.com/hbaumann

 

Posted on

Facebook cover photos

Since they seem to only show you this notice once instead of giving you a reminder the next time you go to change out the cover photo on facebook, I thought I would post the screenshot here as a reminder:

 

 

Do you think that maybe they are trying to get people to advertise? 🙂

I also hope they are a bit loose on this or at least give warnings. What about a copywriter who wants to use a blown up bit of text artistically or a graphic designer who is going to include sample portfolio pieces (which is what I have done.) It only seems fair since photographers can basically show, guess what, their photographs.

Posted on

Social Media checklist for Restaurants

Quick checklist for Restaurants:

  • google places
  • urbanspoon
  • yelp
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • foursquare
  • instagram

These are the places you should have information about your restaurant in order of importance.

 

Information you should include:

  • Address
  • Days and Hours
  • Phone Number
  • Website address
  • Photos of your food
  • Photos of your seating
  • Parking info if it’s downtown or may not be blatantly obvious
  • Do you have wifi?
  • Some may let you add  links to twitter, facebook or other profiles.

What you should post on a more regular basis will be determined by your food type, your business, your personal preferences AND how your customers interact with you online.

Common regular updates via social media for restaurants  include:

  • Post daily or seasonal specials. Either type it out, take a photo of a chalkboard with the handwritten version or even take a picture of the dishes themselves.
  • Post information about bands (don’t forget to include if there’s a cover cost.)
  • Holidays or other special events.
  • If the restaurant is closed for a holiday, private party or even death or illness in a family run shop.

A lot of these suggestions will also work for coffee shops, pubs, and bars.

Do NOT seed any of these website with fake reviews or overly complimentary reviews about your own restaurant. This is just tacky. Also, asking friends and family to post can sometimes be overkill as well. Too many “this is my favorite place!!!!!” reviews with no details is annoying to the readers. It’s better to let reviews happen naturally.

Reminder: If you change when you serve breakfast or any time you change your hours and other vital information, please be sure to post the new hours and info on all of your social networks and website. Don’t forget to update your website as well!

Extras:
For those with a little more time time, check out these additional social apps and services. Also you should review travel apps for

  • Trip Advisor
  • food spotting: pictures of food
  • opentable: for reservations
  • groupon and/or living social: if you want to offer a coupon or deal

Lesser known or newer:
Some of these are more relevant for certain cities over others as well.

  • chewsy
  • forkly.com
  • nosh.me
  • Dimmi
  • Zagat

(List updated on Feb 1, 2014)

 

Update September, 2015:  Urbanspoon was bought by Zomato and they ruined the interface. They might recover and they might still have enough users to warrant submitting info but I would focus on Yelp first. Also for the “lesser known or newer” section, I would flip through these: http://www.producthunt.com/e/future-of-food

Posted on

I accidentally blocked someone on Facebook and/or I’m not seeing posts from every group or person on my home page.

If you accidentally blocked someone:
Go to your Home page > scroll down to the bottom > click on “edit options” > find the persons name hit the x and there posts will be posted back on your news feed next time they post something.

If you are having trouble getting to the bottom of your page, use the keyboard shortcut to get to to the bottom of the page: PCs this is usually the “end” key or hold down “ctrl” and “end” at the same time. This varies a bit on laptops and macs.

If you are not seeing all of the posts for someone or for a fan page there are two possible reasons:

  1. You are seeing the “Top News” instead of “Most recent.” Even if you click “most recent” one day, the next day it might be back on “top news” and you’ll have to click it again.
  2. You have your account to show only the people you interact with the most. See the above screen shot and instructions for editing that
Posted on

What is social networking?

One of my favorite videos that simplifies how to think about social networking. It’s not stalking, it’s a handshake.

Gary Vaynerchuck is the owner of Wine Library and is a huge Jets fan (in case those comments are confusing.) He’s also a New York Times bestselling author.

http://www.viddler.com/player/ace53226/

Posted on

My facebook account is posting odd messages or I think it was hijacked – now what?

facebook acct compromised

facebook acct compromisedYour facebook account can be hijacked by a malicious application or going to a website that isn’t facebook and entering your password. If you have clicked on a link or added a facebook app you shouldn’t have, don’t panic yet!

I would recommend changing your password and following these instructions :
https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1009

I would also suggest removing any facebook apps that you aren’t familiar with (or it’s a good time to clean house and remove apps you no longer use also if any.)

You can remove an application you have allowed from the Applications You Use page. To get to that page, follow these steps:
  1. Go to the Privacy Settings page from the “Account” drop-down menu located at the top of any page on Facebook.
  2. Click the “Edit your settings” link under the Applications and Websites section towards the bottom of the page.
  3. Click on the application you’d like to remove. If you don’t see the application listed, you can find it by clicking the Edit Settings button towards the top right-hand side of the page.
  4. You’ll then see an expanded view of your settings for that application. From here, you can click the “Remove application” link. Once you confirm you’d like to remove the application, it will no longer have access to your data and be removed from your profile, bookmarks, and your Applications and Games Dashboards.