facebook 103 -- profile pictures

first I will walk you through how to change or set your facebook profile picture and then I will tell you my thoughts on choosing a pic for your profile picture.

1. log into facebook and go to your wall, when you are logged into facebook, you can go to your wall by clicking on your name on the facebook toolbar (by settings)
2. you will see your picture (or a white silhouette in a light blue box if you haven't uploaded a picture yet)
3. mouse over your picture and you will see a change picture link appear in the upper right hand corner
4. click on the change picture link
5. click on upload a picture
6. click on browse
7. select the picture on your computer to upload for your profile picture and click on open
   
8. your profile picture will then be added to your facebook profile
   

here are my thoughts on profile pics:

1. you need to have one, this is what people will see when they search for you on facebook
2. try to have one with only you or you and one other person in the picture, so that you are the focus of the picture
   
3. it will be easiest for people to verify that they know you if you have a clear and recent profile pic
4. if you have multiple social media accounts (twitter, blog, facebook, etc), it is best to use the same profile picture across all of them

hope you are enjoying learning about facebook, keep the comments coming!