erin verbeck speaks at #WacoSMB

social media -- non-profit style

my friend c.j. jackson spoke on social media at the waco non-profit breakfast and it was great!  here are her notes:

• Recommended reading - Charlene Li. Books include "Groundswell" and "Open Leadership."
• Link to presentation
• Waco Social Media Breakfast is the last Tuesday of every month at 7:30 am.

twitter questions from a hat -- waco social media breakfast

despite our awful weather this morning, we still had 10 people for the waco social media breakfast.  our topic was an open forum on twitter.  karla patterson did a great recap of the meeting on the social media breakfast blog!

facebook questions from a hat

we had a great turn out this morning with over 20 people at the social media breakfast.  we did things a little different by asking everyone to submit questions about facebook and then we as a group answered them.  it was very informative, here are the questions and the answers that the group came up with:

How do I set up a business page on facebook?
There is a link on the front page of Facebook, you have to have a personal facebook account first and you will create the business page under that.
Here's the link to get started: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

When you make your own fan page, how do you make it your own design?
Use Facebook Markup language.  http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FBML

Is it best to post questions or comments?
Posting questions will usually generate a lot of comments from others on facebook, while comments are just a way to share your thoughts.

Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups:
http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/facebook-page-vs-group/

How to use facebook and twitter together to promote a business?
Link the two accounts to spread the word to more people.

Is there a way to add a photo or video to a comment?
Put the link to the photo or video in your comment and facebook will automatically embed it.

Putting an RSS feed into your profile.
It is built into facebook or you can use twitterfeed: http://www.twitterfeed.com
Instructions on using twitterfeed:
http://www.helpdeskgoddess.com/2009/06/feeding-your-blog-into-your-twitter.html

what is RSS? real simple syndication http://www.whatisrss.com/

can you set it so your twitter updates become your facebook status updates?
set it up with selective twitter http://apps.facebook.com/selectivetwitter/ and then every tweet that ends in #fb will update your facebook status

can you "tweet" too much on facebook? yes

should you separate your business from your personal on facebook? yes, but it depends on the business