Geek4Eva » facebook

Social Media Marketing Tips

Farid Vaswani — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:26:49 +0000

Here are some tips on using Twitter and Facebook for marketing. Also about planning your social media efforts.

Don’t Automate Your Status Updates

Don’t Be Afraid to Show You’re Human

Do Post More Photos and Videos

Do Put Your Fans in Charge Every Now and Then

Do Target Your Status Updates

Do Ask Questions and Involve Your Fans

Do Watch Your Post Frequency and Timing

Do Have a Unique Voice

Do Diversify Your Content

Do Track the Performance of Your Posts

Here is the link to original posts:

Social Media for Marketing Your Brand

Farid Vaswani — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 01:26:30 +0000

Based on my last couple of blogs you must have guessed it by now that how much I am interested in Social Media.

It is a great medium for interacting with one and all ‘on a personal level’.

All the major brands and companies are now using it for their marketing campaigns. Small businesses and individuals use it to sell their products and services as well. If you’re not online then no one knows you. Most traditional businesses are online as well now.

There are number of websites that could serve the purpose, if used efficiently. The websites like: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Buzz are free and some of commonly used options for social media marketing.

These websites and third-party developers also provide tools that make creation and consumption of social media easier. Some of the tools that one should have in it’s kitty are: Tweetdeck, RSS readers, bit.ly, SocialMention, Tweetie.

There are also websites that provide lots of news articles on social media – mainly Mashable and ReadWriteWeb.

I am happy to provide any support in my capacity for coming up with Social Media Marketing strategies for your brand or products.

Get in Touch!

The Effects of Social Media

Farid Vaswani — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 10:29:12 +0000

Three to four years ago the term ‘Social Media’ was rarely heard of. Though it had been around for quite a few years – it was actually Facebook and Twitter that took it to a different level.

Almost a year ago I did a bit of a research and a short presentation on some facts and numbers related to social media. Here is the copy of that presentation. These numbers are quite outdated and I am certain these must have multiplied manifold by now.

Source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2973684461_8ecfb1dd10.jpg

Here are some of the major events that have occurred around the world:

End of Hosni Mubarak as President of Egypt after almost 30 years
Protests in Libya
Earthquake in Christchurch

What’s common in all of these: Social Media.

Social Media was responsible for causing these protests in Egypt and Libya. Whereas news and video footage of Christchurch earthquake were posted online within few minutes, even before any news media could get there.

It is no more an optional thing. It has become quite a necessity now to be part of it. The more you resist it, the more you’ll be left behind.

So get online and get involved!

Happy Socializing!!

Friends for Sale

Farid Vaswani — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:25:15 +0000

An Australian company uSocial.net charges you for spamming on Facebook and Twitter and find fans and friends for you.

Their charges are somthing like: from $177.30 for +1000 fans to $1167.30 for +10,000 fans. Interesting concept:

but are you really interested in those fans who just click “Accept” on any invite they receive on Facebook’s request page?
and if you really are then how much effort does it really take to invite 1000 friends?
and is that effort really worth that much money?

Well! may be it is for some non-techy people, but who is now not aware of Facebook or finds it difficult to use it? I don’t think anyone from the potential list of customers of uSocial. OR…

…May be Aussies!?!

Facebook v3 app for iPhone

Farid Vaswani — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:43:51 +0000

If you’re on Facebook and access it using you’re iPhone, then here is some breaking news for you… Facebook 3.0 for iPhone is here.

Image Source

It’s a complete makeover from its previous version and here are some of the new features in there:
– See your upcoming Events and RSVP
– See your friends’ birthdays
– See Pages and post updates and photos to Pages you administer
– Write Notes and read your friends’ Notes
– Upload videos from an iPhone 3GS
– Upload photos to any album
– Complete photo management (create albums, delete albums, delete photos, delete photo tags)
– Change your Profile Picture
– Zoom into photos
– Like posts and photos
– See the same News Feed as the Facebook website
– Visit links in a built-in web browser
– See all of your friends’ friends and Pages
– See mutual friends
– Easily search for people and Pages
– Make friend requests
– Become a fan of Pages
– Quickly call or text your friends
– Create shortcuts to your favorite friends and Pages
– Friends sorted by first or last name according to your settings
– Chat friends sorted alphabeticaly

Go ahead and try it out and post your feedback or comments on the new version below.

NOTE: You will only see FB v3 on iTunes once Apple clears it cache. If you are keen, then delete the current version from your iPhone and re-install v2.5 from iTunes, it should actually be v3.0

Source: Mashable, Facebook

Facebook Privacy Changes

Farid Vaswani — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:12:32 +0000

Facebook has announced some privacy changes to comply with Canadian laws; these changes will though affect everyone.

Image Source

These won’t be applied straight away, but should be expected in next 12 months.

Applications will be required to more specifically tell users what type of information they are accessing, both from their profile and from those of their friends.

Facebook will more clearly distinguish between deactivating an account, which keeps your data on the site for potential future reactivation, and deleting it completely. The company also plans to further detail what happens to deceased user’s accounts.

There will be clearer explanation of how Facebook plans to use certain types of data – like birthdays – and how the company tailors its advertising to specific users.

Regarding ‘deleting the account‘ it does not clearly say if all the user information like images, etc will be deleted? Anyways, I personally would like to see these changes implemented soon.

Source: Mashable, Canada Gov