Facebook for Individuals

Facebook is a popular free social media networking tool that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos, and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues that complement a business's internet marketing strategy.

Personal profiles for individuals:

• 'Friends' as compared to 'likes' on a Facebook business page

• Meant for 

  1. Connecting people

  2. Informing people

  3. Entertaining people

• Personal communication and networking

Training

• Facebook 101 - GCF Learn Free

• Facebook for Smartphones - GCF Learn Free

• 21 Hidden Facebook Features Only Power Users Know

Tools

• Tag people and businesses in posts and photos

• Canva - for your social media image designs

• Facebook Post Planner

• Facebook Mentions 

  • Facebook.com - about Mentions

Apps

• Facebook Flat for Chrome - App Store

• Kanvas - creative self-expressions for output to Facebook

• Messenger 

• Pop Your Bubble - the website will connect you to people with different perspectives based on algorithms that analyzes your profile and suggests new people for you to follow based on your age, location, likes, and shares

Extensions

• Todobook - Turn the Facebook News Feed into a todo list so you can stop wasting time and start getting things done. 

Articles

• 4 Hidden Facebook Features You Didn’t Know Existed

• Facebook’s ‘like’ button gets 'angry’ and 'sad’ as friends

• Facebook Will Stop Torturing You With Photos Of Your Ex

• See the new reactions (currently in test)

  • Like, Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad, Angry

• 7 Things You Can Do with Your Facebook Page You Might Not Know About

• 1. Learn more about your fans than you though possible

  2. Change your Facebook URL

  3. Change your Facebook page name

  4. Embed your Facebook page on your website to get fans

  5. Get advanced with Facebook video

  6. Drive leads from you Facebook fans

  7. Merge 2 Facebook pages into 1

• 10 essential rules for effective Facebook marketing

• How often should you post on Facebook?

• 15 types of Facebook apps

• Hot tip force Facebook tag update - Open Graph

• Facebook drives nearly 1/4 of all referral traffic

• Twitter is Deep, Facebook is Shallow

• Improve your Facebook contests

• Legacy contact for when I die

• Place Tips

• 15 Ways to optimize your Facebook Ads

• How to Make the Most of Facebook Mobile Ads

• 10 Successful Facebook Marketing Examples

• Step-by-Step Guide to Facebook Content Promotion

• Facebook adds a call to action button

• New Facebook Search: Local Ignored Again — Big Mistake

Camera Effects

• Facebook - Learn About Creating Frames for Photos and Videos

• Facebook’s new tool lets anyone create custom profile frames

Blogs

• Advanced Facebook Marketing by Jon Loomer

Also See

• Blogging

• Facebook for Business

• Newsletters - Emailed

• Twitter for Individuals