Biggest Facebook frustration: Secret settings or ROI?

mari smith 10 essential money-making techie tips for facebookIt’s hard to decide which part of Facebook drives people craziest: The super-secret settings that nobody tells them about, or the difficulty for businesses to really gain traction and see a return on their investment of time.

I vote for ROI.

But then, I almost drove myself crazy when my Facebook fan page disappeared early last year. I finally got it back when I appealed for help on Twitter. Dave Kerpen of Likeable Media found a glitch in my settings and told me that only people in the Philippines could see my page. He fixed it in a jiffy and I was back in business. 

Part of the problem for many of us is that every time Facebook rolls out wholesale changes, it’s like entering kindergarten at Facebook Elementary School because we have to learn how to use it all over again.

Mari Smith, The Queen of Facebook, helped more than 14,000 people understand Facebook’s new timeline this week when she presented a free 90-minute webinar. It’s called “10 Essential Facebook Money-making Techie Tips” and if you’re at all confused about Facebook, I encourage you to watch the replay.

I’m promoting this as a compensated affiliate and I earn a commission if you buy her new Facebook product. I’m promoting it because way too many people, me included, find Facebook so frustrating.

Or, jump to the page where she’s selling the product.

What part of Facebook do you find most frustrating? The secret settings, difficulty seeing ROI, or something else?

Dog Tweets—8 Ways to Get the Biggest Marketing Bang Out of SlideShare

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

8 Ways to Get the Biggest Marketing Bang Out of SlideShare [Love Tip #4 for capturing leads] http://ow.ly/aLJGG

How to Use Facebook Ads to Get More Quality Leads and Attract More Blog Traffic. http://ow.ly/aLP4N

Wall Street Journal uses Facebook timeline to tell the story of Facebook’s IPO [Very clever] http://ow.ly/aNlnY

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What to do when a LinkedIn recommendation for you isn’t quite right. http://ow.ly/aNl4q

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PR Peeps: Check out the “insta pitch” idea from PR guy Christopher Lee Nutter. [6th sub-head] http://ow.ly/aP0Ig

25 Link-Building Tips to Drive Traffic to Your Website. http://ow.ly/aPajJ

Infographic explains how long it takes to become an expert in various fields. http://ow.ly/aPcdD

 

 

 

Dog Tweets—5 things to do if your Facebook fan page disappears

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

5 things to do if your Facebook fan page disappears. http://ow.ly/aDJW5

Need Pinterest stats to convince the boss that you should be pinning? Cool infographic at http://ow.ly/aBmbW

Don’t freak if a reporter asks, “Is it OK if I record our interview?” Here’s what to do. http://publicityhound.net/?p=11134

Pinning videos on Pinterest is a cinch with these tips [some of them advanced] from Grant Crowell. http://ow.ly/aDrOR 

6 questions to determine if your story is worthy. http://ow.ly/aFgNW 

5 Major Trade Show Nuisances for the Press & How to Avoid Them.  http://sandstormmedia.com/home/nuisances

How Many Of These Hard-To-Pronounce Brand Names Are You Saying Wrong? http://read.bi/K2giAv’ 

How to create a successful editorial calendar for your blog. http://ow.ly/aGPQI 

Create a cool infographic comparing your Twitter stats to your favorite celeb’s. Free. http://ow.ly/aHtZG 

Best book publicists on Twitter (long list). http://ow.ly/aHJyR 

 

 

Dog Tweets — B2B marketers devote 26% of their budget to content marketing

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

B2B marketers devote 26% of their budget to content marketing. [Infographic] http://ow.ly/9DnP2

Facebook’s latest news, announcements and media resources – Announcements – Introducing Interest Lists – Facebook http://ow.ly/9Ehxj

Pinterest = digital crack for women. (Hooked yet?) Lots of opportunities to pull traffic. http://ow.ly/9saIt

LinkedIn is better than Facebook (for identity thieves looking for rich victims). http://ow.ly/9uoJu

4 Tips for Creating Your LinkedIn Company Page | Social Media Examiner. http://ow.ly/9upsl

Drive new traffic to your old blog posts using Pinterest. Here’s how I’m doing it: http://ow.ly/9FBWw 

Send your Pinterest followers to your YouTube videos, free articles page & old blog posts. Neat example: http://ow.ly/9FC47

Blogs Trump Facebook for Trust and Spending. http://ow.ly/9FCb4

Making Headlines Shine (and Getting Your PR Releases Read!) | Bulldog Reporter. http://ow.ly/9FCx1

5 ways to handle negative Facebook comments. http://ow.ly/9FROH

 

Dog Tweets — 50 Ways to Get More People to Like your Facebook Page

Here are my Top 10 tweets from this past week, great for retweeting! If you missed these, follow me on Twitter.

50 Ways to Get More People to Like your Facebook Page | Facebook Tips and Tricks – FanPageFlow.  http://ow.ly/9jBz0

Big list of 200 “Write for us” pages. http://ow.ly/9kmjE

The mounting minuses of Google+. It’s a ghosttown, compared to Facebook, study says. http://ow.ly/9ljxI

Why do journalists make so many mistakes that demand corrections? Top reasons, from a NY Times editor: http://ow.ly/9ljPS

Today’s Publicity Ezine: A great PR pitch, how Pinterest violates copyright & new LinkedIn “follow” button. http://ow.ly/9ltsG

5 “musts” you must follow when adding or changing your photo on LinkedIn. http://ow.ly/9mn8r

The one skill that makes an online entrepreneur unstoppable. http://ow.ly/9mRXl

Twitter to give marketers access to old tweets. http://ow.ly/9mTV8

Facebook opens timelines to brands. http://ow.ly/9om8V

Excellent summary of how to write a press release for SEO, by Brian Hanson, who owns 300+ niche websites.