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Social Media Sizing Sheet – The Ultimate Guide to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn, and Pinterest!
Have you ever tried uploading a new cover photo, profile picture, or background to Facebook, Twitter, ect. only to find that it just doesn’t fit fight? Of course you can Google the image sizes but now you don’t have to! Here is everything you ever wanted to know about sizing for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, Google+, and Pinterest all in one place! Thanks LunaMetrics!
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14 Best Places Your Business Should Be Found Online
We all know our business should be online, but where do we start? After a website and Facebook page, now what am I suppose to do? I have compiled a list of the best places you and your business should be listed online. Keep in mind, there are a TON of other places you should be listed as well, like directories, for example, but this list is of the top sites you should check out. Sites listed with a blue check mark also have a an iPhone/Android app…even more reasons!
1. Website – Everyone in business needs a website…NEXT!
2. Blog – WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger(Ideally connected to your website). You don’t need to be a writer to blog, but blogging about your business or industry creates a buzz, gets you noticed, and makes you the expert in your field.
3. Facebook Business Page - Make sure your business is a “page” and not a “profile”. Oh yeah and USE IT! √
4. Twitter - Yes, you want to be there. Period. √
5. LinkedIn – A social place for business, post your bio, upload your resume, make business contacts, create a business page, join groups, find jobs/employees and more. √
6. Yelp .com– A user review site that integrates Google maps, allows users to post pictures, rate, and review. √
7. Four Square – Using the GPS system in your phone to tell where you are located, users “check in” at these locations. Free advertising for you and (hopefully) perks for them. √
8. YouTube –Create your own commercials, how to videos, or vlog and ‘Broadcast Yourself √
9. LetsLunch.com – Great face-to-face networking tool, get on board!
10. Google + – Google’s answer to Facebook and Twitter…and then some √
11. Itsmyurls.com – Your entire online presence in one place
12. Instagram – Free photo sharing app where you’ll find a whole new following online √
13. Pinterest – A virtual pin board for the visual side of your business √
14. Google Places/Maps – It’s Google, don’t fight it. √
Did I miss any great ones? What are your “must have” online locations? Tell me in the comments below, I would LOVE to check them out and pass it along!
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Facebook Makes More Changes…
There have been some pretty big changes with Facebook this week. The good news is, it’s all good news!
#1 The ‘Super Admin’
Facebook now allows you to limit the access of other administrators on Facebook business pages. There are now 5 levels of admins.
- Manager – The Manager has complete access to the page and all access. This would likely to be the page owner or business owner.
- Content Creator – This position allows for all access except for managing other admin roles. This is a great role for your Social Media Manager or Marketing Director.
- Moderator – The moderator can not post or create content but can reply to posts, comments, and messages as well as create ads and see the analytics.
- Advertiser – This role is strictly for someone to see the analytics and create/edit advertisements for the page.
- Insights Analyst – As it sounds, the role of the Insights Analyst only has access to this section.
This is fabulous news that should have been in place years ago. I have heard many horror stories about a rejected/angry employee deleting Facebook pages or deleting the other admins and creating havoc on the page. The ‘Super Admin’ should solve these problems.
#2 Promoted Posts
We all know about advertising for Facebook pages and you see them constantly over on the far right column of the page. Now Facebook allows you to promote a particular post from your page. What does that mean? It means, for a certain price, your post will be seen by even more people including friends of fans. Now that’s pretty cool! The other side of the coin is, how does Facebook control what fans are seeing my posts in the first place? Seems they have some explaining to do.
#3 Scheduled Posts
Coming soon to a page near you! You will soon be able to schedule out your posts on Facebook up to 6 months in advance. Again, should have been done years ago but hey we’ll take it. This will allow admins to still post while in meetings/vacation/sick/busy/different time zones and not have to use 3rd party sites like HootSuite. Watch for this new feature and let me know how you like it!
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13 Things To Know About the New Facebook Timeline
The new Facebook Timeline is now here for business pages and coming next week to all profiles. Many people don’t like change and are afraid to change over to the new Timeline. So since I am a very visual person, I have put together some screen shots of the new Timeline to help you maneuver through it. Once you know where everything is, the Timeline isn’t so bad. PLUS…nothing has changed on your newsfeed which is where most of us spend all out time anyways 
I hope this helps!
This area is what you will see first and spend most of your time.
#1 The drop down arrow at the top, next to “Home” is where you will log in/out, and find your privacy and security setting.
#2 The cover photo is a huge picture that you can get pretty creative with. To change your cover photo, just hover over it and you will see the option to change it anytime. The dimensions for the pic is 851×315 pixels.
#3 Your profile pic is pretty much the same as before (180×180 pixels) and if you hover over it, you will see options to edit the picture.
#4 “Update Info” is where you will edit your profile, just click on it.
#5 “About me” section is clickable and will also take you to the “edit page” feature
#6 If you have more tabs on your page than the ones you see, there will be a small drop down arrow to click on. You can actually change the position and order of the tabs here.
The great thing about the Timeline is the privacy controls and various options you have when posting.
#7 While posting, you can tag a person or page, add the year, and add the place you are at when posting.
#8 Once you click inside the posting box, you will see a drop down box that allows you to change who is viewing that particular post. You can change the post to be seen as “public”, meaning anyone can see it. You can change it to “friends” or you can change it to “custom”, meaning only your friends will see the post except for a particular person or group of people. This comes in handy if you don’t want your kids to see something, you are planning a surprise party and don’t want the friend to see your posts to other friends about it, etc.
Have you ever posted something you wish you didn’t or were spammed by someone else? You can easily edit and remove pictures and posts.
#9 When you hover over a post, you will see the edit button, click it. You will then have various options to delete the post completely, hide it from your timeline, meaning it is still there for only you to see, or report and mark as spam. In this particular picture, 2 friends saw the same picture and thought of me and decided to post it on my wall
The Timeline has the zig-zag style of posting which can be confusing for some people. If there is a particular post you would like to attract more attention to, then you can “highlight” it.
#10 Hover over the post and you will see a star appear, click it. The post/picture will then spread all the way across your timeline and will be bigger than life!
#11 As you’re scrolling down your Timeline, you will notice a toolbar pop up at the top of your page. This allows for easy navigation so you don’t have to scroll all the way up to go to a different part of your profile.
#12 While you are in the editing section of your profile, notice every section either has a drop down box next to it or an “edit” button. This allows you to control the privacy on every single area of your profile. Take advantage of that!
#13 And finally, the whole point of the new Timeline is to tell your story and then be able to go back and laugh at yourself 
Enjoy and embrace the new Timeline and have fun!
If you have any questions…you know where to find me!
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Learn Social Media – Next Event: Arlington, Texas
Social Media Crash Course Seminar
Are you lost when it comes to marketing your business through social media? If you are a business owner who wants to learn all you need to know to market your business online, then this class is for you! Take your business to the next level and leave your competitors in the dust! In this class, you will be taught the essentials to social media, how to do it and how to do it well!
~ Facebook ~Twitter ~Social media basics ~analytics
~LinkedIn ~Blogging ~Four Square ~RSS Feeds
~Yelp ~YouTube ~Google+ ~Best practices ~Creative content
~Tools for your toolbox ~Valuable resources ~Engaging your audience
Next Event: Arlington, Texas
Thursday, March 29, 2012
8am – 4pm
Holiday Inn
1311 Wet N Wild Way
Arlington, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
$250 per person
OR
Can’t attend? No problem! $150 for the webinar
You MUST Register for this event and pay in advance by cash, check, or credit card. You may pay by credit card by clicking the “services” tab on The ChandaGunter.com Facebook page.
For more info contact Chanda Gunter:
435-767-8184
www.facebook.com/socialmarketingpro
www.ChandaGunter.com
www.linkedin.com/in/chandagunter
www.twitter.com/ChandaGunter
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Learn The New Facebook Timeline
Frustrated at the brand new Timeline design on Facebook? Don’t worry, I’m here to help! This class is designed to walk you through all the changes on both profile pages AND business pages. Bring your laptop!
$20 per person – register on the “services” tab at www.facebook.com/socialmarketingpro.
Next Class: Arlington, Texas
Thursday, March 29, 2012
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Holiday Inn
1311 Wet N Wild Way
Arlington, TX (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
For more information, call 435-767-8184
Social Media / Event Planner / Sales Job Opening! Now Hiring!
I will be expanding my Facebook classes and social media seminars to multiple cities throughout the U.S. and I’m looking to hire several people in various locations.
Job description:
Find and book venues for seminars and classes
Manage all logistics for the event
Market the events through social media, blogging, word of mouth, biz2biz, press releases, etc
Direct attendees to register for the seminars online.
How it works:
I’ll give you a schedule and budget to work with to book the venues and and what type of venue and you go from there. I, of course will also market the event so it’s a win-win.
Pay is based on paid attendees. The more people who show, the more you make. The more seminars you book, the more you make. You will be paid on a percentage structure. If there are 15 paid attendees, you receive 15% of the fee amount. If there are 25 paid attendees, you receive 25%. Bonuses are paid for staying below a budgeted amount on venue and event costs.
Book as many seminars as you can and I can fly to wherever so it has endless potential.
The seminars are a 7 hour day long seminar usually from 8am-4pm that are primarily for business owners or their employees and teaches them everything they need to know about marketing their business via social media. They will learn Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogging, Google +, tools, resources, tips and tricks and so much more.
Ideal Candidate:
Must be proficient in social media
Must have sales and marketing experience
Must be a people person and actively network in the business community
Must excel in organization
Heavily connected in business community a plus
Social media skills, blogging, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn, is a major plus.
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This is a part-time, contracted position.
All the info for classes and seminars is here on my website http://ChandaGunter.com under the “services” tab.
Let me know if you have any questions and if your interested.
Thanks!
The “How to” Social Media Guide Book
I’m teaching a social media seminar tomorrow at Dixie State College in Utah and while I was putting together the packets of information into the attendees folders, I started to realize just how valuable this information was that I was giving them. I was also thinking about how much more information I could cram into those folders and then it hit me. I already have this info all on paper so why not share it with the masses?
So after making a few phone calls and hooking up with a technical writer and editor, by Christmas you will be able to get your very own “Social Media Survival Guide”! Don’t worry, it won’t be filled with a bunch of fluff either. I hate “how to” books that take forever to get to the meat and potatoes of why I bought this book to begin with. No my friends, we will dive right into the how, what, and why of Facebook pages, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, analytics, blogs, RSS feeds, Hootsuite, FourSquare, Places, Yelp, QR codes, Facebook ads, Google ads, best practices, when and how much to post, URL shorteners, tips and tricks, tools, valuable resources, glossary, and so much more!
Later you will be able to pick up an advanced version with even more info.
If there is anything you would like to see in the guide, please comment below and tell me!
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Social Media VS Website and Graphic Design
So I’m getting ready to move back to my home state of TEXAS (can you tell I’m excited?) and couldn’t be happier! Because of this move I decided to send out my resume to see what and who bites. It’s been pretty exciting to see my prospects but one problem I keep seeing are companies out there that seem to think website developers, graphic designers, and social media experts are all the same person. No doubt there are some extremely talented folks out there who can do all 3 but it is not the majority.
Let me clarify that…anyone can post on Facebook and Twitter, even the best web guy/graphic guy but that doesn’t mean they know how to market your business.
Social media is best used as a team effort between the marketing department and the web media department because they really are 2 different jobs. No disrespect here for the web guys as they are truly a valuable asset. If I ever go back to school I would no doubt focus my efforts on graphic design or web design just to make myself that much more valuable but for now, good content is key and a creative mind can always outsource a web guy.
The Greatest Resume Ever!
So I decided “What the heck” and I started to send out my resume all over the place just to see who bites. I polished up my resume and have already had a few bites but then I started to think, “How can I separate myself from all the others”. I’m in social media and my job is to get you noticed, so if I can’t get myself noticed…how good am I?
Well I present to you…the greatest resume ever.
Obviously this is not the type of resume for all careers, but if you want to get noticed…do something about it.
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In Your Facebook Newsfeed
Sep 4
Posted by Chanda Gunter
Facebook is the largest and most popular social network out there, but for many, it can be quite confusing. The beauty of Facebook is that just about everything can be customized or configured to your liking…you may just not know about it. If you want to know a little more about what you can do to customize your Facebook business page or just Timeline in general, here is some information for you.
Below are 10 configurations you can do right from your news feed in Facebook. Enjoy!
#1 Have you ever logged into Facebook and the first few posts were from hours ago? Facebook automatically shows you the “Top Stories” in your new feed which are posts that have received lots of attention via likes and comments, and Facebook thinks you shouldn’t miss out on this. Well, here’s how to fix it to show the “Most Recent” posts:
#2 Sometimes you just want to get on Facebook without anyone bugging you. You can be anonymous by setting your chat to “offline“. Any messaging you receive will be sent to your FB Inbox. Start by clicking the chat box at the bottom of the screen. It will pop open showing you who is online, who is not, and who is available by mobile. Then click the gear wheel and “Turn off chat“. Just don’t forget to turn it back on later!
#3 You can change who is seeing your individual posts. “Public” posts, showing the world symbol, mean anyone can see your post, friend or not. “Friends“, showing the figure head symbol, mean only your friends will see your posts. “Custom“, showing the gear wheel symbol, allows you to post to all your friends except for individual people. For example, you are having a surprise party for your mom and you create a post telling everyone you are planning the party. If you set the post to custom, excluding your mom, everyone will see the post but her! Pretty cool huh?
#4 Don’t you hate it when you comment on a post, then realize you misspelled something or forgot a word? You can edit your comment and move on
#5 Have you ever commented on a post and then regretted it later because 50 other people also commented and your notification box is filling up? You can “Unfollow a post” and never get notified again.
#6 The election is close and people are more than ever posting their political beliefs and it can be tiresome. I have many political friends and although it’s not my thing, I still want to be friends with them, but without seeing all those posts. There is a solution…You can hide them from your news feed, meaning you are still friends, they still see your posts, you can see their posts if you go to their profile page, but you won’t see them in your news feed until you put them back in your news feed. Just don’t forget about them! BTW…they will NOT receive a notification about it.
#7 Alright so maybe taking them out of your news feed is a little too harsh for you…Here is an alternative. Hover over the person’s name, then hover over “friends“. Click on “settings” and you will see options for “How many posts you see” and “What type of posts you see“. This allows you to see what you want to see from these people.
#8 You can create different lists for your friends and put friends into multiple lists. For example, family, co-workers, best friends, high school, college friends, etc. whatever you like.
#9 Now that you have all your friends neatly in lists, you can do 2 things with that. First, you can create a post specifically for that list. Now only your friends listed in “family”, for example, will see your specific post only meant for them. Second, you can look at your news feed with only that particular list in mind. For example, if you just want to see what your college buddies are up to, you can click on that list on your left side of the screen, and your news feed will only show those in that last.
#10 If you have a Facebook business page, you will appreciate this. An easy way to jump to your page and not have to go back and forth between “you” and “your page” identities is to click your page from the left side of the screen. It will also have a number next to it if there are any notifications for your page. Easy as pie!
I hope this helped you out and of course if you have anything to add to this, please post it in the comment section below.
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