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How To Turn off Facebook Chat

By Mari Smith | April 23, 2008

It’s arrived: Facebook chat just blasted it’s way onto my computer screen with several nonsensical instant messages. I knew this feature was being tested in certain Networks across Facebook and I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about it. My attention is already massively divided without having to deal with messages on the fly from people…

How To Shake Hands On Facebook

By Mari Smith | April 18, 2008

Ever since I joined Facebook in July 2007, I’ve been an evangelist for including a personal message each time I make a Facebook Friend Request. No exceptions. Likewise, I’m equally passionate about receiving a personal message from incoming friends. Still, it continues to amaze me how many Facebook members miss this critical step. It’s the…

Twitter: My Living Breathing Search Engine!

By Mari Smith | April 17, 2008

Okay, I’m so excited I just have to write this blog post to share my excitement about one of the many uses of Twitter. Recently I had a nasty meltdown in MS Word 07. See, when my trusty desktop burned out on me last fall, I was forced to pony up for a hot new…

Fast Company Calls Me “The Pied Piper of Facebook”!

By Mari Smith | April 8, 2008

It was my pleasure and honor to be written up on Fast Company‘s blog today. Three cheers to Wendy Marx for her great journalistic talents. I was delighted with the write-up (and could hardly wait to share with my mum, ha! :)) Wendy and I first connected via Facebook (of course!). Wendy has been called…

I Heart my Facebook and Twitter Communities!

By Mari Smith | April 1, 2008

As a raving people-person*, I absolutely adore my online social networks! Okay, the secret is out. Ha! As if it was a secret. *I’m an Extravert on Myers-Briggs, High I on Disc, High Social Contact on Reiss, and Connector in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point. I treated myself to a professional makeover and photoshoot last…

How NOT To Do Business on Facebook… or anywhere!

By Mari Smith | March 24, 2008

I had a very unpleasant experience last week: a gal, I’ll call Ms. X, ripped off my copyrighted sales copy for FacebookFortunes.com and FacebookGuidebook.com, put it up verbatim on her Facebook Profile, her website, and on Podclass… and began promoting the programs as if they were her own. I was shocked. (I’ve been on the…

New Resilience Book Skyrockets up the Amazon Charts!

By Mari Smith | March 14, 2008

My mentor coach, Mike R. Jay, has a hot new book out today! Upping the Downside: 64 Strategies for Creating Professional Resilience by Design. It’s the perfect antidote to all the conversation about a recession. I’ve been studying with Mike since October 2006 when a dear friend introduced me to him. I was immediately struck…

Facebook for Business: The Blog Squad Interviews Mari Smith

By Mari Smith | March 8, 2008

With sixty-seven million active users, Facebook has significant implications for business owners, marketers, and entrepreneurs. This highly successful online social networking platform continues to grow at a rate of 250,000 per day. That is serious growth! Not only that, more than HALF the active users come back DAILY. And, people spend an average of 20…

Invite friends to be fans Using share feature on pages

By Mari Smith | March 6, 2008

One of the complaints some folks had about Facebook Pages was you couldn’t invite anyone to be your “fan” (the business term for friend). However, now you can post your Page (business) to your Profile (personal) and/or invite specific friends to come check out your Page and Become a Fan. Go to your Facebook Page,…

On Facebook, Profiles are personal. PAGES are for Business

By Mari Smith | March 5, 2008

The CORRECT way to register an account on Facebook is in your personal name. To register an account in your business name is against Facebook’s Terms of Use. I’m going on a wee rant here! Sure, it’s true you don’t know what you don’t know. But sometimes I think people are chancing their luck. See,…