Facebook Messenger for all

Facebook Messenger you can chat with your friends from Facebook without using a browser.

You can see and respond to chats right from your desktop. Whether you're browsing other websites or using another app, you don't have to click away to stay connected.

Facebook Messenger for windows Click Here
Facebook Messenger for Mobile Click Here
Facebook Messenger for Firefox Click Here

Facebook Shortcut Keys

 

How to BLOCK ads in Facebook

BLOCK FACEBOOK ADS
I feel like, Facebook ads are junk for me so I started using Facebook Ads Blocker which is again a Google Chrome extension. Please note this particular extension takes some time to propagate  I did wait for more than 30 minutes to see it working and absolutely no ads on Facebook pages.

Free Google+ ID card

 Steps to do this:

1. Click here to go to we site.

2. Then enter you profile id.

3. After that "Nick Name that" you want to display.

4. Now put the joining date.

5. At the end just click on generate button.

Watch Movies on Google Play

For Android Tablets

• Android 3.2 or +
• It need Wi-Fi or 3G

For Android Smartphone

• Android 2.2 or +
• It need Wi-Fi or 3G 

For watch movies just click on this link.  It will directly redirect you to Google Play Movies. This section is like Youtube Movies, But this service is paid. So select any movie, pay and watch.

How To Download My Facebook photos,videos,etc

Now you can download your Facebook account information with few clicks only,  doesn't need any software's to download your Photo's, favorite Video's and your Timeline information. Facebook provides a download option on the Account Settings page. The downloaded Archive file containing various information from your account, including messages and chat history.

Steps To Download Facebook Data:

• Open your Facebook account and Click the  Menu  at right top corner of Facebook.

 

  

• Click on  Account Settings.

• Then Click on " Download a copy of your Facebook data"

• Finally Click " Start My Archive".

 

 

The Archive Contains?

• Your contact information, Interests, Groups and Notes you have created.

• Content that you and your friends have posted to your timeline.

• Photos and videos that you have uploaded to your account

• Your friend list and Your sent and received messages

• Comments  on your timeline posts, photos, and other timeline content.

There's also an Expanded Archive available. 

•  Click on Expanded Archive to see more about your account history.

• This is in addition to your downloaded info, and contains even more account info like Login , cookies and more.

Read old News papers and books

1.Google News – Google News indexes thousands of newspaper websites from around the world and organizes news in clusters for easy reading. In addition to current news, Google News also offers access to stories published in old newspapers that you can search for free.
Although many of these newspaper issues are scanned images of the original printed version, you can use Google search to find stories inside the papers through the magic of OCR.   The actual content is hosted on other sites and Google will show if it cost any money to read that issue /news story.
2. Google Books – If you’re looking for an older issue of a magazine, Google Books might be the best place to find it.
These magazines are scanned and searchable and can be read online using the standard Google Book interface.   Decades worth of material are available, and the magazines are laid out just as they were when they were originally printed.   You can read archived magazines cover to cover, including the original articles, index, cover, and advertisements.
3. Trove – The National Library of Australia has a large selection of newspapers from across Australia archived online that anyone may read for free.   All the newspapers are completely scanned and can be viewed online in any modern browser, or you may download them as a PDF for offline reading.
4. Library of Congress – The Library of Congress has a large repository of historic newspapers published in America between 1880 and 1922, available as PDFs.
Though the library has made available newspapers from 14 states and Washington, DC., these states contain some of the largest newspapers and thus the archives are still a very valuable resource.   Additionally, the site has a database of records of all newspapers printed in America from 1690 to the present, including newspapers that are currently not published.
5. Newseum – Here you can find and download front pages of 800+ newspapers from around the world and the newspaper gallery is updated every day. The collection includes small-town and local newspapers as well as globally-distributed big papers.   They also maintain an archive of newspaper front pages belonging to dates of significant importance (for example, see the September 11 archive).
6. The Olden Times – If you’re looking for a popular article about a major historical event, the Olden Times may be a good place to look for it.   Although they do not contain entire newspapers, they do have snippets including popular news articles, print advertisements, and personal information sections such as births and obituaries.   All content is free, and the content ranges from between 1788 and 1920.
7. OMA – Like The Olden Times but for past magazine issues. Old Magazine Articles contains magazine pages covering from famous historical events. The articles can be downloaded as PDF files for free though they have been mildly edited to remove advertisements from the original magazines.
8. Wayback Machine – Simply enter a news website address into the search box (nytimes.com for example), and the Wayback machine will show you a list of snapshots of that site. You can then read the news as it appeared on that day. It also includes collections of news articles from major events like the Asian Tsunami of 2004.
9. NewspaperARCHIVE – This is the world’s largest online archive of historical newspapers published from 1753 onwards.   You can browse newspaper issues by date or find articles that match a particular phrase. NewspaperARCHIVE costs $9.99 a month if you subscribe for an year.
10. Ancestry.com – Although Ancestry.com is designed for building family trees or for finding information about your ancestors, its archives also includes thousands of newspapers and periodicals dating back to the 1700′s. Subscriptions start at $19.95/month or $12.95/month if paid per year.

Archives of Popular Newspapers and News agencies

1. Times Machine – This has archived editions of The New York Times from 1851 through 1922. The issues are identical to the original newspapers, and include all pages including the advertisements.
2. Times Archive – The Times. the daily paper from the UK, offers digital archives of issues from 1785 to 1985 on their website.   All pages of the papers are completely scanned, and are additionally organized with an index of topics.   You can read the articles highlighted on their front page for free while specific papers and articles are available for £4.95/day.
3. British Library – The British Library has scanned and digitized millions of pages of historic newspapers printed in the UK and Ireland during the 1700s and 1800s and have put them all online. Anyone can search through these newspaper archives but you’ll have to pay a £6.95 fee for 48 hour access to the online library. The newspapers can be downloaded in PDF format.
4. BBC – The On This Day section of BBC offers an online archive of some of the most significant stories broadcast by BBC News since 1950.     You can select any date from the menu at the top of the page, and view the news from that date as well as today’s historical news.
5. Press Display – This is like online newspaper kiosk where you can find current and past issues of hundreds of newspapers and magazines in full-color, full-page format. Individual issues cost 99 ¢ each and you may also download them on your Windows PC, Mac or mobile devices for offline reading.
6. Boston Globe – All issues of The Boston Globe newspaper printed since 1924 are available online. You can access all news articles printed since 1979 for free while the older articles are available at $2.95 for a single article

Your Gmail ID Creation Date

If your Google account ever gets hacked or if you are unable to get into your Gmail account because you no longer have access to your mobile phone number or alternate email address, Google will require you to answer a few security questions before restoring your account.
These questions include:

1. What was the last password you used to sign-in to your Google Account?
2. When was the last time you were able to sign in to your Google Account?
3. When did you create your Google Account?

All these questions are required and if you are not sure about the exact dates, Google says that you can provide your “best estimate.”
It is therefore recommended that you make a note of Google account creation date at a safe place but where you do get this information from? One option is that you open your Gmail mailbox, switch to All messages and note the timestamp of the welcome message from Gmail.

When did you create your Gmail account?

When did I create the Google Account?

In case you have deleted that email message, here is how you can easily find out the date when you created you Google / Gmail account.

1. Go to google.com/takeout and sign-in with your current Google Account.
2. Now click the link that says “Transfer your Google+ connections to another account”
3. Google will once again require your account password. Sign-in and on the next screen you’ll see you Google Account creation as shown in the above screenshot.

Google Plus Notifications In Opera Browser

This is my first post about Google plus. It’s been almost two months now since Google launched its new social network named Google Plus. Rumors has it that it has managed to get 30 million users in only two months and it’s still going good with numbers but I don’t think it’s a Facebook competitor. Other than the fact that the link you share on Google plus is a do follow link and help your blog to rank better on search engine results, do you think it’s as awesome as Facebook?

Let’s get into the point. If you’re addicted to Google plus (I know you are not  ) and you prefer Opera browser, here’s an extension for you that will show you Google plus notifications on your browser. Using the extension, you can get all the Google plus notifications without having to go the Google Plus website. Take a look at the screenshot below.

This is the extension – Surplus Lite. Once you install this extension in Opera browser, it adds an icon to the right of the address bar so that you can quickly view old or new Google+ notifications without loading the Google+ website. Here’re some more features of Surplus Lite and also, see below for the download link.

• View Google+ notifications in a popup.
• Click on the direct link to Google+ discussions for new responses.
• Mark all new notifications as read.
• Displays the number of new notifications in the toolbar button icon.

You must first login to Google+ to view new notifications. In the extension preferences, you can set the user number if you are using the Google account multi-login feature, and you can configure the notifications updater.

Download Surplus Lite For Opera Browser (Direct Link)

FREE TWITTER WITHOUT GPRS IN AIRTEL

Use free twitter in airtel without gprs
Just type *515# And press call button,And then close the msg
then reply with username and password

How To Show Only Online Friends In Facebook Chat

New Facebook chat window shows the both online and offline friends in single window and you have to scroll down to see all online friends or search for the specific friend from the search area. If you are irritated with this chat box and wants to remove it to show only online friends then install Facebook Chat FixGoogle chrome extension in chrome browser. Along with removing all offline friends from the list, It will also remove the Live News Ticker box from your Facebook. This works only on Google chrome and for Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer read article 


It is a simple extension which will revert your new Facebook chat box back to old chat box. It is Google chrome extension so you don’t have to like any page and install any application before using this extension and you don’t have to grant permissions from your data to install this extension.

Click Here to Download the Extension

The Above method will only work in windows operating system.

In Mac and Linux you have to Drag and drop this link “Fix Chat ” to your bookmark bar.

Note:This is a browser trick so changes will be visible only in your browser.

Get Back Old Facebook Photo Viewer Using A Simple Trick

Facebook has again changed the layout. This time, it’s Facebook Photo Viewer that got a redesign, which now looks much similar to Google+ Photo viewer. I really like the revamped Facebook Photo Viewer. Thanks to Google Plus. Hadn’t it been in Google+, Facebook would have never thought about this development.

Now let’s talk about the new Facebook Photo Viewer. It’s been about 10 hours since Facebook updated its Photo Viewer layout, and the new design is being rolled out to all users. So those of you who haven’t got the update, you will soon be presented with the new Photo Viewer, like in the screenshot below.

As I stated above, it’s just a copy of Google Plus Photo Viewer, where comments and activities (Like & Share) are now being displayed next to the photo (At the right sidebar) with a dark screen at the back. You don’t need to scroll down the whole page to view all the comments on the photo. Just scroll down in the right side bar that displays comments and activities, and the photo will remain fixed onto the layout.

Switch Back to Old Facebook Photo Viewer

I really like this new Photo viewer in Facebook but not everyone likes it. So I’m sharing a simple trick that will be helpful to see photos in old Facebook Photo Viewer. Actually there are now 2 tricks that you can use to switch back to old Photo Viewer. Thanks toLabnol.

• When the new Photo Viewer opens, hit ‘F5’ and you’ll go back to classic layout.
• or Hold the ‘CTRL’ button on your keyboard while clicking the thumbnail of any photo on Facebook.

It’s that simple. Share this post on your Facebook wall, and let your friends and family know about this trick.

How To Send Free SMS From GMAIL

There are lots of websites available on the internet like way2sms, 160by2, anonymous sms sites and many more through which you can send free SMS. Now Google has also launched a new service to Send SMS from Gmail account. This service is currently not available in India as well as some other countries.
SMS will be sent from your Gmail Chat itself. You just have to enter the mobile number of your friend to send free SMS. If your friend replies back to your message then he has to pay normal SMS charges and the message will be received in your chat . This service limits your SMS length to maximum of  50 characters and you can send only 50 SMS from your account in a day. But the amazing thing of this service is, if your friend reply back to your message then you will get 5 extra SMS but this cannot exceed 50.

 How To Enable Free SMS in Gmail

• In your Gmail account, click on the Settings button and go to Labs tab.
• Scroll down until you find Text Messaging (SMS) in chat and click on Enable.

• Also Enable the SMS in Chat Gadget and click on Save Changes button.
• Now you will see Send SMS box in the left sidebar.

How To Send Free SMS From GMAIL

• In the Send SMS box enter the mobile number at which you want to send SMS.

• Now a dialog box will be open, in this box give the Name and Country of the SMS recipient and click on Save button.

• Type your Message in the chat window and hit Enter. Your message will be delivered in few seconds.

Click Here to check the list of supported countries.
All your sent and received messages will be stored in chat history just like normal chats. You can delete all your conversations anytime.

Transfer your all Facebook Friends To Google Plus

Recently Google launched his awaited brand new social networking site called Google+ . The Google plus v/s Facebook is the hot topic among the tech bloggers. Facebook already cross the one million users. Google want to capture the market share of social networking through google plus after orkut. Now the question is, If I am user of google plus, how can i connect with my friends which is available only in facebook? Can i transfer my facebook friends to Google plus? The answer is yes, you can transfer your all Facebook Friends To Google Plus.To export all your friends to facebook try Facebook Friend Exporter Chrome extension in google chrome.Follow below instruction to transfer your friends to google plus.

Make sure you are logged into m.facebook.com, you must be logged in for it to work.

• Must have English version of Facebook for this to work (you can switch)
• Do not enable SSL for Facebook use HTTP not HTTPS
• If you need any help running this, contact me. Commenting below will be lost.
• An “Export” button will appear on Facebooks toolbar after refresh once installed.
• Please disable all Facebook Extensions that you have downloaded, many of them affect the page. For example “Better Facebook” breaks this extension.

This extension will allow you to get your friends information that they shared to you:
- Name
- Emails
- Phone numbers
- Screen names
- Websites
- Address
- Birthdays

Two methods of exports

• CSV file (if you have many friends, greater than 500, it will be very slow)
• Gmail Contacts (It will place them into a folder called “Imported from Facebook“)

Notice:

• Your contacts will be cached, so don’t worry, you will continue where you left off.
• This extension states “Browsing History” permission, this is needed to transfer data from Facebook Tab to the extension. Your history absolutely doesn’t get exported, it uses OAuth for authentication, so only the user logged in OAuth can get that data

Facebook Ads: Best Tips To Drive More Traffic From it

Facebook has been the largest social network and everyone is enjoying its day by day improving features and services. You must have been socializing there but do you think of ‘Making money online with facebook’? Have you been earning a lot from Google ads but unable to derive successfully campaigned facebook ads? May be it is because you are overlooking the basic differences between them. Keeping aside your experience with Google, we will give you some tips that can increase your revenue generated because of facebook ads. Note that you can advertise anything on Facebook, even your blogs in order to increase the number of your subscribers. It works great if you are running a contest on your blog and want more and more people to take part in it. For that, Facebook can be the best source of traffic because it provides you with relevant targeted users..

You may like to find out how advertising works on face book

How to Recover Your Hacked Email Account

Today in this post I’ll teach you how to recover your hacked Email account. It is a big disaster if someone hacks your email account and takes control of your email account .As your email account may contain the confidential records and data like internet banking user name, password, credit card details and other sensitive data. If your email account has been hacked and you want it again, then this new trick will surely help you out. In this web trick you will find the possible ways and procedures to get back your hacked email account.
For Gmail Account:

If your Gmail account has been hacked then it would be a big disaster for you as your Gmail account may be associated with several services like “Facebook”, “Blogger”, “Analytics”,” Ad words”, “Ad sense”, “Orkut” etc. When you Lose your access to your Gmail account it means you are losing access to all the services associated with it. Now check out the following new trick to recover your Gmail:
Step -1: First of all try to reset your password. It is the easiest method to get back your Gmail account. For performing this trick Google may ask you to answer the “secret question “that you fill in the form during the creation of your Gmail account or may send the password reset details to the secondary email address associated with your hacked account.
If the first method does not works for you then choose the second trick given below:
Step-2: Sometime when the hacker hacks your account they recently change your secret question and secondary email address. And your first trick will not work as discussed above. If this is the case then you need to contact the Gmail support team by filling out the account recovery form. The recovery form consists of various question and you have to answer each question accuratly so that your account get recover easily. The various type of question in the form are:
1. Last five emailed addresses on which you send email.
2. Other services associated with your Hacked account
3. Last successful Login date.
4. Account creation date.
5. Last password that you remember and many more questions…
You need to fill out this form as much accurately as possible. It is obvious to forget the dates of last login, account creation and similar terms. However you need to figure out the closest possible date/answers and fill out this form. This is your last chance to recover your account! The more accurate the information filled out in the recovery form, the more the chances of getting your account back

How To Hide Your Facebook Profile

If you have lots of friend request from unknown person on your facebook account daily and you just fed up from these requests, then today I am going to give you a new facebook trick. Whenever someone types your name or email Id in facebook search it will automatically search into its database and will show link to profile to the person.

Now you are thinking that is it possible to hide facebook profile from its database. Yes friend it is possible to hide your profile from facebook search. For this, facebook trick you have to do the following steps as given below.
Basically facebook provides you three options for the profile sharing as follows:-

1. Everyone can search your profile on facebook
2. Only Your friends and friends of friends can search your profile
3. Only your friends can search your profile

For those who are really frustrated by daily unwanted friends request should select either 2 or 3 option.
Now let us start the complete step by step tutorial with screenshots on How To Hide Your Profile On Facebook ?

1. Get Login into your facebook account.
2. Now, Click on Account at the top of your profile on right side.
3. After this Click on Privacy Setting.
4. Then a new window gets open on which you have to click on View Settings as show below in screen shot:

5. Now you will see a lot of privacy settings and the first one being Search for you on Facebook.

6. In front of Search for you on Facebook you can select any one of the three options from the drop-down box as per your need.
7. You can also change your other privacy settings from here.

Unlock Facebook From School,College Labs

Today i am going to gives you new facebook tricks ,with the help of this facebook tricks you can easily access your facebook account also from the restricted area. Many people who have Facebook accounts would like to connect at their work or at their institute (college, university, etc..), But usually these places block the access to social networking  and entertainment sites. There are several facebook tricks  to violate these blockages so you can check your Facebook without any problems.Here i am going to gives you three facebook tricks with the help of which you can easily unlock your facebook account from restricted area easily.
So here is the list of some facebook tricks to connect to Facebook from work or place of study when it has been blocked:
1. Connect through https:
This one facebook trick is the easiest one to apply.HTTP is the protocol that allows a browser to read a web address or URL and display to the user. But there is also the protocol HTTPS , which is the secure version of the above. Usually system administrators block the addresses as http://www.facebook.com/ , but not secure protocol: https: / / www.facebook.com/ , so you can try in a place where you blocked site lets you enter through the secure protocol. So you also get more security in your account as being an encryption protocol, you can not access data such as passwords, because they are sent encrypted.
Go to this Link from your restricted area : https: / / www.facebook.com/ . So apply this pc tricks on your PC and you will get the result.

2. Enter through the Google translator
One technique widely used to access web sites blocked by the companies is through the online translation system from Google. The translator can translate whole web pages by simply entering the address in the box provided. You can enter the link Facebook and the translator will display the page within a frame in your browser, although there are locks on it.
Go to: http://translate.google.com/

3. Login via proxy
This one facebook  tricks is the most comman on tricks.With the help of this facebook trick you can easily access your account from the blocked area. There are many proxy sites on the Internet, providing access to remote sites using a computer that acts as a link, avoiding the use of the server where the pages have been blocked. Although best known as Anonymouse.org, should already be locked into the system of your work, school or university. One that works efficiently is Vtunnel.com. Vtunnel can connect with your Facebook account from a PC blocked, as well as being proxy, you can also enable the cookie system that allows you to enter your username and password to the site.
To use, simply enter www.facebook.com Vtunnel.com address and you can access your account. If for some reason you receive the following message: "Cookies are not enabled on your browser. Please go to your security preferences and adjust the settings before proceeding, just enter your password again and enter the home of Facebook.
Remember that some of these tricks might not work, try them all until one allows you to access Facebook in the best way and without problems.

Thats all about these three facebook tricks. Apply these facebook tricks at your restricted area and you will easily login into your facebook account.

How to Create Video chat in Facebook

Now all the guys and girls can easily do video chat on facebook by using this facebook tricks.Facebook Launches Video Calling feature for its users like Gmail and Skype.

Now you can chat with your friends from around the world face-to-face by using this facebook tricks. To avail this feature visit www.facebook.com/videocalling and click on Get Started.Thats all about this facebook tricks.Nothing you have to do for this facebook tricks just visit to the above link and get started with facebook video chat.

Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook now has 750 million users. The new service, rolling out immediately, could be a huge boost for Skype, which currently has about 145 million regular users. 
Facebook's move comes a week after Google Inc turned up the competitive heat by introducing a social networking service dubbed Google+. 

Is this a new strategy of facebook to divert the attention of worldwide users from the most-hyped google+?

Drop your Comments about this facebook tricks. If you have any question about these PC Tricks collection or want to give some suggestion then please comment.Thanks for visiting my tricks collection.

How to Use Facebook For Business?

How to Use Facebook For Business?

There are a growing number of social media sites being used by businesses in their company marketing efforts. The secret to using social media effectively is not to be everywhere, but instead to have an online presence where your current and prospective customers are online. Contrary to what many believe- Facebook is not just for college students or for personal use. Facebook is increasingly being used by companies in many creative ways such as to build their brand image, to drive traffic to their website and blogs, to announce or get feedback on new products, manage their online reputation, attract employees, communicate company information, and as a means to intercept potential prospects. For many companies, this increased company communication is leading to enhanced relationships with current and prospective customers. In this article, I will outline how a planned internet marketing approach can lead to positive results for your business. I will begin the article by addressing a few common misperceptions about Facebook that I hear most frequently from my clients. Next, I will detail how to use and set up the various sections of a Facebook account. I will conclude with several recommended applications that will add functionality to your company Facebook page.

1: Facebook is only for personal use
Each time I give presentations on using social networking sites for business there is the perception in the audience that Facebook is only useful for communicating with friends and family. Facebook started as a closed community for college students, and has not been as effective as Linkedin at highlighting the business page and advertising features. However, Facebook continues to grow in use by companies looking to reach the more than 200 million active users, and has very powerful and targeted demographic tools that help companies to hone in on their target market.

2: Facebook is only for college students
According to the Facebook Press Room page, there are more than 200 million active users on Facebook and a million new members are joining each week in the U.S. alone. Contrary to what many of my audiences believe- more than two-thirds of Facebook users are not in college. According to comscore.com, more than 50% of Facebook's users in the U.S. are over 35; the single biggest age demographic in the U.S. on Facebook is now between 35 and 44, and Facebook's fastest growing age group is 55 and older. They also reported that Facebook ranks as the top social networking site in the majority of European countries.

3: I am too busy for this, and besides-it is not worth my time
Some of the reasons why social networking sites like Facebook are increasingly being used by companies is because they provide businesses the opportunity to easily and efficiently communicate regularly with the people in their network. Networks can include people with whom they are currently doing business, people whom they would like to do business, vendors, and potential business partners.

Social networking sites like Facebook are serving as an adjunct to, and in some cases, replacement for, traditional means of communication such as newsletters and direct mail. Facebook can be used to regularly announce or get feedback on new products, spotlight new employees or existing employees accomplishments or talents, reward customer loyalty, promote special events and special offers, as well as to create partnerships. According to a Forrester Research interactive marketing online research survey (March 2009): "40% of companies surveyed expect to cut direct mail budgets, while 35% will decrease newspaper spend, and 28% will slash magazine money in order to spend more in interactive media." Some companies have reported that by using these online means of communication they have reduced their marketing budget while at the same time increasing sales.

Why Social Networking works:
What companies that use social networking sites are finding is that these sites allow them to more regularly communicate with people, vendors, clients, colleagues, and prospects, which, in turn, helps business understand their customers needs better, increase trust, and therefore build better business relationships. Most people know that Facebook has been helpful as a tool for connecting or re-connecting with friends, family and co-workers. And most understand that even the personal connections have the potential to become new business opportunities-so it makes sense that Facebook can be used to communicate with those in the business milieu.

How to Set Up a Facebook Profile:
To make use of Facebook you need to set up an account. After registering you need to do the following in order of importance:

1. Create a Profile
In order to begin to use Facebook you must create a profile detailing information about yourself. Based on site policies, you can create only 1 profile, and it must be tied to a human name, preferably your real name, not a business name. We will review setting up your business page later in this article, but first you must set up your personal profile. If you are a married female, use your maiden and married names so more people can find you. Facebook has a "Friend Finder" feature that allows users to search for people by school, company, or organization. In order for people to find you -you must so be sure to list all of your previous schools, organizations, employers, in your profile. Thoroughly complete the "About Me" section to describe your business and what services or products you offer. In the "Information" box on your profile page, you need to include links to your website address, newsletter, blog and other business information such as your company contact information, logo and a photo of yourself. Your profile page should be considered your "branding" page or your marketing campaign. If you are working for a company-you don't have to list all your personal interests-just limit your entry to listing your professional interests. You can syndicate your blog on your profile page. By doing this you are enabling any post that you make to automatically appear on your profile page and all of those people who are connected to you will see it.

2. Build Your Contact List
Facebook was created based on the concept of connecting with friends. You can send and receive "friend requests" and once accepted, your friend can view your profile and you can view theirs. To begin connecting with people that you know, you can either import your address book/ contact database, or you can also search Facebook for individual people.

You can also view the friends list of each person with whom you are connected. If you know any of your new friend's connections, or you would like to know them-you can send a connection request. You can grow your friend list by inviting all your clients, business associates, customers, family, friends, co-workers, school alumni, neighbors, and anyone else you think would be interested in connecting. I would suggest also using the search feature on Facebook to look up people with whom you have lost contact. After befriending -your profile will show up on all your friends' pages. Therefore, the more friends you have- the more pages your profile will appear-leading to more people who will see your page and possibly get in touch with you.

3. Communicate by using Wall Posts
Each Facebook member has a "wall" where friends can post messages. In the business networking world, this is the online equivalent of calling them on the phone. You can send a complement to a colleague on their work by writing this on their wall, comment on their new service or product offering, or communicate an upcoming training or networking opportunity.

4. Update Your Status
At the top of your Facebook page is a status box. When you post a status update, everyone in your friends list can see your update on their home page. For business owners, this is the place to share tips, promote events, post blog updates, announce new products, links to your affiliate programs, links to interesting video or audio presentations, websites, articles, and newsletters.You can add updates as often as you are able in the " What's on you mind?" box. These will appear on all of your friends' pages so ensure that they are meant for everyone on your friend list, and are professional in nature. Otherwise, you risk people removing you from their list.

5. Participate in Groups
Online groups allow you to network virtually with potential clients and peers. You can also join Groups on Facebook that are related to your work. There are groups for therapist, teachers, coaches, and every conceivable profession. You can network, and learn from experts in the field. Another way to maximize the potential and relevance of these groups is to start one of your own. There is no cost to do this and this is a great way to improve your company's visibility. For example, I started a group for mental health facility administrators in Boston. This group is now a resource for sharing best practices and may over time lead to mutual referral relationships. To access groups, start from your Facebook home page, view the list of applications and click on "Groups." You can browse through thousands of groups by area of interest, by industry and geography. There are an incredibly varied selection of topics and professions all over the map.

6. Build Your Friends List
For business purposes, it makes sense to have as many friends as possible. One way to do this is to join a group and send connection requests to fellow members with a note letting them know of your interest in connecting with them on Facebook. Just as you would with an in-person business introduction, be sure to check out their profile and learn about what they are currently doing. Networking always works best when there is a two-way exchange. Find ways you can be helpful to them such as introducing them to a colleague or potential business partner and they may likely reciprocate and return the favor. Also, create your own events page, or post on the Facebook "Events page." You can even see how many RSVP and get feedback from attendees.

7. Create Fan Pages
Because Facebook requires that a profile be designated to a person, not a business, they have instead provided the ability to create fan pages. You can create a fan page for a business, book, product, author, speaker, celebrity or just about anything else you want. To create a fan page, scroll all the way down to the bottom of Facebook and click on "Advertising" (don't worry, this is free to set-up). Next, click on "Pages" at the top of the screen. You will find some helpful explanations about how pages work, along with the link that will allow you to create your own fan page. Once your page is created you can add links, events, discussion boards and other features that make them interactive. Your updates from your fan pages will appear on your profile so your friends will know about them. You can invite people to become a "fan" of your page as an alternative to sending friend requests which will help you to further cultivate an online community

8. Use the Marketplace
Facebook has an online marketplace that allows you to list your services and products at no cost. This is a great way for you or your company to get exposure. You can also use the marketplace to find items or services that you need.

How To Set Up a Business Page on Facebook
Setting up a business page is easy. Just log in to your profile page and scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Then click on "Advertising" or by following this link:http://www.facebook.com/business That will bring up a page with the blue links one of which is called "Pages." Click on Pages, and then click on the green "Create a Page" box on the right of the screen. You can now start filling this information in to create and customize your business page.

After you create your business page, Facebook will automatically add an application called the "Page Manager" which should be located on the top and left side of your log. Again choose Facebook Pages, then choose the best category for your business. Click this link to load your business page where you can then edit and add to the existing content.

It is important that you choose the name of your Facebook page carefully because the page name will become your key word search terms, and is the only text that is used in a search on a Facebook page. Once your page is in place, you can add applications that help to enhance how you represent your company in your own unique way. To find applications for Facebook, click on "Applications" in the upper left corner of your page, or search for them at this link: http://www.facebook.com/apps Applications are fairly easy to install and to set up. If you have difficulty with any one application-please note that there is often more than one application available to accomplish the same task.

Facebook Applications for Business:
Simply RSS : This allows you to display up to eight RSS feeds on your Facebook page and display the feeds from your business's main site and newsrooms.

Upcoming: Add all of your events to upcoming.org, and you can easily display them on your Facebook page with Upcoming's Facebook application.

My Flickr: Display photos from your Flickr account using this application. These photos can include logos, product photos, photos from events, etc.

Posted Items Pro: Allows you to embed multiple YouTube, Yahoo, and Google Videos, music mp3s, sites, files, and more onto your profile and Facebook pages. You can add any variety of these elements, making it great for a media center or press section.

Twitter APP: If you have a Twitter account this application will automatically pull your tweets into your Facebook status, and it automatically installs a Twitter-themed icon letting all you friends on Facebook know that you are on Twitter. It also saves you time in updating and ensures that you have some profile activity to keep you relevant. If you are not on Twitter yet-you can add this at any time.

By implementing these applications you will be creating an interactive page that gives visitors a more complete understanding of your business.

Make the Time to Stay Relevant
In order to stay relevant on Facebook, you need to continually update your Page and use the site. If you do not have the time needed to do this consistently- then I would suggest you hire a copywriter or social media consultant to help. The more actions you take, the more you appear in a fan's News Feed. This keeps you in their mind, and in their friend's feeds when they interact with you. But updating content will do more than keep you on the News Feed; it will also help make your Facebook Page one that people will return to by offering fans an incentive to continue to read your content and return to your page. There are many ways to do this such as providing exclusive content, special promotional pricing, exclusive contests, product previews, or privileged access to company events.

I hope this information has been helpful to you in getting started in using Facebook. Make no mistake about it-social networking is not a passing fad. Facebook, and other social media sites are here to stay. So regardless of whether you make use of all the social networking sites- you cannot discount the recent research indicating that customers are increasingly going online to gather company and product information, compare prices, and place orders. As with any new technology social networking will take time and effort for businesses to fully benefit from it; however, it is my belief that this time and effort, if done consistently and in a planned, thoughtful manner, will be time well spent.