If you are a Facebook power-user, you will certainly want to jump on this. Now you can use a new Social Backup service, from SOS Online Backup, to backup all of your Facebook data. If you’re like most Facebook users, you have updated, uploaded, and shared important media and content. Should anything happen to the security of your Facebook account, you will want to have a backup.
The new app, from SOS Online Backup, allows you to back up your data right from Facebook. The backup is free up to 5GB, and you can choose to backup all or just some of your data to include wall posts, messages, information about your friends, and your photo albums.
It is perfect for users who are primarily concerned about the availability of uploaded photos that may no longer exist on their desktops. You can also use SOS Social Backup to restore your profile from a previous version, which is useful in the event your account is compromised and then recovered, as well as see what your profile looked like during a backup point.
Users of SOS Social Backup can also convert friends information into .vcf Outlook contact files. There is one catch to this. Your friends have to have selected the privacy setting on their e-mail information that allows their friends to download their contact information. This was a feature Facebook added this summer, but people are unlikely to even know about this setting, much less have selected it. So too bad if you want to add your friends to your contact list. Facebook has us over a barrel, but is making it seem like it is up to your friends.
According to SOS Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ken Shaw, backup services for Gmail and Twitter will be available from SOS Social Backup soon.
I have been asked to be on a panel of “experts” who will provide a Social Media Makeover for an Atlanta business this fall. The SMB Social Media Makeover Forum will be part of Digital Atlanta 2011 – a week long (November 7-11) calendar of events that will focus on the digital and social media scene in Atlanta. Last year’s inaugural celebration attracted more than 3,000 people including business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals from various industries, non-profits and educational institutions. Organizers expect an even bigger turnout this year.
Dan Greenfield of Listen Interactive has put together this makeover event which will take place on November 8th. To start building some buzz for the event, Dan has asked his panel of experts the following questions. I thought I would share my answers to these three questions with you.
- What is the biggest lesson you have learned from doing social media?
- What do you think is the most common social media mistake that most newbies commit?
- What is your best makeover tip for a small company (with limited funds) looking to get more fans on Facebook or followers on Twitter?
What is the biggest lesson you have learned from doing social media?
I have learned the power these tools offer. We are living in an amazing time where each and every business has the ability to get their message, products, services, out to people who are seeking them locally or worldwide, even on a very small budget. What is possible today is unprecedented in that before, small businesses were limited by not being able to afford the amount of advertising, PR, or Tradeshow presence needed to reach even a fraction of their niche. Using social media in conjunction with a content management website has allowed me to develop a strong reputation and following that has translated into finding my “right” [click to continue…]
I have a sister and brother-in-law that live on a sailboat and blog about their travels. The last time I saw them my brother-in-law he was complaining that none of my sisters read their blog. I told him not to get his nose out of joint because no one remembers to read anyone’s blog without reminders. That is where an e-mail newsletter comes in.
We all have so much going on that it is out of sight, out of mind. If you have a message that you want to share and “your” right people are interested in receiving it, make it easy for them to get your information and don’t let them forget about you.
When I first started New Tricks, I had a subscription form on my website but I never sent anything out. Thirty three people signed up that first year, and I have a big family! I knew that was really lame so my next step was to set up an automatic RSS newsletter to go out once a month and include an [click to continue…]
You may be wondering what all the fuss is about Google+ and whether or not you should get on the bandwagon. Although I have not yet jumped in with both feet, I am definitely on Google + and I’ll tell you why. The short answer is that it will impact our ability to survive in the marketplace.
The days are gone when you could put up a static website, pay someone to stuff it full of key words and come up in a search. In fact meta-key words are basically dead. Google’s search algorithms have changed. The recent Google “Panda” algorithm updates caused a dramatic drop in [click to continue…]
Last week, I suggested you team up with a friend to go over each other’s websites as a great way to see needed improvements. This week, lets take another step in this direction and run your website through the Website Grader at Hubspot. It will give you some great feedback on what you can improve on your site.
You will discover some of the more subtle things you can do make your site better and more effective. These are things your web designer might not have done if you didn’t specifically pay for SEO services. For example, one thing is to make sure you [click to continue…]
My new best secret weapon app that saves me steps make sharing articles on Tweeter easier is called Buffer App. It is a free app that lets me schedule my tweets so that they come out at predetermined times throughout the day.
Twitter is like fishing for salmon. You stand at the river and the fish are going downstream. You see one you like and you grab it. While you have that fish others are swimming on by.
To make sure your tweets are being seen by a variety of people, it is great to have [click to continue…]
Have you ever been reading a blog post and seen that some people have pictures next to their comments and some people have the mystery man? Have you wondered how they got there? Those people have gotten themselves a Gravatar.
Some people refer to their photos on-line as avatars and Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar”. A Gravatar is helpful in developing online presence and relationships. People will remember you with your photo more than just a name when they see you comment on a blog. The company is owned by Automattic, the WordPress.com people, and they are big on helping us build on-line communities.
Go to Gravatar and sign up. It will ask you for your e-mail address and then will walk you through uploading a photo from your computer.
While we are on the subject of your photos. . .please [click to continue…]
This is a guest post from one of my good buds, Lisa Robbin Young from Business Action Hero. She is the master of membership sites. You really need to know more about them than how to install the plugin. Their is a science to creating them in a way that people want to join and keep with you and have you provide valuable content without driving yourself crazy.
No doubt you remember the famous “12 records for a penny” promotion that put Columbia House Records on the map. Once you joined, you were sent a postcard each month listing the music they’d send if you didn’t send them the “no thanks” card. You only pay for the selections you keep, and at a substantial savings off the regular retail price.
Membership has its privileges… and pitfalls.
Columbia house built a huge enterprise around that “negative option” membership model. As returns started rising and membership started declining, they switched to a “positive option” – meaning clients didn’t get anything unless they specifically asked for it. Membership began to climb again, and a profitable membership program continued to thrive.
As you’re considering building a membership site of your own, think about the following key components: [click to continue…]
Get Yourself a Gravatar
Some people refer to their photos on-line as avatars and Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar”. A Gravatar is helpful in developing online presence and relationships. People will remember you with your photo more than just a name when they see you comment on a blog. The company is owned by Automattic, the WordPress.com people, and they are big on helping us build on-line communities.
Go to Gravatar and sign up. It will ask you for your e-mail address and then will walk you through uploading a photo from your computer.
While we are on the subject of your photos. . .please [click to continue…]