Sophos warns that invitations to try out alternate colored versions of Facebook are proliferating, clickjacking schemes that spread spam and malware, all with the aim of getting you to complete boring marketing surveys.

Have you seen any of these posts in your own news feeds, readers?
via www.allfacebook.com

Wishi Co-Founder Lia Kislev said the app was inspired by Co-Founder Hila Angel peeking in her friend’s closet and realizing that bringing that sort of action to Facebook would enable the three Israeli co-founders to create “the world’s biggest closet.”

The app allows users to:

• Create their real-life closets, either by uploading photos or finding items in the Wishi database;
• Share their closets with Facebook friends;
• Create looks by combining their own items with those of their friends, brands, or the Wishi community; and
• Get styling advice from friends or the community by creating looks and sharing them.

What sets Wishi apart, however, is its users marketplace, which allows users to sell or exchange items with friends or with the entire Wishi community.

The sharing aspects of Wishi are similar to another Facebook fashion app that also came out of Israel, You Look FFabulous.

Readers: Are you ready to share your closets?

via www.allfacebook.com

WebCellent makes it possible. 



“Webcellent designed our website for our construction company, and we are very happy with it.  Many of our prospective clients go to it for reference and to help them decide whether or not they want us to bid on their project.  To my knowledge, we have never had any one reject us.  We have also had positive feedback from other designers, who have said that the site is aesthetic and professional.
 Gabrielle also went above and beyond, linking us up with construction related sites she found in her research which might help us expand our business.”
T.G. Sunland 
, CA

Every business can use Twitter to drive in new leads which means new business. This is what you need to do. Especially someone new to Twitter will love this easy to follow steps below:

1. Set up your account. Go to Twitter to get started. Enter your name, email, and a password. Click Sign up.You will now be taken to a second screen where can select a username. This is the name by which you will be known on Twitter. What name should you use?Chose a real name if it’s available. Many names are already gone, so you need to be creative if you cannot get your real name anymore. If not, you can try using a middle initial or prefacing it with something like “the” or “real” (e.g., “TheJoeSmith” or “Real SanyMiller”).Click on the Create my accountbutton. That’s it.Next, Twitter will assist you in getting started. It will explain what a tweet is and give you the opportunity to “follow” a few friends, popular people, or brands. You can opt out of these steps for now if you wish. Simply click the Skip this step link.

   Twitter will also give you a chance to see if some of your friends are on Twitter by checking your online address book supported by GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo, or AOL.

2. Tweak your settings. Make sure you are on your Twitter home page. Click on the Settings link. You should be on the Accounttab. Set the time zone.Do not check “Protect my updates” unless you only want those whom you approve to be able to get your updates. Personally, if you check this, it will seriously limit the fun. Make whatever other changes you want. Click the Savebutton.Now click on the Profiletab. Upload your picture. This is important. Many Twitter users (including me) will not follow users without photos, because it is a tell-tale sign of a spammer. Remember that the maximum upload size of your photo is 700k, so you may have to re-size your image to meet this requirement.Enter the rest of your information, including your location, website or blog (if any), and a brief bio. This, too, is important to keep you from getting flagged as a possible spammer. Your bio can either be serious or fun, but it must be brief—no more than 160 characters.When you are finished, click the Save button.
3. Setup your phone. Twitter is muchmore fun if you connect it to your cell phone. By doing so, you can receive updates from those you are following (or just some of them) as well as send your own updates. It’s all done through text messaging (e.g., SMS).However, be forewarned: While Twitter doesn’t charge anything for this service, your phone carrier might. It’s a good idea to check with them and make sure you are on an “unlimited text messaging plan.” You don’t want to be surprised with a big phone bill.Again, under the Settings link, click on the Mobile tab. Enter your mobile phone number and click on the Startbutton. Now take your cell phone and text message the code Twitter gives you to 40404 (the number will be different if you are outside the U.S.). Be patient. Eventually, Twitter will confirm to you that your device is registered.If you are using an iPhone, Twitter is built into the operating system (at least if you are using iOS 5 and up). You can set it up by opening the Preferencesapp, scrolling down the screen, and touching the Twitter section. This will give you the ability to post updates to Twitter from within many iPhone applications, including the Photo app.Now, while still on your cell phone, set up a contact named “Twitter.” For the mobile phone number, use 40404. Now every time you want to send a Twitter update, you will send it to this contact name.
4. Follow family and friends. If you haven’t done so already, add your family and friends by clicking in the “Search” field at the top of your home page. You can type in a username or first and last name. When you do, you will get a list of users who match your search criteria.You can also do a more advanced search (e.g., searching by location) by clicking on “Refine results” or by going directly to the Advanced Searchpage.You can begin “following” them by simply clicking on the Follow button. If you want to also follow them on your cell phone, then you can turn the “Device Updates” to “on.”
5. Learn the basic commands.Think of Twitter as a room full of people, all sitting in a circle. It’s a conversation. When you update your status, you are speaking to the whole group. Everyone can hear what you have to say.
   • Replies. If you want to direct your comments to one specific person in the circle, but loud enough that everyone else can hear, use the “Reply” function. You address the person by using their Twitter user name preceded by the “@” symbol. For example:
     @spencesmith I get my haircut at Dion’s South in downtown Franklin.

     Everyone who is following Spence and me will see the message, but I am specifically directing it to Spence. (Those who are not following both of us will not see the message.)

     You can also use the Reply function to refer to someone by name. For

   • Direct Messages. Only the person you are sending the direct message will get it – nobody else. It’s private talk.
   • Hash tags.You are probably familiar with tagging photos with a short piece of text. Twitter has this capability, too.The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages. If you click on a hash tag, it will show you all the other tweets associated with a hashtag.For example, someone might say:
     Man, I loved @AndyStanley’s opening talk. He never ceases to speak to me. #cat2011

     #Cat2011 was the hashtag for the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta in the fall of 2011.

   • Other Commands.You can add people you want to follow from your cell phone. Just type in “follow [username].” For example:
     Follow kendavislive

     You can check your stats–the number of people you are following plus the number of people following you–from your cell phone by typing “stats” without any additional text.

     To stop all Twitter updates to your phone, send:

     off

     To turn them back on send:

     on

     You can find answers to almost every other Twitter question in the Twitter Help Center.

6. Start twittering. So now you are all setup. It’s time to start Twittering. You can do this from your Twitter home page or from your cell phone.The main thing you need to know is that the message can be no longer than 140 characters long. If you use the Web page, the entry field will automatically count your characters. After a while, you’ll instinctively know how long this is, and you will find your limit.  How often should you Twitter? That’s the 30-character question. Some say 6 times daily, others think 10-12 times is the upper limit. Don’t overdue it.
   Regardless, how often you Twitter, you should consider every Twitter update as a branding impression. You are developing a reputation with your online friends, so make sure you are adding something to the conversation.
7. Be careful. You definitely need to be cautious. It’s probably not a good idea to say something like, “I’m headed to the west coast for a week. My poor, beautiful wife is going to be home all alone.” Bad idea. For obvious reasons.You need to think about the fact that crazy people and criminals have Twitter accounts, too. You especially need to be cautious about sharing too much private information that could compromise your safety or that of your loved ones.
8. Consider third-party apps. An entire eco-system has sprung up around Twitter. Here are some of really good applications:
   • HootSuite. This is the application I use to manage Twitter on my desktop. It will even manage Facebook profiles and pages, LinkedIn, and several other social media services. It is great because it allows you to segment people by groups (or columns). I have groups for my family, close friends, colleagues, etc. It is available for both desktop systems and mobile devices.
   • BufferApp. I use this application to post my tweets, so I don’t flood my followers with a string of posts. Instead, I put them in Buffer, and it spreads my tweets throughout the day. It gives you tremendous control. You can determine how often and at what times you tweet. It comes with extensions for the most popular browsers, so you can buffer a tweet directly from a web page. It also allows you to buffer Facebook status updates.
   • SocialOomph. I use this application to bulk-schedule a whole series of tweets. For example, I have identified my 90 most popular blog posts. I have written a tweet promoting each one. Via SocialOomph, I schedule one tweet per day at a specific time. I upload the text file to SocialOomph and forget about it. Everything is on auto-pilot. It will also post to Facebook.

   Start with HootSuite and then grow from there as you have the time and interest.

Twitter is one of those apps that is best learned by using it. The most important thing you can do is get started. You really can’t make that many mistakes. Just remember to have fun and enjoy the people you meet online.
[source: http://michaelhyatt.com/the-beginners-guide-to-twitter.html]

Article:
« Eduardo Saverin Responds To The Social NetworkU.S. Government Using Facebook For Surveillance
Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on October 15th
Did you know the American Government is now monitoring social networking sites to try to identify immigration fraud? As The Huffington Post puts it, Big Brother really is watching you!

In documents obtained by the Electronic Frontiers Foundation, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services advises staff how to infiltrate social networks for the equivalent of an “unannounced cyber ‘site-visit’ on a petitioners and beneficiaries”. The document, Social Networking Sites and Their Importance to FDNS [Office of Fraud Detection and National Security] [PDF], states:

“Narcissistic tendencies in many people fuels a need to have a large group of ‘friends’ link to their pages and many of these people accept cyber-friends that they don’t even know. This provides an excellent vantage point for FDNS to observe the daily life of beneficiaries and petitioners who are suspected of fraudulent activities.

read more here:  http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-government-surveillance-2010-10

This is the comprehensive list of best Social Media and Social Bookmarking sites, sorted by Alexa ranking which roughly represents the popularity of a website.

Source:http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/top-list-of-social-media-sites

tagging photos

Tagging users in photos and videos is probably one of the most effective promotional activities that you can do. The only challenge is coming up with content to tag users in. The best way to get photos and videos of your fans is through hosting events as I mention in the next tip but if you can’t host events, you’ll need to come up with creative ways to tag your fans. So how do you do that? That’s a bit more complicated but nothing that a creative marketer can’t figure.

One way would be to introduce a contest to your fan page and then tag the winners of those awards in a trophy photo. If you want to take that idea a step further you could actually integrate your fans’ photos into the trophies. This is just one idea though and there are a limitless number of ideas out there. Tagging users is a naturally viral process because as soon as you tag one person, their friends see it and then users are driven to that album which in this case, resides within your fan page.

There is one extremely limiting factor about fan page photos though: you must be a friend of a user to tag them! Yes, it’s unfortunate and honestly I don’t think it makes much sense. While Facebook should enable fan pages to tag members of the page, they haven’t done so yet. Theoretically I could suggest leveraging “guerilla tactics” or overly aggressive techniques to tag members. What are these “guerilla tactics” that I speak of? Well you can figure it out on your own but one example would be adding a fan as a friend for the sole purpose of tagging them in a photo.

I don’t recommend using this technique or any technique similar to this though because you may end up in Facebook jail (a.k.a. getting banned from the site). For the time being I would recommend posting as many relevant photos as possible and tagging those users that are in them. The more tagging that takes place, the quicker your page will spread.

Source: http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-page-strategy-2009-03

Create a Unique Page Image

I honestly believe that this is one of the most important components of a fan page. It’s a simple component yet within the confines of a 200 pixel wide box, you would be surprised with the creative ideas that people come up with. Recently Rob Banagale, a guest author on AllFacebook, published an article entitled “5 Creative Ways to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo“. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you check it out. More impressive than the photos included in the tutorial are the photos that numerous users posted at the end.

I cannot tell you how many standard Facebook Pages I’ve seen in which the basic logo is displayed. If your company has more than one employee (has extra resources), there should be no excuse for not creating an engaging photo for your Facebook Page. It’s one of the first things users look at and it has the potential to leave a lasting impression so make it good!

The photo posted above is a unique user profile photo but I think it illustrates how you can develop creative photos that take advantage of the awkwardly positioned border.

from http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-page-strategy-2009-03

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