Your profile is the starting point of your existence on Facebook; Anyone who would like to know you better opens this window; Obviously that makes it a great place to sell your products. Your profile is the landing page for a visitor; its the first thing that he/she will encounter, so its crucial to optimize it to sell your stuff!
Fortunately, the profile page is one of the very few areas where Facebook gives you some degree of control. Be it the design of the page, or the amount of information you can reveal/hide, customization is possible. Take advantage of Facebook’s components such as Work Info, Personal Info, Photos, etc to express your passion for any brand, product or even a cause and tell/sell your story to the entire world!
Most people underestimate the power of social networking; specifically its power to generate an immense number of page views. When you are trying to market something online, page views are all that matter. Make your profile tell a story; the more attractive your story sounds, the more people are going to want to know about you and what you have to say. Develop pages, launched sometime last year with the sole purpose of allowing businesses of varying kinds to effortlessly establish their brand presence on Facebook, is the last step in providing you a complete Facebook presence.
It seems like the Associated Press wants to establish set of rules for the online use of their content, and they have reported that they will be holding a meeting with bloggers, specifically, with Robert Cox, who is the president of the Media Bloggers Association. According to AP, this is the beginning of an effort to create standards regarding the online use of its stories by bloggers which would protect its content without discouraging legitimate quoting by bloggers.
Quite understandable, as bloggers grab for free the news that other newspapers and sources pay to get hold of. But what AP seems to be overlooking is the fact that most bloggers will credit the original source by providing a link back to it, and in the process, giving more credibility and power to AP as a permanent online news reference. Guess the people at AP are a little slow on the uptake! Stay tuned for updates!