A beginner's guide to using the social network Facebook.

1. An Introduction to FacebookESRAKelli Brown | June 2011

2. About your presenter CEO and lead consultant at Pixel/Point Press Decade of experience: Web development and design Print and digital graphic design Web marketing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Send questions to kelli@pixelpointpress.com

4. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

5. Website Development in WordPress and Joomla!

6. Custom Facebook Tabs and Pages

7. Consulting

8. Strategy

9. Implementation

11. Facebook in a nutshell Largest social network worldwide Translated into 97 different languages and dialects (including Hebrew, Pirate English) Nearly 700 million active users Visited the site in the past month Passed Google as most visited site on the web

12. Facebook’s (short) history Founded at Harvard as an internal network Expanded to international colleges High schools also added Expanded to work networks Expanded worldwide – Sept. 2006

13. Facebook growth

14. Why use Facebook? To connect: With family, friends, organizations, companies, groups and communities To share: Storytelling, events, photos, videos To discuss: Comments, feedback, reviews, discussions, polls

15. News Feed

16. Facebook Page Types Four types of pages: Profile – for individual people Group – whether commercial or for fun Fan – Businesses, products, artists, public figures And others – it changes quickly and often

17. Getting Started – Personal profiles Use your real name and an email address you check often Add a picture to make it easier to find you Add basic biography information Adjust your privacy settings

19. My favorite part of Facebook is… SHARING Sharing news quickly with a huge amount of people I’m connected to worldwide… (posted about an hour after arrival)

20. Comments

21. Photos

22. Videos

23. Links to other sites on the web

24. Events

25. Notes

26. How to start sharing? Who will see the updates I post?How do I find friends first?

27. Finding new friends

28. Searching

29. Facebook Messages

30. Privacy Settings - Individual

31. Privacy Settings - Content

32. Questions about personal profiles?

33. Facebook Groups

34. Groups Controversy Anyone can add you to any group they are a member of Other group members can view your info Your group “affiliation” is visible Changes irk a lot of people Once you reject a group “invitation,” the host can’t invite you to any other groups

35. Pages To become a fan, click the Like button:

36. Games

37. Causes

38. For best results… Never give out your Facebook password Never input your credit card number on Facebook Don’t post anything you might regret… Use caution with location-based information When it doubt, change your password Don’t click on anything that looks suspicious

39. Questions? Feel free to contact me later at kelli@pixelpointpress.com