2. My Street Cred
Facebook user since 2009
Former professor at Rutgers University
Currently a full-time entrepreneur
Use Twitter for business 95%+ of the time
In top 1.5% of Twitter users worldwide (~3,600 followers)
Use Facebook about 60% personally and 40% professionally
(245 Facebook friends)
Member of 21 Facebook groups
3. What Types of Social Media
Do YOU Use?
Do you use Facebook?
Have you tweeted?
Do you have a blog
Are you Linked In?
Other (e.g., Instagram, TikTok, Clubhouse)?
4. 4
Why Social Media?
IF FACEBOOK were a country, it
would be the largest country in the
world.
There are more Facebook users
than there are people in any one
country.
≈2.5 Billion active monthly FB users
(vs. ≈1.4b residents of China and
≈1.35b residents of India and ≈330
million U.S. residents )
Facebook was launched in 2004 as
a platform for college students
5. Pros and Cons of Facebook
Pros
FREE way to promote a book
and/or business and sell things
Source of daily news
Stay connected with colleagues
and friends
Repository for your photos
View a variety of opinions
Keeps a “journal” of your life
Can connect people to help one
another
Cons
Time-use concerns: FB can suck up
hours of time
“Over-sharing” concerns
Mental health/anxiety concerns
Privacy concerns via photos and
tagged messages
Targeted advertising based on
profile and uploads
Can connect people to do bad things
Source: https://itstillworks.com/list-pros-
cons-having-facebook-account-3905.html
6. Why Do YOU Want to Use
Facebook?
Stay connected with friends, family, stores, and groups
“Capture” camera photos to download to a computer
Get breaking news for free
Learn new things
Share your opinions
Other reasons?
7. Set Facebook “Guardrails”
Professional use only?
Personal use only?
Personal and professional use? (one account or two?)
“Off Limits” content (e.g., politics)
Having “guardrails” will help you determine what (and
what not) to post….and to stay in your lane
8. My Facebook Guardrails
Positive words
Pretty pictures
Useful information and links
“Barbservations”
No controversial topics
No politics
No shaming and blaming
9. Write Down Some of Your
Facebook “Guardrails”
Volunteers to share
your thoughts?
10. Facebook 101
Log on to www.facebook.com
Determine your username and password; write
them down in your digital assets inventory:
https://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/pdfs/Digital
-Assets-Worksheet.pdf
Write a short bio and complete your profile, as
comfortable (e.g., job. education, home town,
current city, website; some profile info can be
public or not, depending on what you select)
Also, select two graphic images: cover photo
(big header) and profile photo (small photo)
that is also the “icon” for your tweets
Examples of profile images:
Personal or family photo
Logo
Graphic images
15. Accepting FB Friend Requests
Do you know the person?
What is his/her relationship to you
(e.g., family member, boss, friend)?
Do you have things in common?
Is he/she a positive person in real
life?
16. Handling Your FB Friends
• Level 1- Snooze a person (don’t see their posts) for 30 days
• Level 2-Hide one post by a FB friend from your timeline forever
• Level 3- When you unfriend someone, they can still see your
profile and send you messages
• Level 4- If you do not want someone to be able to see your profile,
items you post on your timeline, tag you or send you messages,
then you should block this person
• When you block someone, you automatically unfriend that person.
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3890-unfriend-social-
media.html#:~:text=When%20you%20unfriend%20someone%2C%20they,you%20auto
matically%20unfriend%20that%20person
17. Blocking FB Friends
Click on a FB friend’s name to see their
profile and names of some mutual friends
Click on three dots under their profile to
block friends
They will not be notified
Method #2: Click on top right icon (circle
with downward arrow), scroll down to
Settings and Privacy, click on Settings, click
on Blocking, type in name(s) of people you
want to block or click names of previously
blocked people to unblock them
20. Notifications
Engagement reactions (e.g., likes and
comments on your posts)
Mentions in a FB friend’s comments
Live news reports (if you follow media)
New posts in a group you belong to
New photos added by friends
FB friend birthday notifications
New FB friend requests
Invitations to join FB groups
25. Facebook Groups
You get invited to join by someone or ask
to join a group
Site administrators let you in…or not
FB groups have ground rules (e.g., “no
selling” or “no politics”)
Group and admins enforce group rules
26. Fun and Help With Facebook
Groups https://www.bigcommerce.
com/ecommerce-
answers/what-are-facebook-
groups/
27. Facebook Messenger
Messaging app platform developed by Facebook in 2011
Can message individuals or a group
Automatically comes with a Facebook account
Can turn “Active Status” on (or off) to indicate that
you are online (green dot)
Can send messages and photos and more
Can be used positively for timely and helpful
information sharing
Can be used negatively (e.g., 1/6/21 Capital Building
siege): https://gizmodo.com/fbi-says-far-right-militia-
used-facebook-messenger-to-c-1846121970
29. Final Thoughts
Know why you are using Facebook: have “guardrails”
Start small (10-15 minutes per day)
“Lurk” for as long as you want
Post content when you are ready
Build your skills, confidence, and friends’ network