Select Your Facebook Username

Facebook recently launched the “username” function for you Facebook page ( http://www.facebook/username ), which is probably one of the biggest SEO opportunities to take advantage of. This function allows you to select a specific username that will end up being your URL i.e. http://www.facebook.com/reispaluso.

This allows for a great opportunity for businesses to add a generic or specific keyword as their username for SEO purposes on the page itself. You will now have a powerful URL. Although Facebook has blocked certain generic terms, there are still opportunities for businesses to obtain relatively generic usernames, or usernames that combine their actual name with additional generic keywords.

The most effective way is to choose a username that accurately represents your business or brand. Make sure you think about it for a few because once you select your username, it is there forever! So pick something for the long term that you feel is right!

Also, for your Fan Page, a username is also available, but with more restrictions. The page must have at least 100 fans to be eligible for a username. So get out there and recruit your friends, family, and fans to join the forces so that you can take advantage of some SEO for your money making business.

Tweetbots :: Add More Functionality to Your Tweeting

Tweetbots.com is a great Twitter tool that will allow you to enhance your Twitter experience. It will allow you to post to multiple Twitter accounts, tweet your RSS feed, and even automatically follow your followers. Twitter has yet to implement the auto follow function, so by adding this setting, you don’t have to worry about going on and following someone every time you get a follower.

It will even work with your TweetDeck or other Twitter applications you may be running. Check it out. We think it is cool.

http://www.tweetbots.com

Display the Links to Your Websites

This is huge! Facebook has a high page ranking so you want to make sure you include your website on your Facebook profile.If you don’t, well, you are missing a valuable link as well as probably a bit of traffic…

You want people to visit your blog, right? Well if they find you on Facebook, make it easy for a person to find  your website. You can display it right there on your main “Profile” screen. Someone viewing your Facebook page does not have to change to another tab, the “Info” tab, to find your website. Instead, make sure it is set to display in the Information box on the left sidebar of your Profile.

1. On the Infomation box on the left side bar of your “Profile”, click the small pencil icon to edit the box.

2. Check the box that says “Website”. Now your site(s) will display right there on your main Profile page!

Note: You can add more than one website. You can even add a link to find you on Twitter, YouTube, or maybe even LinkedIn.

Display the Most Influential Friends

Something most people don’t even think that can adjust are the friends who show up on the side of your page. You CAN change and actually select which friends will show up everytime. Here is where you would want to decide who your most influential “friends” are. You may want to have mom and dad, or even your best friend, but it is also a good idea to put up those who are influential to what you are trying to do. You decide who will make the cut.

1. Navigate to your “Profile” page.

2. Hover over the little icon in the right corner on the “Friends” box. Here is where you can edit who displays on your page. You can have 6, 8, or 12 friends be displayed. Just start typing in the names of those you want to be on there!

Make Sure You Add ALL Your Friends

If you are starting your own business, those of around you in your everyday life are going to be a great support for helping you get going. Nothing is better than a referral from a friend. Or even a friend of a friend. So you should definitely start with those you know.

You are going to want to add all of your contacts that currently exist in your address book for your email account. And if you are anything like me, you have more than one email account. So make sure you do this to each and every email address you have set up for yourself. I am sure there are different people you contact through each, so make sure to add them all.

1. First, you are going to go to the “Friends” tab and then to the “Find Friends” option.

2. Once there you are going to want to enter each email address with the corresponding password to that account.

3. Friend Request all appropriate contacts per email address.

Obviously, the larger you spread, the more opportunity to spread your business.