Facebook and email forms.
Nothing prevents posting forms on facebook that call up a PHP application that sends the user request to the site owner. These forms are a good way to get leads.
Web 2.0 for facebook pages.
By using iframes on Facebook one can assemble information from multiple sources to present useful content to visitors. Such as in this case Border Wait Times
facebook page opt-in debate
There are two lines of thought regarding facebook opt-ins. One is opt-ins are necessary and the other is you do not want to limit people’s access to information by making them like the page. The talking points for the opt-ins group are that the more people one has liking a page the more people get [...]
Using HTML5 Canvas image animation on facebook pages
To use (animate) HTML5 canvas images on facebook the images need to be converted to base64 – Base 64 encoder and use a data uri for the image – because the Canvas requires the image come from the same domain as the html5 script and when using facebook with iframes the domain for the image [...]
Facebook Pages for businesses
If you do not have a business page on facebook and are wondering about how do you separate your business from your personal profile and information. The answer to that is create a business page - Wsmithdesign on facebook - these pages can be created as local businesses; Company, Organization, or Institution; Brand or Product; Artist, Band or Public Figure; Entertainment (fan [...]
A Facebook Only Search Engine
Facesearchd.com provides a real time search for public facebook link shares. Over a year ago I tested twitter for real time searches and the results were amazingly good. I’ve been waiting for somebody to make a site solely to search twitter http posts. The search engine business model requires a lot of traffic to have [...]
Bing’s announcement: Using Facebook friend’s “likes” in new social search feature
Wednesday Bing’s Press Release announced a social search feature that uses friends likes in the search engine results. This is awesome news for businesses that already knows what they are doing in facebook. Who have already added the ability of visitors to like the products offered by the business site. And who already have 100s [...]
A Social Media Success Story.
Many view social media as just chat; For some it is. It is also a method to communicate to the right people and let others know about what you provide to the world. A business has lots of resources; so lets look at the question of can Social Media help in marketing for somebody who [...]
Christmas starts early for marketing people – 2010 web trends.
Marketing people and business owners typically start preparing for Christmas early; knowledge of what has changed in 2010 over 2009 may effect the bottom line of online businesses. A small change in sales normally translates to a large change in the bottom line. If sales are less than the cost of overhead the business may [...]
Facebook adds new like features
A few days ago facebook announced new like features on their developers blog
