The Nonprofit Facebook Guy

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Three big shockers about your Facebook Page

Many nonprofits I work with are shocked to learn the following three things about their Facebook Page: Non-fans can comment on your Page updates without becoming a fan. When someone does become a fan of your Page, there’s no guarantee that your Page updates will appear in their News Feed. Less than 5% of your [...]

13 February 2012 at 13:09 - Comments

Facebook launches enhanced Photo Theatre

Facebook launched a new version of the pop-up window box users interact with when they click on a photo in the news feed. Facebook also calls this the “Photo Theater”. The biggest change is that the photo info, admin, and comments section has moved from below the photo, to the right-hand side of the photo. [...]

9 February 2012 at 10:33 - Comments

Get your burning Facebook questions answered this Friday

I’ll be conducting a completely free Q&A session on Facebook this Friday at 1:00PM (EST). All you have to do is post your questions on the Nonprofit Facebook Guy’s UStream tab in the comments section. At 1:00PM on Friday, I’ll be answering these questions one by one. Post yours before Friday!

25 January 2012 at 08:10 - Comments

Facebook Places now include sub-categories

Facebook Places Pages now include sub-categories, with more granular information about your Place. You can select multiple sub-categories, allowing Facebook users to more easily find your organization on their mobile device or laptop. You can add sub-categories to your Place under the “Basic Information” tab of your Places Page.

20 January 2012 at 08:02 - Comments