Facebook Timeline is Here: Set Yours Up Right!

Got the new Facebook timeline and have no clue what to do with it? Frustrated with it? You don’t have to be. Personally, I love it. You will too, once you discover all of the awesome things you can do with Facebook timeline.

I’ve got what you need to know to get started. While this post is primarily aimed at business, non-profit, and other pages, there are still plenty of how-to’s that apply to personal timelines.

12 Steps To Get You On Your Way

1. Don’t panic!

Take a deep breath. And look at all the goodies. They give us a lot more room to really personalize our walls. This is a good thing. From a marketing standpoint, it’s an excellent thing. Open your mind and get ready to make use of it. Businesses that survive, adapt. You can do it!

2. Update all page information

Keep it up-to-date. Fill in any blanks. Get it all in there: contact info, about the business, and all that useful stuff. You do that by looking to the top-right of your Facebook page, and using the Manage button:

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I know, it seems like I fell off the planet. I have a number of partially written posts, and partially begun projects. The past few months have been an unending stream of sicknesses (mostly me and/or the 2-year-old twins) and family emergencies.

Also, for the past few months, I’ve worked heavily on my husband’s site (and as some of you know, my husband is my business partner at GeekArtist). I worked on a site for his new project, WeaselPants Productions, LLC which is his new tabletop game company. His background is in video game design, but he loves making tabletop (cards and board) games too. He’s a brilliant game designer with an awesome sense of humor. Read the rest of the article here…

Google has made another change to how its search engine works. If you own a website, it’s good to be aware that all search engines make changes like this regularly. They don’t always tell us when they’ve done it though, or what they’ve done, or what will be affected. This is one of the times they’ve told us.

If you haven’t subscribed to Google’s Official Search blog “Insider Search”, point your RSS feeds there now. (If you aren’t sure what an RSS feed, you can learn what an RSS feed is here.)

For most of you who have ads located at the upper areas of your site, this is probably not an issue. Google has made this change primarily to impact sites that are almost nothing but ads. You’ve probably seen them before: you click a search result on Google and end up on a page that has a ton of advertising and nothing looked like what Google said it was.
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Recently, I wrote in my personal blog about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act.

Then I realized that I have more people reading this, who also have a need to understand this potential law and what it means to them.

GeekArtist Web Solutions, LLC stands with other businesses, individuals, and non-profits that are against this law. Read the rest of the article here…

For those who follow us on Facebook and Twitter, I had mentioned to hold off making a Google+ business page because Google was still working on that.

Google has released their version of business pages for Google+!

See GeekArtist Web Solutions, LLC Google+ business page (my first post is my picture…enjoy).

Go forth, and make your Google Plus business and non-profit pages!

Not sure if you want to try it yet? It’s very easy to use. And quite a number of people have either abandoned Facebook entirely, or like me, use both. I believe it is a viable social network and won’t go away anytime soon. It is certainly more popular than Google Buzz (which, Google will be closing soon).

If you have any questions about Google+ pages, just ask. Or you can check out Google’s Help section.