Musings of the Social Media Mommy

Today, I spent a few minutes on You Tube to discuss “Five Quick Facebook Professionalism Tips.” This has been on my mind for awhile now. I have assisted at at least three social media conferences where I have consistently seen people make some of these mistakes while setting up both their personal and professional Facebook pages. And the other tips are things that I just see happening across the Facebook universe. So here is a quick run down of what’s in the video:

• Capitalization: Don’t forget to capitalize your name and your business name. Also, don’t write you business name in all caps!
• Mis-spelling: Find a way to spell check your content.
• Bad words: Don’t curse like a sailor on your personal page or your professional page. Don’t let your friends do it either!
• Unbecoming Comments From Friends: Best practices on how to handle them.
• Bad Reviews: You can’t please everyone; now what are you going to do about it?

I would love to hear your comments!

Today I had a business video shot at my house advertising my new business: The Savvy Women’s Business Solution. I was so nervous about doing it, but once the videographer got here, it was smooth sailing! I decided that it was time to do something I have wanted to do for some time and doing this gave me the confidence to jump in – Starting to get some content on my YouTube channel.

So here it is, my first YouTube video. It’s not perfect, I say “um” a lot and I have a hard time keeping eye contact with the webcam, but I now know I can do this! I look forward to doing more YouTube posts and getting more information about social media out there for everyone!

At this time of year, I spend a lot of time shopping online for gifts. One of the very first things that I do when I’m looking at a potential gift for one of my children or a family member is to check the reviews and ratings of a product. I also do the same thing when I’m searching for a service. Do you know that on your Facebook Fan Page, you can offer your clients and customers a place to add reviews of your products or services? Here is how! (click on the screen shots to enlarge.)

Log into your Facebook account and go to your Fan Page. The first thing you need to see is if the “Reviews” tab is already installed and hidden on the tabs bar.  The first place you want to check is under the tab that looks like this “>>”. Once you click on it there will be a list of tabs that are at the end of the tab bar. If  “Reviews” is there, go ahead and click on it and drag it to where you want it to appear on the tabs bar.

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