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I’ve had a Facebook page for a few years now but never really used it for marketing.
This week I decided to create a Facebook fan-page and I noticed there were so many applications which can be used to enhance your Facebook sites.
It’s a bit like WordPress plugins. We use plugins to enhance our blogs and with Facebook you use applications.
Facebook applications can make your page more lively, attractive, entertaining and engaging.
Facebook applications can help get you more friends and fans and help keep them coming back for more.
So, start to install Facebook applications now!
Let these posts that I have found help you get the best ideas on which Facebook applications to install.
I’ve also included some articles on how you can make your Facebook pages more engaging.
Read on…
The Top 20 Most Engaging Facebook Applications by Nick O’Neill
Top 10 Facebook Apps by HTML Goodies
Top 10 Facebook Apps for Fan Pages by Kristen Nicole
Top Facebook Apps by Missouri Business Online
How to Create a Powerful and Engaging Facebook Page by John Haydon
Building Brands with Engaging Facebook Pages by Tyler Willis
The Best Facebook Apps by Digital Trends
Best Facebook Applications 2009 by Million Ways
14 Best Facebook Applications by BashBosh.com
10 Tools and Best Facebook Applications by Twitteling
Best Facebook Apps for Social Media Lovers by Kirsten Nicole
Here’s my Facebook fan-page – take a look / become a fan:
http://www.facebook.com/WeBuildYourBlog
What do you think? All feedback and comment welcome.
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35 Comments
February 17th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
I’m new to blogging and I’m trying to eventually get my money income switched over to blogging but it all seems a little overwhelming. Do the facebook pages somehow help you with your blog? I use a free blog. I guess I could refer people to my blog, but can I link to it from facebook or anything? JUst curious. Thaks for your information. good day.
jeff @ gazebo´s last blog ..Metal Gazebos
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Jeff,
By connecting your blog your Facebook can bring in more traffic.
I found this post about connect your blog to Facebook – I hope it helps.
http://blog.schwindt-pr.com/2009/01/17/how-to-connect-your-blog-with-facebook/
Andrew
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Anne Moss Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Twitter: israelimom
Jeff, if I may –
I can see how this can indeed get overwhelming, so if I may interject with some advice here.
Before you go into the more advanced traffic generation methods, I highly suggest getting your own domain name and blogging on your own site. Otherwise, you’re putting a lot of effort into promoting something that won’t be your main site in the long time. A domain is under $10 a year and there are very cheap hosting deals – if you’re blogging for revenue, you have to invest at least that into your future business.
Just my 2 cents – and sorry for going off-topic here, Andrew!
Anne Moss´s last blog ..Is Someone Stealing Away Your Affiliate Revenue?
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Anne,
What you are proposing is the best advice you can give Jeff – so thanks for jumping in and sharing your 2 cents.
Andrew
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February 17th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
The best app for a fan page has to be the FBML that lets you add your own HTML. You can then make the tab you create the landing page for your visitors which is a great way to make your page standout from others. Red Bull’s is a fantastic example http://www.facebook.com/redbull?v=box_3
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Adam,
Thanks for the tip re: FBML. I shall check it out.
Andrew
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Ching Ya Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Twitter: wchingya
Agree. I’ve started Facebook page about 3 months ago, one of the best discoveries is to get familiar with the apps & FBML is one of my favorites. I was able to include my social media profiles and feed subscription at the sidebar. Couldn’t be happier.
First time visit here and congrats on your blog’s first anniversary. Keep up the great work, Andrew.
@wchingya
Social/Blogging Tracker
Ching Ya´s last blog ..7 Features to Brand, Market, Manage with MarketMe Tweet
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Ching Ya
Thanks for dropping by and it sounds like you are an expert FB’er! Perhaps you could share with us any applications you recommedn, as well.
Andrew
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February 18th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Twitter: creative_ace
Andrew — I thought that Fan Page was new. I have created a Fan Page, but was still doing research on what to do to jazz it up before I sent it out to the world.
Thanks for doing the research for me. Your timing couldn’t have been better.
CJ@Page Landing´s last blog ..KeywordLuv CommentLuv – Luv is All Around
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:17 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
CJ,
LOL!
I’m glad some of it may be useful to you, CJ.
Andrew
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February 18th, 2010 at 4:56 am
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for sharing. BTW at the bottom of every post summary on the front page, there is sentence stating how many words, pictures and estimated reading time, are you using a plug in for that?
Cheers
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Daniel,
I use the free plugin, Post Teaser ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-teaser/ )
Andrew
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February 18th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Thanks for all the links. Great ideas to grab attention.
Alex´s last blog ..The New Lifestyle of a Retired Entrepreneur
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 18th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Thanks, Alex.
I hope some of the links/applications help.
Andrew
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February 19th, 2010 at 12:06 am
I just love the music playing apps that allow you to listen to independent music and videos both. I think quite a few bands will jump ship from myspace and join facebook just because of how friendly some of those apps have become.
James´s last blog ..RIP Gordon Lightfoot – 1938 – 2010
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
James
Any particular applications – i.e. can you name them?
Thanks.
Andrew
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February 19th, 2010 at 6:52 am
Twitter: FamousBloggers
Andrew, This is a very good list that deserve to be shared, you will keep me busy for some time today
Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..Is there any Writing for Money Sites really Pays for Writers?
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 9:43 am
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Hesham
I hope one or 2 are worthwhile!
Andrew
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February 19th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Twitter: DennisEdell
Excellent resource brother. This shall be saved in case I ever get myself back on FB.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..WANTED – Keyword Research Expert(s)
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Excellent! Think you will ?
Andrew
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Dennis Edell Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Twitter: DennisEdell
Eventually, probably, maybe…perhaps. lol
I vowed this year I was gonna get back into the social scene, as it were.
I’ll be starting with twitter and go from there.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..WANTED – Keyword Research Expert(s)
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 21st, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Twitter is a great place to start…
Andrew
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February 20th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Twitter: moonheart85
I am not so active on facebook right now. When I go to facebook site I get confused how I start my work at facebook. Well Andrew can you tell me how facebook fan page can help us for traffic?
chandan´s last blog ..Advice and tips on work at home
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 20th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Chandan,
It’s the same with most other social bookmarking sites. People have their favourites. So by automatically adding your blog posts to Facebook can reach out to those who love (and only use) Facebook. It’s another distribution channel that can be used.
Plus you can build new and different relationships there as well.
Andrew
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chandan Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Twitter: moonheart85
Thanks Andrew, I will try to do my best on facebook.
chandan´s last blog ..Dofollow link building resource
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February 24th, 2010 at 6:42 am
Excellent Facebook resources. My first time here. I tried Stumble but the Big SU said that they were upset with you and would not let me.
Bummer.
Tech Tips´s last blog ..PCs, Macs and Security, Oh My
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
February 24th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Thanks for dropping by.
Yeah Stumble banned mys ite, here’s the background: http://www.webuildyourblog.com/1459/stumbleupon-bans-site/
Andrew
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February 25th, 2010 at 5:52 am
Twitter: Blogtap
Hey Andrew,
I think I will start a facebook page and Invite all my friends to it! What I would really like to see is an application that people can accept through facebook that will give them RSS feeds of blogs. That would be the best!
Chris@best blogging sites´s last blog ..Buying a domain for your blog
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March 7th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Twitter: israelimom
Timely post for me. I have a fan page as IsraeliMom but I basically use it to upload public albums and feed a stream of my blog posts into it. Might be time to look into some extras!
Anne Moss´s last blog ..Is Someone Stealing Away Your Affiliate Revenue?
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Anne,
I hope some are worthwhile.
Andrew
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March 19th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Twitter: socialrandom
Thanks Andrew for compiling all of these useful facebook application that we can put in our blogs, these will definitely be useful in increasing followers and traffic to our website
janice@chiropractic social media´s last blog ..How to Build a List with Video Marketing
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andrew from Blogging Guide Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Twitter: andrewrondeau
Janice,
You are welcome – I hope some help.
Andrew
andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Blogging Guide: Google analytics tutorial
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April 7th, 2010 at 6:19 am
There are indeed some great Facebook applications out there now, however, I still find myself wasting time of the silly games like Poker, Farmtown and Mafia wars…still, fun!
Simon@Facebook Layouts´s last blog ..Facebook Layouts updated Wed Mar 3 2010 7:56 pm CST
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April 15th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Hey Andrew,
Like you I have had Facebook for some time now but never done anything with it regarding my internet marketing business. In fact, the only thing I’ve ever done is to put a link to a couple of my blogs. Im sure a fan page would be a good idea…especially to build a name for myself. Thanks for the tips about which plugins to use, these are going to save me a lot of time when I get round to setting it up!
Soph.
Sophie @ Soldier Costume´s last blog ..About Us
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May 11th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Twitter: AjinkyaForYou
What i think is that ,
facebook is good only for staying in touch with your friends and sharing daily news . However its applications are kiddish and useless unlike twitter where every app has something worth using again .
Still my fav are last.fm , NetworkedBlogs and dopplr among all . However i am top hater of mafia wars and farmville
Facebook needs to learn something from twitter , what exactly an app is and stop making useless nonsense crappy games .
Ajinkya´s last blog ..Create Mobile version of blogs free
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