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What Facebook's Loss of Users Means For You
In case you had not heard, Facebook has been losing millions of users per month in its biggest markets, according to Business Insider, which, in turn, is citing “independent data.” It’s hard to get a feel for... Read »
Local Lawsuit Against Facebook Goes to Trial in April
Back in late 2011, Timelines Inc., a small local company that claims to be “the first web site that enables people... like you to collaboratively record, discover and share history,” sued Facebook, claiming the... Read »
How Facebook’s Newly Refined Geotargeted Ads Affect Your Biz
On Friday, Facebook announced admins for Pages can now target their posts by gender, relationship status, education, workplace and what they’re interested in. Previous to this, they could only target based on... Read »
Law Puts Employers on "Limited Profile"
Employers to be prohibited from asking for passwords to social networking sites. Read »
Gov. Quinn to Outlaw Employers Requesting Social-Media Passwords
Remember that blow-up a few months back about how employers were starting to ask potential hires for their social-media passwords? And how Facebook thought people shouldn't have to? Well, that battle is all but... Read »
Facebook IPO to Come Through Chicago
Company executives will hit the road on a two-week national tour in advance of social networking giant's IPO. Read »
How to Not be Annoying on Facebook
A while back, CNN -- and many other publications, in fact -- ran a piece called "the 12 most annoying types of Facebookers". When it comes to mapping this onto entrepreneurs, the one type of user you don't want... Read »
Groupon Unveils Clicky, its New Facebook Thing
Never to be outdone, Groupon has rolled up its sleeves decided to get into the, er, Facebook-game game. In a post on Groublogpon, the company proudly unveils Clicky, The Clickable Value-Wheel. Here's how it... Read »
How to Assure You're Making an Impact on Social Media
Even though we told you not to make any New Year's resolutions when it comes to running your business, we know that you know better. And it being the 21st century, it's probably a safe bet you want to finally... Read »
Fan Gating on Facebook: A Missed Opportunity to Grow Your Fan Base
The No. 1 request I get from people about building their Facebook fan page is always: “I want to get thousands of fans as fast as possible.” There is not enough room in one post to talk about proper social... Read »
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Ask an Owner: Work on Business, Not in Business
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