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( 2 ) HOME PROFILE A C C OUNT A Beginner’ s Guide T able of C onten ts Background on F acebook ............................................................... 4 Getting on F acebook ...................................................................... 5 Creating a Prole Finding F riends Na vigation on F acebook ...............................[...]

( 3 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Intr oduc tion I n the da ys leading up to the American Revolution, Committees of Correspondence formed to increase organization and communication between the colonies. Letters would be written and then disseminated throughout the colonies via horseback. T hose who organized the committees of correspondence hoped that t[...]

( 4 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide What is F acebook? F ounded in F ebruary 2004, F acebook is a social network that helps people communicate more efciently with their friends, family , coworkers and acquaintances. T he compan y develops tec hnologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the digital mapping of peopl[...]

( 5 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Setting up a F acebook account So you decided to take the plunge and create a F acebook account? Y ou are not alone. T here are ov er 400 million people on this social networking website! In fact, if F acebook were a country , it would be the third most populated country in the world, only behind India and China (impres[...]

( 6 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide 2. Provide y our rst and last names, an e-mail address, birthda y and gender . Finally , create a passw ord, something you will remember , but tough enough it won’ t be easily determined. W e suggest using at least 11 digits, with at least 3 numbers, substituting symbols for letters (like “![...]

( 7 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT V anity URLs One of the most ov erlooked, but extremely valuable resour ces is F acebook’ s V anity URL feature. Most F acebook Proles are indexed online as http://www .facebook. com/prole.php?id=1591575650 but this makes it very hard to nd and share y our prole with others. F acebook makes it easy to shor[...]

( 8 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide Finding F riends Now that y ou ha ve eshed out y our F acebook identity , it is time to start adding friends. Using the na vigation in the top-right of your screen, clic k the Home button. If you skipped ov er the “nding friends” portion, you will likely see the option to sear ch through [...]

( 9 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Na vigation on F ac eb ook T he Lay out Once you ha ve built your prole and ha ve gathered a few friends, it is time to get acquainted with all that F acebook has to offer . Kno wing where to nd ev erything on your F acebook account is v ery important. Not only will it sa ve y ou time, but most people do not full [...]

( 10 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide Home T his is one of the most useful areas of F acebook. Y our Home page will displa y a snapshot of important information for you to take ad vantage of (please note that your homepage is not y our prole page, which we will discuss momentarily). T o the left, you will see a list of ev ents, mes[...]

( 11 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Dir ect ly be lo w tha t y ou can n d t ho se fri end s tha t a re on lin e. T hi s i s a n i nt ere sti ng fea tur e tha t a ll ow s y ou qui c kly c hat wit h f rie nd s v ia F ac eb ook ’ s c hat fe atu re, l oca ted at the b ott om ri ght of y our scr een . T he pop -up b ox fun cti on s l ike an i nst ant m e[...]

( 12 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide News F eed Y our News F eed is an updated list of what your friends are doing and posting. T his section is broken up into two portions: T op News and Most Recent . T op News T his is a live update to w hat your most popular friends are doing. T hose friends that you inter act with most will show [...]

( 13 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Account Settings Here you can edit a multitude of different functions. Y ou can manage what notications F acebook sends y ou, connect F acebook to a mobile device, buy F acebook Ads, and make many other changes. As this is a beginner’ s guide, we will not get into the weeds here, but feel free to contact us at T e[...]

( 14 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide all of the setting here. Instead, we will direct you to one of the best and most comprehensi ve articles on the web. It can be found at the website AllF acebook.com. In addition, they ha ve put together a do wnloadable Priv acy Guide. T he article, entitled, 10 Priv acy Settings Every F acebook Us[...]

( 15 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT W all and Status T o the left of the Information tab we edited earlier , y ou will nd your W all tab. Y our wall is w here you and your friends can post content to be shared, suc h as photos, videos and web links or just a simple message to sa y “hi. ” Usi ng th e b ox at th e t op of y our w all (s ee abo ve im[...]

( 16 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide It is important to note that when y ou enter something on your own w all, F acebook will insert your name before the message w hen posted. T here is no need to duplicate your name and y ou can even hav e a little fun: 1. T his is an example of a status update. 2. T his is what that status update l[...]

( 17 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Photos One of F acebook’ s most used features is its ability to allow users to upload and share photos. T he photos can be uploaded from y our computer , phone, webcam and other devices. Y ou can create and share individual photos or w hole albums, but remember that as with most of F acebook’ s capabilities, your f[...]

( 18 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide Prole Uploads Adding photos to your account can be a little daunting at rst, w hich is wh y we suggest starting with a manual approach through y our Prole page. Below you will see an image of our demo account’ s Prole. Notice the tab that says “Photos. ” T his is where we w ant t[...]

( 19 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT W e also want to reiterate that y ou can add images to Status Updates (a feature we discussed earlier). Simply click the “photo” icon belo w your message to add an image from your computer or online. Messages/Inbox F acebook’ s message feature allows you to talk directly and pri vately with another F acebook user[...]

( 20 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide Notes T he notes section does not offer much purpose in toda y’ s social netw ork, especially with the rise of personal blogs and other technologies that offer muc h more customization and robust platforms. We will gloss o ver this function for no w , but note (pun intended) that you can use not[...]

( 21 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT Sharing and Int er ac ting F acebook is known for more than just keeping old friends in touc h. It is also one of the most popular (if not the most popular) place for sharing information. More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums etc.) are shared each week via F a[...]

( 22 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide T o nd a group, try using the searc h box at the top of each page to nd organizations by their name or topic. If y ou are interested in creating your own group, visit the URL below and consider creating y our own. http://www .facebook.com/groups/create.php F an P ages W e highly recommend yo[...]

( 23 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT How can y our organization benet from a F acebook P age? Many tea party and 9/12 groups are limited in budget and resources. While a web site can serve as an effectiv e destination for an organization, many people these da ys consider web sites as places for background and ar chi ved information rather than an activ[...]

( 24 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide Fill out the appropriate information, considering key w ords for the title of your organization, and begin eshing out the rest of your presence. F acebook P ages offers your organization a fun and engaging forum to ad vertise, interact, and increase effectiv eness. T o learn more about F aceboo[...]

( 25 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT instant and almost innite reach bey ond your own contacts. . Events More than 3.5 million events are created eac h month and the a ver age user is invited to 3 ev ents per month. An event page is similar to any other events listing you w ould see—it lists what the ev ent is, the time it begins, w here the event ta[...]

( 26 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT A Beginner’ s Guide If you ha ve multiple social accounts (such as T witter , F acebook and LinkedIn) you ma y want to consider a service that will update all accounts, the easiest w ay to do this is to sign up for a free account on a third party site that will sync all accounts. A great site to chec k out is Ping.fm[...]

( 27 ) HOME PROFILE A C COUNT • Enter the security code displa yed in the box in the T ext in the Box eld. • Click the Deacti vate button. Now that y ou know w hat all y ou can do with F acebook, the trick is to not become ov erwhelmed b y trying to do everything at once. Start slo w by sending friend requests to your friends and famil[...]

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