Facebook Facts

Whether you are marketing your company online or offline. There’s one thing I can be relatively certain about. You probably have a Facebook account and 95% of your ideal prospects probably have one too.
But what does that mean for building YOUR business in 2011? I’ll tell you what it means. It means you would have to be completely nuts not to take advantage of the Facebook Marketing “trend” while it’s still growing. Because, make no mistake, Facebook is where your prospects are hanging out every single day.
To that end, I’ve put together a series of totally free Facebook resources for you dig into if you’re interested in learning more about the giant blue devil itself.

Facebook Find #1 : Video: Plain (But Shocking) Facts About Facebook Itself

When you watch this video you will see exactly what I mean by “giant blue devil”. By now, you should know that Facebook is much more than a trend, it’s rapidly taking over our lives. (By the way, there’s NOTHING FOR SALE here. This video was created by Alex Trimpe, a student at the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) for class.)

Click Here To Watch This Video On Vimeo

While this video is short. I hope it serves as a “wake-up” call. Because Facebook is HOT right now. And that means that Facebook Marketing is HOT too. If you don’t have “gobs of time” to play around with Facebook Social Media Marketing then don’t forget that Facebook PPC Ads are still a crazy good way to get leads .  I wish I had something to sell you today, Maybe a step-by-step Facebook Marketing course for beginners and serious networkers looking to generate leads online. But I don’t.

Facebook Find #2 : Where To Find The “Press” Facts About Facebook Itself

Here’s another cool resource for Facebook Marketing fanatics like myself. It turns out that Facebook publicly posts their “press” statistics on this web page here for anybody who is curious enough to Google them. I was simply blown away the first time that I saw these statistics about Facebook. I had absolutely no idea how fast Facebook was taking over the world.

Facebook Find #3 : The “Secret” Facebook Developers Website

There’s another cool Facebook related website that most people do not talk about much. It’s the Facebook Developers site. If you visit the developers site you can “spy” on the Facebook marketing and branding tactics of some of the world’s biggest companies. We’re talking about CNN, TIME, IMDb, and the New York Times. It’s nothing “top secret” but it gives you a good idea of how big corporations are interfacing with Facebook on their websites. There’s also a bunch of forums for the technologically inclined. I’m amazed by what people are doing with Facebook these days.

Facebook Find #4 : This One Is Just For Fun Over The Weekend

Watched the Facebook movie, The Social Network, a couple weekends ago and it really blew me away. I highly recommend that you watch it too if you’re looking for a little bit of perspective on life, business, and what success really means in the end. It’s more of a drama than a documentary but “wow” is all I have to say.
If you already watched it, or want to leave some other resource suggestions, thoughts, or insights then I would like to invite you to leave a comment today. (If you would like to share this article with your friends on Facebook, that would be awesome too.)
Thank you. I hope to read your comments soon.
Courtney Houde
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