Came across an article on Mashable with described ten things you can do with your status updates on Facebook. I was particularly interested in this one:

To mention someone in a status update just type “@” (a la Twitter) in the status bar and start typing their name as it appears on Facebook. An auto-generated list will then come up with people in your social circle whose name starts with the letters you’ve typed. The feature also works with pages, brands, events and companies.

Hit the name you want, complete the update, click share and the name will become a hyperlink (you won’t see the @ symbol) and will appear in blue text

When you do this, your update shows up in that person’s newsfeed. The possibilities could be endless here for getting your status updates seen.

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Tagging People in Facebook Status Updates

Mike Schultz over at Social Media Examiner has a great post on eight ways to successfully selling using social media. In a nutshell, here’s the points:

1. Boil the Frog — I could explain this, but I’ll leave it for Mike. Love the analogy. Basically, don’t come on too strong
2. Givers Gain — pretty much self-explanatory. Just give, don’t worry about the return.
3. Make Henry Kissinger Proud — great way to do your best
4. Be Brave
5. Be Positive and Pleasant
6. Prepare for Window Shopping
7. Let Your Personality Show Through
8. Take if Offline, When it’s Time

Social media can be a confusing place to catch onto the culture of. Reading and applying as much as you can, sure makes a difference. So, hop over to Mike’s blog and have a look at the full article.

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Successful Selling on Social Media

If you have no idea what Twittering is, you probably are either new or you’ve been ignoring a lot going on. Twitter is a very popular microblogging site which allows you to post(tweet) 140 character ‘slices’ of what your doing as often as you want. You follow other people who are twittering and people follow you. You can post about the mundane, the insane, the ups and the downs, the pain and the joy, whatever. The idea is to share and enjoy the interaction.

I didn’t get the whole Twitter thing when I first looked at it. Primary because, like Facebook, I couldn’t see how I could find the time to keep refreshing a website so I could see what other people were doing. Then I started to discover some of the Twitter tools that were available and started to understand the draw.

First I tried Twitterfox in Firefox and started to get it, the updates would popup in the bottom corner of the screen and I could ignore them, respond, post my own or click on whatever links were offered. When I wanted to. That I could handle but that was only good when I was working in my browser. When I had it minimized or closed, Twitter was off too.

Now, you wouldn’t be getting the idea that I was getting a tad hooked, would you?

It was when I discovered TweetDeck that I really got into Twittering. With Tweetdeck I could let Twitter run in a window on the edge of my screen. I could pay attention to what was being said or I could ignore it. I could let some things catch my eye if I wanted to but had to be careful that I didn’t get distracted. That worked for me.

So, for the last few weeks I’ve been exploring Twittering… oh yeah, that is going to become like Google, an action — not just a name. I’ll be posting some about how to use Twitter, as I learn, you’ll learn. If you are anxious to get started you may want to check out Darren Rowse’s post to his TwiTip site (yes he’s started a blog on Twittter) – 10 Hot Twitter Tips. Should keep you exploring for a while.

Let me know your favourite Twitter tool or resource.

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