Author: Christian Karasiewicz

3 steps to inviting people to join a Facebook Group

Facebook Group invite

You’ve created a Facebook Group – now what do you do to get people to join your group? Send out a Facebook group invite of course!

If you run a Facebook Group, there are three ways you can send out a Facebook Group invite.

  • Enter their name on Facebook
  • Send a private message with a link to your Facebook Group
  • Invite them to your Facebook Group using an email address

Which type of Facebook Group invite do we use?

Depending on the type of group you run, you’ll want to consider which type of invitation is right for your group.

For example, if your Facebook Group is made up of people you’re friends with on Facebook, you’ll want to use the first option.

The downside to using this type of Facebook Group invite is that it’s very impersonal because it doesn’t give you the option to enter a message to that person. Instead, they receive a standard email letting them know that someone has invited them to join a Facebook Group.

If you want a more customizable option, you’ll want to use the second option – sending a private message. This way you can add in your own message so that your invitation is a little more personal for members who you invite.

If your Facebook Group is made up of people you don’t have a personal connection with on Facebook, the third option is your best bet. This allows you to enter in someone’s email address; however, it doesn’t give you the opportunity to customize the message to people you invite to join the group.

How to invite members to join a Facebook Group?

Now that you’ve selected the type of Facebook Group invite you want to use, follow the instructions in the video below to send a Facebook Group invite.

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Build awareness, drive Facebook traffic for promotions – Infographic

With the launch of Facebook Timeline, Facebook tabs saw their engagement drop by 50%. This isn’t good news if you’re a business trying to leverage promotions to drive Facebook traffic.

If you have created Facebook landing page tabs and you’re trying to target users on mobile devices, things only go from bad to worse. This is because Facebook landing page tabs don’t work on mobile devices (unless you create them using ShortStack and promote the link to your page tab).

At this point, this  means that your business now has even more work to do on-top of running your Facebook promotions just to get the word out to fans and customers.

Fortunately, there a number of things you can do as a business owner after creating a Facebook promotion to help increase awareness and drive Facebook traffic when you’re running your next promotion.

For starters, if you’re promoting a Facebook landing page tab, you’ll want to be sure to share that link with fans. Otherwise, they won’t be able to access them from their mobile devices.

So you have your Facebook promotions created – what else can your business be doing to help increase awareness with customers and to drive Facebook traffic for your promotions? Let’s find out.

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3 steps to block Facebook game requests

Facebook game requests – they’re annoying. One minute, you think you’ve blocked them. The next day, there are more Facebook game requests coming in from friends. Today, we’re going to show you how to block Facebook game requests in 3 simple steps – forever.

Why block Facebook game requests?

As we mentioned, game requests are flat-out annoying. Not to mention, they can consume a lot of your time. For example, if you have Facebook installed on your mobile device (who doesn’t), whenever you receive a Facebook game request, your phone buzzes.

This can lead to a loss of productivity because you stop what you’re doing to check your notifications, only to find out that it’s just a game request and not an important message.

Instead of letting Facebook game requests rule your life, be proactive and block Facebook game requests.
 
Block Facebook game requests

To block Facebook game requests, follow the instructions outlined below.

How to block Facebook game requests

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Facebook link thumbnail image dimensions

Facebook recently increased the sizes of link thumbnail images in the news feed. This means whenever you share content from your blog or website, you’ll now start to see larger images from your posts in the news feed. To help you out, we’ve compiled a handy reference chart showing you all of the different Facebook link thumbnail image dimensions that you’ll need to know.

This way when you’re uploading images to your blog posts, you’ll be able to optimize your images for Facebook so that when fans share them, they look great in the news feed regardless of where they are shared.

So what are the recommended dimensions for Facebook link thumbnail images? Here’s a breakdown on everything you need to know.

Facebook link thumbnail image dimensions

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Vine focus tool – putting the subject into focus

Vine focus tool
If you want to shoot good Vine videos, you want to use the Vine focus tool.

Like the Vine ghost tool, the Vine focus tool was designed to help make it possible for anyone with a smartphone to shoot good quality Vine videos.

What does the Vine focus tool do?

The focus tool is a way for Vine users to select which points in their video they want to focus on. This can be used to create a narrow or shallow depth of field to give videos an artistic style or you can use the focus tool to improve the lighting in your videos.

Using the Vine focus tools is fairly easy to do. You’ll just want to make sure you use it in the correct order. Otherwise when you think you’re focusing in your Vine video, you may be just shooting your Vine video.

To use the Vine focus tool, follow the instructions listed below or watch the Vine focus tool video tutorial.

How to use the Vine focus tool

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How to change manager’s choice on LinkedIn Groups

Manager’s Choice is a great tool for LinkedIn Group owners to use to feature and highlight specific content to their group members. Learn how to change managers choice on LinkedIn Groups in just a few steps.

Before you begin changing manager’s choice on your LinkedIn Group posts though, it’s important to know that not all posts can be set for managers choice.

Types of posts for LinkedIn Groups

Here is an example of two types of posts made in LinkedIn Groups. Notice that one is bold and the other is not. Posts that are in bold can be set to managers choice. Posts that are not in bold cannot be set for managers choice and only link off to the website link provided.

Change managers choice on LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn Groups – Managers Choice
Change managers choice on LinkedIn Groups
LinkedIn Groups – No Managers Choice

Follow these instructions on how to change managers choice on your LinkedIn Group posts.

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How to upload Instagram photos from a computer

One of the frustrating things about using Instagram is being confined to using a mobile device to upload Instagram photos. Fortunately, there’s a way to upload instagram photos from computers that are not mobile devices or tablets such as from a desktop or a laptop.
Upload Instagram photos from computer

While you’ve probably been relying on Dropbox to move photos to your mobile device from your computer, if you take a lot of photos, you’ll need enough storage to store all of your photos within Dropbox.

The great thing is that while Instagram is primarily used from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, you can upload Instagram photos from computers if you like.

To upload Instagram photos from your computer is really easy, just follow the instructions listed below.

Note: you can only upload one photo at a time using these instructions.

How to upload Instagram photos from computers such as a desktop or laptop

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Changing Facebook group privacy settings [video]

Facebook Group privacy settings

Did you know, you can change Facebook group privacy settings to open, closed or secret. This allows you to create Facebook Groups to help your business meet various business needs in the process.

Ways to use Facebook Group privacy settings

There are plenty of ways to use Facebook group privacy settings to your advantage. You want to make sure you know how to change Facebook group privacy settings. This way you can control who can and cannot access your Facebook Groups and the information that is shared there.

For example, if you create a Facebook Group for product testers and you only want a select group of people to be a part of that group, you want to make sure you set the Facebook group privacy settings to secret.

Otherwise, if you’re not careful, you could accidentally leak out valuable information.

Fortunately, changing Facebook Group privacy settings is very easy to do. Simply follow the instructions listed below to change your group privacy settings.

How to change Facebook Group privacy settings

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5 Reasons why Facebook is good for business [Infographic]

While a lot of businesses have a presence on Facebook, a lot of them do not yet see the full value in using Facebook. This is likely because there isn’t much consistency to the changes that occur on Facebook, which can make it difficult to use Facebook as a viable tool for business. For example, Facebook recently changed the news feed algorithm (again). Because Facebook always seems to be influx, most businesses are skeptical to rely on Facebook for conducting business. While changes can cause businesses to need to rethink their strategy at a moments notice, there are plenty more reasons why Facebook is good for business and why you shouldn’t count Facebook out just yet.

The team at Cloudtactix put together this handy infographic on why Facebook is good for business. Hopefully these numbers will convince your business that there is value in using Facebook for business.

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Grow your views with a YouTube subscribe button – Video

Publishing content on YouTube is a great way to grow your presence using video. Unfortunately, the number of views you get can be inconsistent. One easy, but powerful way to improve your views is to add a YouTube subscribe button to your site.

YouTube subscribe button

Adding a YouTube subscribe button is a great way to let your blog readers know that you have a YouTube presence. Also, each time you upload a new video, your subscribers are notified.

This can lead to a significantly consistent number of views each time you upload a YouTube video.

How to add a YouTube subscribe button to your blog

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