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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR AUTHORS SERIES: FACEBOOK PAGES

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To start with, if you're a newbie when it comes to Facebook "Fan" pages (these are now the pages that you can "Like"), this will really help you. Merz leads you step-by-step and makes it easy for you to get started.

If you already know your way around a Facebook page (which is not the same thing as your regular Facebook profile), there's still some good info here, particularly when it comes to customizing your own boxes/tabs with html, as well as a little more here and there.

My suggestion to the author would be to add a section on how to actually maintain the page with useful updates and discuss some strategies for doing that. This ebook covers the nuts and bolts of getting the page set up and gives you some good ideas on the technical side, but a little more guidance on how to maintain your page after you've set it up would be a nice addition. Another thing he could talk about is how to add new Facebook friends to your pages (for example, interact with people a bit before you send them an invitation). Lastly, a discussion of the "update" feature would be useful.

I still gave this 5 stars because the author correctly identifies in the product description exactly what the ebook covers and the info is good. Extra points for breaking down the process to make it easy to follow.

I used this guide to set up my own fan page. The step by step instructions were simple and easy to follow. There were many tips that I know I would not have found myself. Jon has written an excellent guide. If you are setting up a fan page, this book is a must!

I'm an author preparing to launch my first ebook for the Kindle, and know the importance of social media in getting the word out. This brief but information-packed title tells you everything you need to know about making Facebook work to your advantage. It's clearly presented, with step-by-step instructions all the way. Definitely a bargain for indie authors just starting out.

As a little-known writer I've been aware for some time that I need to take advantage of all available resources, including and especially Facebook. I even tried working with Facebook a few months ago, setting up a page that was ridiculously bad. I just didn't know how to make Facebook do what I wanted to do, and really, I didn't know what I wanted to do in the first place.

Along comes this book. I had a good feeling about it because I'd already seen that the author was a skilled promoter with a slick, enticing Facebook page in his tool bag. I bought it, read it through once and then sat down at my computer with the book at my side.

A few hours later (yes, just a few hours!) I had a better fan page than I could ever have imagined. The author lists and describes the crucial components that a fan page should have and then lays out clear, concise and detailed instructions on how to build these components. Many manuals of this sort are good on the big picture but fall short because the instructions on how to implement features are vague and therefore useless. Not this one. There was never any doubt about where to go, what to click on, what to choose, etc.

To anybody who needs to use Facebook for promotion this book is indispensable. I'm looking forward to the next installment of the SOCIAL MEDIA series!