When you think Facebook the first thing that comes to your mind probably isn't business. However what makes Facebook so engaging is the ability for users to network not only with other users, but events, businesses, products, musicians, and artists. The information here will guide you in helping find the right Facebook applications, spreading your message, and reaching your business potential.
This lens is regularly updated with new Facebook business tips compiled by contributions from extensive offline and online research and input from other Facebook users. If you would like your Facebook business application to be featured here, please email
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Facebook Public Profiles
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Best Facebook Business Applications
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Wildfire Promotion Builder
For Companies & Agencies: Using the Promotions application you can easily create, promote & manage your own branded giveaways, contests, coupons and s...3 points
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Ping.FM
Ping.fm allows you to post messages easily to your favorite social networks like Myspace, Twitter, Blogger, LiveJournal, hi5, Jaiku, Pownce and Tumblr...3 points
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ShopIt Store
Shopit is a free Social Commerce Network that gives users the ability to buy, sell or trade products and services.3 points
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EventBrite
Eventbrite is the leading provider of online event management and ticketing services. Eventbrite makes it easy for anyone to hold a successful event o...3 points
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RSS-Connect
Add your blog or any RSS feeds to your wall or boxes tab or create a fully customisable tab dedicated to your feeds. Add RSS feeds to your Business/Fa...3 points
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Sprout
Sprout is a internet software company that provides solutions to allow marketers the ability to easily create interactive and engaging content. Whethe...3 points
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portfoliojoe
Create Your Online Social Portfolio: Share it with your online friends and contacts, have them share it with their friends and contacts and add to you...2 points
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My LinkedIn Profile
Promote your LinkedIn account with a badge on your Facebook profile. Just enter your LinkedIn username or full url to your LinkedIn profile and choose...2 points
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Nethooks
makes it easy to transition from social networks to professional networking through applications. NetHooks applications allow users open access to the...2 points
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Selective Twitter Status
Update your Facebook Public Profile Status from Twitter2 points
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Socialistics
Socialistics, is a social insight tool. This means it provides integrated analysis of your friends and networks.2 points
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My Business Blinkweb
With the My BlinkWeb widget, you can show off your website to all of your friends, as well as all of their friends. When your friends install the My B...2 points
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Podcast Player
Podcast player is an easy and powerful way to share your own audio and video Podcast in Facebook.2 points
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SlideShare
SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. Upload your presentations & share publicly (or with friends).2 points
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Memorable Web Address
Creates a short, easy to remember personal web address to take people directly to your facebook profile, page or group,2 points
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My LinkedIn Contacts
LinkedIn Contacts allows you to see and share your LinkedIn Contacts.1 point
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Visa Business Network
The Visa Business Network is a social networking app for small business owners.You can connect with more than 50,000 other businesses, reach out to cu...0 points
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Etsy Store
Buy and sell handmade or vintage items, art and supplies on Etsy, the world's most vibrant handmade marketplace.0 points
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My Merch Store
Design products, post them for sale and when anyone buys them, Zazzle creates the product on-demand and you earn $$$. Not a designer? Discover and pur...0 points
Spread your message like a Wildfire!
CREATE - DISTRIBUTE - ENGAGE - WORD OF MOUTH
With Wildfire you can easily create branded interactive promotions and simultaneously launch them on Facebook, Myspace, Bebo & your Website.
Wildfire provides simple tools to help you engage the 100s of millions of users of social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace*. Wildfires web application allows companies both big and small to easily integrate branded interactive promotions like sweepstakes, contests and give-aways with the viral features of the social web to create engaging promotions that spread like wildfire.
http://wildfireapp.com
Overview Wildfire Promotion Builder
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Ping.fm is a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap.
Ping.fm posts your messages wherever you want and supports over 30 social networking sites and is adding more regularly.
MOBILE PHONE / SMS / MMS
iPhone, iPod Touch or standard mobile phone text messaging.
INSTANT MESSAGE / E-MAIL
Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live Messenger and standard e-mail.
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- Here are 10 tips to tweak your profile and get more out of Facebook. These tips go beyond the typical and include ways to stay better connected to your friends and look good doing it. To compile this list, I searched high and low and even called on Facebook for the best tips. Most are easy to do and all will add some Facebook pizzazz to your profile.
- 5 Creative Ways to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo
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- How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans
- Over the past few years Facebook has witnessed a dramatic rise in new user adoption and with that rise has come the opportunity for brands to interact directly with exis ...
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Facebook Marketing Links
- Facebook Marketing Solutions | Facebook
- We help (brand) marketers share with users and create movements on Facebook. This Page is a work-in-progress so please provide feedback on what you would like to see. This Page is run by employees of Facebook.
- All Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News and More!
- Facebook News, Facebook Games and analysis of Facebook.
- Inside Facebook - Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers
- Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers
- Facebook Advertising | Social Media Marketing
- Facebook Advertising and Social Media Marketing Blog - Get the latest news and rumours about Web2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Squidoo, Twitter and other social networking websites. Find useful tips for advertising on Facebook and other similar platforms. Feel free to join the discussion by posting c
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Facebook for Artists & Musicians
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- DianeRayfield DianeRayfield Oct 23, 2009 @ 9:47 pm
- Great Facebook apps suggestions! This is a well-rounded page. Thanks for posting.
Diane Rayfield
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Oct 22, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
- Well, I learned about your lens on Facebook, so that says a lot! Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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- motorpurrr motorpurrr Oct 22, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
- Very useful good information. Thank you so much. I'll be back to it often.
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- pkmcr pkmcr Oct 19, 2009 @ 3:19 pm
- There is some very useful information here and this is the sort of lens we need to see more of in the Business section at Squidoo. SquidAngel Blessings
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- daria369 daria369 Oct 4, 2009 @ 7:45 am
- Very helpful and informative, thanks for sharing!! :)
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