“This is just Facebook for the Enterprise” is the most common way most people describe enterprise social networking platforms. After all, the look and feel of those platforms borrow a lot from the Facebook interface: status updates, @mentioning, groups, walls, profile pictures, direct messages, and so on. However, when implementing a social networking platform at your workplace, you’ll soon find that the resemblance with Facebook pretty much stops there: even though the building blocks are very similar, the overall playbook is very different. in 1997. MORE >>

After reading Disruptions: As User Interaction on Facebook Drops, Sharing Comes at a Cost by Nick Bilton in the New York Times (and Facebook ‘s detailed fact check ), I thought I would spend $21 for your amusement. I would sponsor three Facebook posts. OK, OK, I’ll be honest with you, I came up with that plan after I sponsored one spontaneously and organically to see if anyone might want to join my virtual rowing team, Team Grotto , and join a virtual regatta, the 2013 World Erg Challenge. Facebook Saturation (socialmediaexplorer.com). MORE >>

At the end of March, Facebook will be launching their new design for fan pages. Over the course of the next few months, we plan on putting blog posts together emphasizing various aspects of the new Facebook fan page design, page recommendations and perspective, and examples of effective B2B organizations leveraging these changes. Today we’re writing about, and providing examples of, the Facebook Fan Page cover image. Facebook Page Cover Images. The most dramatic change to Facebook’s new page design is in the emphasis of images and photographs. MORE >>

Many B2B marketers approach Facebook with the knowledge of how to maintain a personal profile, but still shake their heads at how to get results from a business Page for their B2B company. There are two basic things you need to know about managing a Facebook Page for a B2B company. This is especially true since Facebook introduced the EdgeRank algorithm, which only shows popular content in the newsfeed. link] Solomon , about Facebook Marketing for B2B Companies at the MarketingProfs B2B Forum. Facebook Content. Weekends are more Facebook sharing friendly. MORE >>

'Learn how to organize your marketing team from the best in the business, in order to crank up digital marketing. The staffing plan idea got me to thinking about lessons I’ve learned about organizing digital marketing teams from my experiences with Hubspot and I ( @fearlesscomp ) was even a featured guest on Hubspot TV with Mike Volpe and Karen Rubin (see image below). thought it would be useful to share lessons learned on digital marketing organization organization and strategy from Hubspot, as it would undoubtedly help marketing leaders develop staffing plans. MORE >>