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It’s your fault your Facebook got hacked (and how to fix it)

Never give any Facebook app permission to make posts on your behalf and access your contacts.

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How I became an organ donor-literally

Turns out Facebook had a little grammatical error that they’ve apparently now fixed. Instead of listing the date I registered to be an organ donor, they listed–and shared– that I had actually become an organ donor.

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Timeline design that’s oh so fine!

Our designers have been busy bees here at Counterintuity getting our clients ready for Timeline.  Here are just a few of the designs they’ve completed this week in response to this revolutionary Facebook change.  Log into Facebook, then click on each link to see the cover in full glory on the actual Facebook Timeline page.  Our design team rocks!  …

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How Facebook’s Timeline will change your custom landing pages

Many of you have asked, “What will happen to our custom Facebook welcome pages and apps when the change to Timeline is made on March 30? True to form, Facebook is doing away with what they call “canvas apps” or “tabs” as it did away with FBML when it introduced iframes.  What does this mean for your business page? According…

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How to disable Facebook’s ticker for good

Facebook’s ticker has been perhaps the most hated “upgrade” since the social network’s inception eight years ago this month.  Seeing every song your friend listens to on Spotify, watching friends chit-chat with people you’ve never heard of, and the sheer distraction of continual movement in your peripheral vision caused millions of fans to complain to Facebook.  Now, it seems they’ve…

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Does your little one have a digital trust fund?

Hmmm. A digital trust fund. Is that like Monopoly money? Didn’t we get better checks and balances on our financial systems recently, you ask? A digital trust fund is not monetary. To the contrary, it takes little more than your time to set up. It’s a way to claim and safeguard certain accounts for your child; for instance their name…

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Don’t buy into the Facebook iframes hype–YET

We have been diligently researching the Facebook switch on Friday from FBML to iframes.  Our advice?  Don’t panic. Static FBML will be around for awhile. All this move changes is that developers and designers now need to know HTML and have access to a hosted site in order to make custom applications and graphics for your Facebook page. Most page owners…

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Tracking your reputation online for free

My favorite line (which our social media clients will attest to) is: “The conversation about your brand is happening online whether you want it to or not.  The only thing sticking your head in the sand does for you is breed ignorance and cede the floor to the naysayers.” With the advent of services such as Yelp, Twitter, Facebook and…

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Social media marketing is no business for teens

What a teen can’t do—because he doesn’t have business training—is strategize, monitor and analyze a social media campaign.

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Social media impressions score big

We all knew that social media was important and our friends and fans sharing and liking our posts was fabulous. A report was released today from Nielsen and Facebook that confirms that social impressions are more than fabulous, they increase someone’s intent to purchase. “The Value of Social Media Ad Impressions” study measured the impact of 3 types of Facebook…

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