This past week: Well still is my vacation week, so I did less reading on social media and I almost no tweets. Instead I decided to use one of Facebook own pages' posts. "Facebook Marketing Solutions" (http://www.facebook.com/marketing), I follow them along with 450K+ fans and I find it a great source of information for marketing on Facebook. Below there are a few current posts, which I found interesting. Hopefully this blog post will introduce you to Facebook Marketing Solutions and you'll decide to like them as well.

Tip: If you want your SEO strategy to succeed, you have to start incorporating social media into the mix. Post a snippet of your latest blog post to Facebook (not the whole thing!) to not only get a link, but also help drive traffic. If you just post the first paragraph, readers are forced to go to your blog to finish the whole post. For more tips on SEO and social, read on...

A tip from Ad Age: "Make the act of shopping on your site more personal by bringing recommendations from friends and connections into the shopping process. And allow your customers to broadcast their opinions on your products back to their friends on Facebook." Read more

If you're a fan of this page, chances are good that you already know the benefits of creating a Facebook page for your business. But maybe you have a friend you're trying to convince? Share this Entrepreneur article to help them get started... http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220282

This post features 30 Tips and Tricks for Mastering Facebook Marketing. Are there any that you haven't heard before? Read more.

The Like button allows you to drive referral traffic back to your site, create a lasting connection with your visitors and increase on-site engagement. Learn how to implement it in this video of David Pio, one of our Partner Engineers. Read more.

Facebook plays an increasing role in beauty brands' marketing, ecommerce and customer service strategies, reports Mashable. How is Facebook playing a role in your business? http://pub.vitrue.com/rMp

How have you used Facebook Places for your business? Here are some great examples to spark your creativity. Read more.
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Next Friday I'll have another round up, in the meantime you can follow me @ywd or on facebook |