
Some Facebook page administrators are seeing messages in the top-right-hand corners of their timeline pages urging them to create Facebook ads and containing a “promote your page” button.

Some Facebook page administrators are seeing messages in the top-right-hand corners of their timeline pages urging them to create Facebook ads and containing a “promote your page” button.

Timeline Movie Maker, a Facebook application created with marketing agency Definition 6, is now available for Facebook pages, giving brands the opportunity to create one-minute movies featuring their content with the strongest engagement.

Today’s Internet serves many functions, operating as a public forum for self-expression, an intimate support group among friends, and even a platform for professional development. As your use of social networks such as Facebook grows in the professional context, the key is to not succumb to censoring yourself. Your peers, bosses, or prospective employers may deem it appropriate to tailor your online voice to a more conservative public, but won’t your friends wonder why you got so lame all of a sudden? Filter your audience instead.

The types of marketing campaigns on Facebook that draw the most entries are not necessarily the same types of campaigns that generate the most sharing and earned media, according to a new study from Facebook marketing software provider Wildfire Interactive.

Flash back in time a tad and recall that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was wrested from the top-talent club at Google, when? Oh yes, shortly after she assisted Google in pulling off its initial public offering. She went, she saw, she conquered … she moved on to the next great challenge.

Rovio, developer of Angry Birds, announced that Angry Birds Friends is out of beta and available for play on Facebook.

Facebook settled a proposed class-action lawsuit based on the principle that its sponsored stories turn its users into spokespeople and, as such, they should be compensated. Terms were not disclosed.

Facebook issued an update for developers on its app center, saying that seven of the top-10-grossing applications for Apple iOS devices and five of the top 10 Android apps are integrated with the social network, and perhaps prodding the remaining three and five, respectively, in the process.

The man behind the humorous infographic we ran last week about Facebook’s initial public offering,Victoria, British Columbia-based Forbes blogger Greg Voakes, is at it again, this time with MBA Online infographic “What Is Smaller Than Mark Zuckerberg?”
Some Facebook users are seeing the option of liking a brand page directly from a post due to the addition of a new like button near the top, next to the name of the page.