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New Facebook Security Feature – New Device Access Notice
Posted by: | CommentsFacebook introduced a new security feature recently – notification when your account is accessed from a device (computer, phone, etc) that you have not used before. You can receive a notification directly from Facebook whenever your account is accessed from a new device for the first time.
This is one small step toward making Facebook safer. Remember, there is no secure log-in on Facebook. There are programs that allow others to “see” what you are doing on unsecured WiFi networks. That creates a certain amount of risk if you’re logging in at the coffee shop or other unsecured WiFi network.
If you want to receive the security notifications for new devices from Facebook, you can find the setting in the Account Settings drop down menu. The default setting is that the notification is turned off. Go figure. If you access your Facebook account on a mobile device over unsecured networks, I urge you to go change this Facebook setting immediately.
Facebook Automation Labs Scare
Posted by: | CommentsThere is another rumor circulating on Facebook (shocking, eh? 
) In this version, you are advised to go to the “Block User” part of the Privacy Settings and type in “Automation Labs,” which produces a list of about 20 people who “have access to all your information.” Relax, they don’t.
According to snopes.com, a site that researches online rumors, the list of users produced by blocking “Automation Labs,” a third party developer, are those people associated with the developer. You know that one of my issues is the lack of screening of third party developers by Facebook. This one is just a rumor.
Just because this one is a rumor, doesn’t mean you can let your guard down with regard to online privacy issues. Be careful who you provide with your information.
What is Social Network Marketing?
Posted by: | CommentsSocial network marketing or social media marketing is a curious mix of old fashioned network marketing, long practiced by sales forces across the nation, and new fangled online social media services like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Social network marketing combines the sort of relationship-building that used to happen over chicken or spaghetti dinners with [insert your choice: Kiwanis, Rotary, Chamber, other local group] with the reach of online technology. It allows you to build relationships across time and space in ways that were never possible before online technology.
Multi-level marketing programs and direct and home-party sales companies often used to provide training on how to identify your natural network of friends and acquaintances and approach them for both sales and additional sales leads. The idea was to always be expanding your network.
Technology and keywords have automated much of the effort in initiating relationships with an expanding network. By using social media services like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, you are not limited by geography when expanding your network. The world is your oyster, as my grandma used to say.
Just like you don’t show up at the spaghetti dinner and immediately start hawking your product or service, your social media networking should start with building relationships. The technology allows you to start building relationships by identifying your followers. It’s then up to you to build a relationship before you market.
