1. FaceBook and Your Business Women in Technology in Nigeria Presented by Mrs M.O Alade Women in Technology in Nigeria www.witin.org

3. More than 400 million active users and still counting www.witin.org

4. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day www.witin.org

5. More than 35 million users update their status each day www.witin.org

6. More than 60 million status updates posted each day More than 3.5 million events created each month More than 3 million active Pages on Facebook More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook More than 20 million people become fans of Pages each day Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans Average Facebook User Has 130 Friends www.witin.org

7. 1.Have a good profile 2.create business account using facebook pages www.witin.org

8. 3.Install facebook applications to integrate feeds from your blog and other social media accounts, like twitter into your Facebook profile 4.Post your newsletter subscription information and archives somewhere in your profile. 5.Obtain a Facebook URL so that people can find you easily; e.g www.facebook.com/alademartha. Get yours using www.facebook.com/usernamewww.facebook.com/alademarthawww.facebook.com/username www.witin.org

9. 6. Add your Facebok URL to your email signature business cards, so prospects can learn more about you 7. Upload your contacts from your email client to find more connections. Also linking you to contacts on your contacts’ friends lists. 8. Use Facebook Connect to add social networking features to your web site www.witin.org

10. 9. Buy Facebook ads to promote your biz. 10. Start a group or fan page for your brand or business. 11. Add basic information to the group or fan page such as links to company site, newsletter subscription information and newsletter archives. 12. Post upcoming events including webinars, conferences and other programs www.witin.org

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