Facebooks Business Pages Welcome Tab

Those of you who frequent Facebook and like certain brand pages have probably come across a Welcome tab or a promotion tab when you first visit the page. Sometimes these pages are just static images and sometimes they're embedded HTML pages within Facebook.

This is something many pages are doing nowadays and it's a great way to add a unique look to your Facebook business page. I'm sure many of you have seen my post about Facebook Page Profile Picture Full Size, but this takes that a step further. As you can see on my Windsor Web Design page, I've added an animated GIF, which will be the starting tab for anyone who hasn't liked my Facebook page yet.

This gives me the ability to promote my latest service, contest or basically anything to gain more "Likes" and eventually gain more business. If you're interested in having a unique Facebook page created for your small business, please contact me.

The Blackberry page is one of the Facebook brand pages I think is very well done.

BlackBerry

Google+ Reaches 20 Million Users

Over the weekend, I read a few articles about Google+ that really made me think. The first was an article claiming that Google Plus had already hit a user base of 20 million members. The other was an article talking about how Google plans on creating a similar celebrity atmosphere to Twitter's where celebrities will gain "Verified Account" status.

Let's tackle the idea that its a big deal that Google Plus already has 20 million members. Why is this so surprising or astonishing to people? The site probably has over a billion page views worldwide everyday and Google+ is the cool new thing for all the tech bloggers and Google lovers to check out. Just because they've reached 20 million members in 3 weeks isn't all the surprising, even if they're only in "invite only mode" right now.

The second article about Google possibly adding a verified account status to celebs who actually sign up for Google's new social network also isn't much of a surprise. Those of you who frequent my blog may remember a post I wrote back in March about how Google/YouTube were planning some time of celebrity option. Of course they'd love it if celebs joined their social network. This is exactly how Twitter became popular in the early days. I personally don't think celebs would be willing to jump on Google+. The reasons Twitter is so intriguing to celebs is the idea that they can gain thousands of followers by typing out 140 character messages whenever they want. It's quick, it's easy and it's another way for them to market themselves to a global audience.... right Kim Kardashain?

I think everyone needs to settle down on the Google+ reporting. Yes, I know it's the newest thing and yes I know everyone wants to see if anyone can topple Facebook, but Google+ is still in its infancy, lets talk about it more in a year or so.

Facebook Business Pages in Windsor I Like

As most of you know, I recently set up a Facebook fan/business page for my freelance Windsor Web Design work. You can read more about my Facebook page experience here.  Before I started it, I spent a month or two checking out a few other Facebook business pages in the area to see what worked and what didn't. I kept note of which ones I liked so that I could give them a little love on my blog one day, that day has come!

Eyes On Windsor

I really like the "Welcome" page on this site. Anytime you can signal people to "Like" your page, in a descriptive way is a good thing. Eyes On Windsor also has a nice Facebook profile image which signals people to click the Wall or Info.

Caesars Windsor

Not surprising that a BIG business like Caesars Windsor has a fantastic Facebook page. They update it regularly (daily) with fresh info about what's going on at the Casino. They also run contests and have giveaways on a regular basis.

There are a bunch of other pages I like, but I don't want to make this post incredibly long by adding picture after picture, so I'll just list the others here; Windsor Stars Soccer, Windsor Squash & Fitness, & Perfect Shutter.

Many small businesses in Windsor are really catching on, on how to generate business through Facebook. If you're interested in having a Facebook fan page designed, please contact me!

Sebastian Agosta Website Design Facebook Page

Those of you who frequently visit my blog probably noticed the advertisement to the right of this post, featuring my web design service Sebastian Agosta website design. I want to thank everyone who sent me an email telling me how much the like the clean and useful look of my website. I had such a positive response from that, that I decided to also start a Facebook page.

I'd like to thank everyone who has "liked" the page so far and those of you who may like the page after reading this post. It's your basic Facebook page that I'll probably update once or twice a week with a few of my web designs as well as interesting tidbits from Windsor Ontario.

Thanks again for all the support!

Facebook Page Profile Picture Full Size & Samples

Even though I've been doing web design for awhile, I didn't get into building Facebook pages for small businesses until recently. One of my clients asked me to be an admin on their Facebook page and help them optimize the page so they could get the most out of it.

The first thing I looked into was how large the profile picture on a Facebook page could be. It turns our you can make them as large as 540px height x 180px width. I decided, why not make the most out of the page and use up all the space I could.

I decided to look around and see what other people were doing to get an idea of what should be in it. It didn't take me long to come up with the Windsor Squash and Fitness one you see below. I also added a few others samples from small businesses in the Windsor area for you to take a look at.

If you have any interest in having one of these Facebook page profile pictures created, please Contact Me.