Hangouts On Air - Google+ - Social Media Management

Hangouts On Air - Google+

Here are some interesting facts compiled about Hangouts from Google+ Help

How is it useful?

Go live from your laptop

Now live broadcasts are only a few clicks away. Stream your hangout publicly on your Google+ profile, your YouTube channel, and your website.

Save instantly to YouTube

You don't need special software to record your conversation. Every Hangout On Air is automatically saved to your YouTube account.

Share to the world

Edit and share the recorded hangout. Once your hangout is over, it's easy to keep the conversation going. Your hangout video is shared publicly on Google+ and on your YouTube channel. You can reshare this video just like any other.


How it works:

Start a hangout

Start a hangout and invite specific people or Google+ circles to join you. Then name your hangout.

Enable Hangouts On Air

Check "Enable Hangouts On Air". The first time you do this, you will need to agree to the Terms of Service and also link your YouTube account.  Learn more

Start your broadcast

Click "Start broadcast" to go on air. After a five-second countdown, your hangout will start broadcasting to the public on your Google+ profile, your YouTube channel, and on any website where you've embedded it. Recording starts when broadcasting starts.

The below video explains it.





You can check the Live Hangouts on the Hangouts Home page

Edit and Publish your Hangout On Air

To make changes to your video, try YouTube's video editor.

For videos longer than two hours, you'll need to download, edit, and then upload the videos again to your YouTube channel. Learn more about how to download your video.


Stay tuned to know how you can Google+ Hangout for your business!

Merry Christmas and Prosperous New year!

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Merry Christmas and Prosperous New year!

May this Christmas and New Year bring you good in health, prosperity and comfort throughout!

Facebook Privacy Shortcuts

Facebook has released a new "Privacy Shortcuts". This is to make the access to change the important privacy options easily.

If it has been already activated for your account, you can see that on the top of the page(next to "Home".)

    

Clicking on the 'See More Settings' lead to the Privacy Settings page.

Facebook Help Center has explained the new option as below:

Your privacy shortcuts give you quick access to some of the most widely used privacy settings and tools. Click  at the top of the page to see shortcuts that help you manage,

• Who can see my stuff?
• Who can contact me?
• How do I stop someone from bothering me?

This is also where you'll find the latest privacy updates and other helpful tools. Check the same here

With the new "Privacy Shortcuts" making it easy to access and change your Privacy settings, a better secured Facebook is developing.

Facebook is also changing some of its options easier to find and understand.

Are you able to view the changes? Let us know how it'd change the security on Facebook in the comments below.

Facebook Embraces Local Search Via 'Nearby' Updates for Mobile

Facebook has rolled out a new updates to its "Nearby" tab on Android and iOS apps, allowing users to find places near them based on the likes and recommendations of friends.

Read More on Mashable - http://mashable.com/2012/12/17/facebook-nearby-mobile/

Social Networking Sites

While there are ample social media sites that we are spending our time, there are new social media sites out there that are launched with a twist and media attention.

Some of them that are noticeable are listed below (though this is not a complete list - just for reference):

So.cl

Google pagerank - 6

Alexa - 46518

Microsoft's Socl — pronounced social — allows you to express and share your ideas through rich post collages comprised of images, links, captions and videos.

We already posted about this - Microsoft's New site for Search on Social Networking - So.cl

SiteTalk

Alexa - 6486

SiteTalk represents a new dimension in social networking.

You can gain loyalty points for recommending new members to the community. Also activities such as posting messages, uploading photos or video and such earn you points. Loyalty points can be used for purchases within the SiteTalk community such as SiteTalk Mall.

Check more About the SiteTalk Community

Zurker

Alexa - 51046

Zurker is currently in beta testing, and is not available to the general public without an invitation. Please comment below if you need an invitation to go through the site.

They say that you can become an investor of Zurker and earn shares(vShares).

While we shall discuss in detail about these sites in the forthcoming posts, please register your comments below on the upcoming number of social networking sites. Do you think they will stay or just a fad?

Have you come across these or any similar sites?

Discuss more of your thoughts out as comments below...

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Facebook Updates - Post privacy gating

On the previous post, we discussed on the recent Facebook Updates.

Now, let us explain in detail on how to apply/make use of these changes, as we did for ‘Tagging Ability’ in the earlier post.

What is ‘Post privacy gating’?

With this option, you can choose a targeted audience every time you post an update on your Facebook Page. Nobody outside of the target audience will be able to see the posts.

You can target your audience based on :



Do not forget that the earlier option for selecting target based on Location and  Language is still available as of now.

However, the difference with the new option is that the post will be seen in your page timeline as usual by Public. You can hide it from the page for the public to see it, if you want to.

Where is it and how it works?

• Log in to your Admin Facebook profile


• Go to the page’s ‘Manage Permissions’ admin page/option


• You can see the option ‘Post privacy gating’
  
  


• Check the option and ‘Save Changes’


• Come back to the page (for which the change was made) and on the status update box you can see the changes.


• Click ‘Add Targeting’ and select your Target before posting your update

Check on the help video below.

Try this option and post your experiences below.

Stay tuned with SocialNetGate to know more on the other recent Facebook Updates.

Facebook Updates

Facebook has been constantly in the verge of making changes and adding new features to their social media platform. Here are some of the recent changes that might not be well noticed by all. Knowing on these features could make your effort to reach your fans/followers will be great.

Additional Permissions

Tagging Ability:

People can tag photos posted by your Facebook page

You can enable the option to allow photo tagging for photos uploaded to your Page by following these instructions:

1.     At the top of your Page, click Edit Page

2.     Select Manage Permissions

3.     Check the box labeled People can tag photos posted by [your Page name]

Check this on Facebook Help Center

Post privacy gating:

Byenabling the Post privacy gating Settings, you can choose a targeted audience every time you post an update on your Page. Nobody outside of the target audience will be able to see the posts.

However, the post will be seen in your page timeline as usual.

Changes on Facebook Page Notifications

Facebook has rolled out a new feature for users to opt in to receive notifications every time a page makes a post.

If you like a page and enable 'Get Notifications', you will receive a notification similar to friends posts/messages on your Notifications Inbox.

Show in News Feed

If this option is enabled, the posts by the pages you like will be listed on your 'News Feed'

Facebook Questions Feature

Questions feature is not available for profiles now. Whereas it is available for FB pages still. Click the + sign next to Offer, Event on the page you admin to explore the Questions feature.

 

Post any updates that you have noticed as comments below.

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Instagram web profiles

Recently, Instagram rolled out web profiles for their users publicly.

Here are some of the notable information on the release.

• Instagram web profiles has a similar look to the Facebook profiles/pages with a header of some of the recent photos from your profile. This will be randomly chosen by Instagram and you don't have control on the images selected.
• The URL to view your web profile is simple. http://www.instagram.com/username - username is the username of the Instagram profile that you want to view.
• Though this has been released publicly, there might be some profiles that are not available. It will be updated in the coming week
• If your photos are set to public, anyone will be able to see your profile. make sure your turn your photos public if you want to be visible on the web.
• Importantly, the web version doesn't have the options neither to create an Instagram account or post photos via web.

We will keep you posted with more updates on Social Media. So Stay Connected...

Instagram Web Viewer - Part 2

Instagram Web Viewer consisted of some of the top sites that help Instagram to be viewed on the web rather than just mobile devices. As Instagram also rolled out Web profiles recently, the sites might be of lesser use compared to the earlier situation. Though, here are some sites which you can use more than just as a web viewer:

Pinstagram/Pictacular

Alexa Rank : 69,020

GPR 6

Pictacular is a free service that lets you enjoy Instagram on the web. Some of the services/tools:

View Instagram Photos

View your Instagram feed on the web and iPad in a beautiful waterfall layout instead of one photo at a time.

Like and Comment

Pictacular not only lets you view photos but Like and Comment on them.

Public Profile Page

When you log into Instagram, you immediately get a shareable public profile page.

Share to Pinterest

Pictacular makes it really easy to not only share to Facebook and Twitter but also to Pinterest.

Search Tags and Users

Searching tags and users is really easy. Just enter a term or name on the search on the top left.

Photos Nearby

View photos taken near you with the photos nearby feature.

Discover

Pictacular curates some of the best Instagram users so you can discover some of the best photos even if you don't follow a lot of people.

View Followers and More

Easily view who is following you and who you follow.

Get More Likes

Get more followers and likes by easily sharing your Instagram photos on the web.

Pinstagram is a beautiful web app for browsing through Instagram Pinterest style. You can browse your feed, popular images, your own photos and your likes. You can also allow your browser to use your current location, and browse nearby photos.

Instagrid

Alexa Rank 70,223

GPR 5

A Clean Web Gallery For Your Instagram Photos. Instagram is a popular photo-sharing app on the iPhone, we publish a nice gallery so you can view and share

• Subscribe via Email

Instagram feeds in your inbox

You don't need an iPhone— Hit the subscribe button from any user's gallery, and receive their new Instagram photos in a beautiful email every few days. A great way for your family, friends, and fans who are not on Instagram to follow you.

• #Hashtag Galleries

Collect & share photos using tags

Instantly create a gallery of all the photos tagged with a specific #hashtag. It's a great way to keep track of a set of photos for yourself, your company, a conference or event.

• Instagrid Digest

Discover new Instagram users

We publish a weekly digest featuring both popular & undiscovered Instagram users.

They also provide paid services:

• Make Prints From Your Instagram Photos


• Develop digital campaigns & experiences that leverage the Instagram platform and community

Copygram

Alexa Rank 73,331

GPR 4

View your feed and share Instagram photos directly on the web. Back up your grams and keep your favorite memories safe.Print the photos you love on Copygram.

Copygram lets you utilize nearly all in-app features, and much more: Comment, Like, Follow, and Unfollow; use hashtags and usernames; back up your photos, or pick your favorite grams and have them sent directly to your doorstep as prints.

Important functionalities of Copygram that can be done on Instagram Photos are:

• Print


• Share


• Backup

Pingram.me

Alexa Rank 93,080

GPR 4

Pingram is a mash-up of Instagram and Pinterest. It is one of the best instagram viewer. The features of Instagram and Pinterest have been integrated.

You can get your Vanity url with first login and find photos by map.

Though there are a lot of other sites that works for Instagram, this list comprises of the most important and the most used Instagram Web Viewers.

If you come across any other useful sites that can be more helpful, please feel free to post as comments. What are your favorites?

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Instagram Web Viewer

Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your photos with friends and family. Their Statistics are overwhelming. Businesses can't ignore this platform. But Instagram is available only via mobile apps. There is no web version that includes all the mobile functions to be done on web. There are some Instagram web viewers that helps to use the platform via web. Below is the list of some of the most popular sites:

Statigram

Alexa Rank : 3,228

GPR 6

Statigram is one of the best Instagram Web viewer. It provides options :

• Instagram Web Viewer


• View Statistics


• Promote your Instagram and


• Contests

Browse all of Instagram the way you like : thumbnails, detailled mode or full screen to enjoy photos at their full size!

All the different sections you need are there:

• Feed with your followings’ photos


• Your own photo feed


• Photos you‘ve liked


• Populars


• Users profile

And all regular interactions are available:

• Like


• Post comments, with your favorite Emojis


• Follow / unfollow

Bonus social features:

• Easily share on Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter


• Let your community know about users & photos you particularly enjoy with “Repost” (receive a gorgeous snapshot for you to post).

Followgram

Alexa Rank : 1,954

GPR 6

The Instagram experience reinvented

Followgram is the most elegant web interface to enjoy your Instagram photos on the web.

Brands love photos. Brands love Instagram.

Followgram help them to have a great visual experience with their images on the Web.

Followgram provides users with plenty of exclusive features such as RSS feeds, photo galleries, Facebook integration, etc. Followgram allows you to create a follow button for your website or blog.

• View your account Home feed and Popular Feed


• Like and comment photos


• Search Photos & User


• Explore to view photos from a location on the Map


• Flow and Compact list view


• Get your vanity page URL

There is also a Pro version. Email verification is required to use Followgram for your Instagram account. Brands can activate Followgram brand pages with special features, web analytics and a customer engagement system.

INK361

Alexa Rank 24,064

Ink361 is an Instagram Web Interface. Ink361 let’s you access and interact with the Instagram photo-sharing network via the web. People use Ink361 to share their own photos, to discover new photos and photographers, and to explore the world one photo at a time in real-time.

Ink361 is an Instagram Web Interface.

Ink361 let’s you access and interact with the Instagram photo-sharing network via the web. People use Ink361 to share their own photos, to discover new photos and photographers, and to explore the world one photo at a time in real-time.

The very best thing Ink361 offers is that you can view Instagram photos in full size and communicate with your friends conveniently with a large key board. This makes photo sharing more fun because the pictures can be of your friends, family, or perfect strangers, and taken in places you can easily explore now. Excited? Give it a try and see where this link takes you.

View Instagrams

Use ink361 to view your Instagrams in different ways. The grid viewer is a fantastic, fun, and easy way to discover photos in small, medium or full size.

Make new friends

Explore your friend’s followers and following, and make new friends. This tool is great to quickly see who follows who, and if people follow each other. This view also allows you to see the last five photos somebody has posted and like them, so you can earmark users to follow.

Discover the world in real-time

With the Ink361 map viewer you have the world in your hand. The map viewer is great because it allows you to see what is happening at every corner of the world in real-time. We encourage you to explore the world and see some of the amazing captures going up every minute.

Create albums

Hashtags are a great way to organize your photos. The ink361 #album feature allows you to easily create # albums and share a complete photo album with your friends and family across all of your social networks.

Share with friends

It is so much more fun to share your photos and discoveries with the world around you. Ink361 allows you to share any Instagram via your favorite social networks. Become the first to share the news!

Get inspired

Ink361 is a fantastic place to get inspired by photography. Ink361 is also a great tool to learn from other users how to better your photography skills and take interesting pictures. Follow @Ink361 on Instagram and make sure you receive our Daily Discovery and our Photo Challenge posts.

Gramfeed

Alexa Rank 31,836

GPR 5

Gramfeed is web interface for Instagram Mobile Photo App, you can 

• view popular Instagram photos, 


• view your Instagram photo feed, 


• view your follower's photo feed, 


• post comments, 


• like photos, 


• search photos by tags or location, 


• search users, 


• get vanity URL


• write a guest post on gramfeed blog


• integrate Facebook and Twitter with your profile/photos


• follow new users and more.

There are more similar and useful Instagram web viewers which we will continue to discuss on our forthcoming blog. Check back to know about more such Instagram web viewers.

Share your experience on Instagram web viewers. Do you prefer any Instagram web viewer in particular and why?

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Linkedin company pages - A new look and features update!

LinkedIn recently changed the look for their company pages with new features and rolled out the changes to all companies.  We apprised of the LinkedIn update earlier. SocialNetGate's LinkedIn page has made use of these feature updates by LinkedIn.
Digging further on the feature updates, some of the notable changes are explained below:

1. Header Image

Similar to Facebook page and Twitter profile, LinkedIn has provided an option to publish a header image for their business. Things to be noted before designing and uploading a LinkedIn company page header/banner image.

• The image should be either of these 3 formats - PNG, JPEG, or GIF;
• The maximum size of the image file should be 2 MB.
• The recommended image dimensions are 646x220 pixels. If not, the image needs to be cropped of that dimension/proportion while uploading to the page.

2. Company Update

The company status updates, links or any content posted on your company page will now be visible on the top and center rather than being in the bottom where it was hardly notable earlier.

 

Post your company updates, share an article or blog you have posted elsewhere, start an interactive discussion, post offers or job openings.

 

Sharing the YouTube URL lets an option to play the video from within the LinkedIn Company page.  Check our LinkedIn Company page to see how it is posted.

 

3. Products/services page changes

The options to go to the Products/services page has been made more likely to be seen. Make sure you use it to the fullest by adding your company's Products and/or Services appropriately.

 

4. Mobile Apps

LinkedIn Company page is now available on mobile & iPad

 

5. Follow Button

The follow button is better visible now.

 

6. Target Audience

Now you can target the audience based on the Company size, Industry, Function, Seniority and Geography

 

Targeted Audience

   

Specify a Target audience

   

Let us know your comments on the changes. Are there any other featues missed explanation here?

 

We also wish to reach you with more on these exciting updates in the forthcoming posts. Stay Tuned . . .

Know more from LinkedIn at http://marketing.linkedin.com/companypages/

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Build custom page on Facebook

As we communicated earlier, we have created and implemented Facebook Apps through which you can publish custom pages from your website to Facebook as Tabs.

Facebook apps can be installed to your FB page configured with SocialNetGate. The option is now to have the contents of a website URL displayed on the Facebook page as tab.

                                                                       

You will have the need to update pages of your website like

• Purchase Gift Certificate, Book Reservations, Purchase Gift Card, etc if you're a Restaurant


• Wine Club, Buy wine, Tasting Room, etc. if you're a winery/lounge


• Inventory page for automobile show rooms


• And many more pages from your websites to your FB page.

SocialNetGate has a simple and easy solution to this requirement within its platform. 

Here's how it works:

1. Log in to SocialNetGate

2. On the Dashboard page, under 'New Features', youcan see the apps "Facebook Gift Certificate App", "Facebook  Inventory App", and "Facebook Reservation App" with a 'Tab Install' button.

  

3. Click 'Tab Install' button for the required app

4. Enter the 'Website URL' and click 'Save'


                          

The Facebook tab will be installed to your FB page configured with SocialNetGate. Even after the tab has been installed, you can change the name and Thumbnail image of the FB app. Click here to know more

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Instagram for Business

As we recently announced that Instagram integrated with SocialNetGate, we also discussed how Instagram is important for a business.

We know Instagram helps to create and post stunning images and can easily be shared on the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. But the question remains on how we can use Instagram effectively to boost the business visibility and create better engagement with the customer/communities.

Here we answer your queries as there are several ways to use the instagram for your business

Display your product photos

Demonstrate a product or services that you give, publish an image of a feature or offers to your fans and show your business procedure with intriguing photos. If you are doing a business like wine making or beverage business, you can post all the process of wine making process, photos of wineries, new products, and other images similar to your business. Use Instagram images to make interest by making shoppers visualize new or novel use for what you offer.

Make your Instagram followers notice with remarkable pictures and give them selective reviews of the product, exclusive around your brand new shops or work environments in the making. Things to consider before generating sharable material, make sure to share the same on Facebook or MySpace and Twitter also.

Publish your Company or office photos

Publish photographs of a day-to-day activities in the office; post the events or seminars, your workers at play, interesting sessions in office, a weekend office trip, etc. Introduce your employees to the followers in instagram, and your followers will get an opportunity to see the folks behind the company operations. This will expose the lively work atmosphere, act as recognition and have an advantage on employees also.

Post special offers and events in your community

Social events are an amazing way to produce attention in your business. Plan your events or occasions for one day. Social events are the efficient ways to develop areas or improve product attention. Ask your fans to use a particular hash tag to have their images reviewed.

Use the Same account name used in Twitter account

There are two benefits: if you use the same instagram account name and Twitter user name. First, your profile will be easily identifiable and easy to spot. Other, if anyone has tagged you in a photo caption on Instagram and that image is shared on Twitter, the same tag will connect you to others on Twitter too.

Share your Instagram account with your Customers

It is also important to market the other way. Communicating your Instagram presence with your existing customers/community is as vital as marketing your business via Instagram.

Use Hash tags effectively

Use the search functionality of the application to figure out which hash tags are often used. Like on Twitter, using the hash tag in Instagram images by occasion, Geo-location, or topic is a great idea. You can even search for existing hash tags in the inquiry field to spot Instagram fans.

Instagram recently added the ability to see images on the web through a sharable link. This specialty feature permits your Instagram to not just be perceived by those not utilizing the application, but it permits to like and share the photo from the web.

Instagram might be good for telling stories and for inspiring people. Utilize it to show your services, products, offices, manufacturing process, etc to your followers.

Let us discuss more about Instagram and other Social Media sites, with tips to make yourself utilise Social Media better. More to come on Instagram Web Viewers...

There are more ways to use this wonderful tool for business/brands. We have pointed out on how to start using Instagram. Share your thoughts/ideas as comments below so that we will be enlightened.

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Instagram integrated with SocialNetGate

Instagram, as they mention themselves, is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your photos with friends and family.

You can snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel, then post to Instagram. Share to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr too – it's as easy as pie. It's photo sharing, reinvented.

It was started on October 2010 and within 2 years it has had a paramount growth :

The Instagram Statistics below will prove that. It has:

80 million+ Registered Users

4 billion+ Photos Uploaded

5 million+ Photos Per Day

575 Likes Per Second

81 Comments Per Second

Therefore, it makes any business hard to ignore Instagram. If your brand/business doesn’t already have an account, it's high time to create one.

SocialNetGate has integrated Instagram within its platform so that you can seamlesly make Instagram work for your business/brand. Now you can browse and manage Instagram photos from within SocialNetGate and more...

View Photos Feed

You can view your Instagram Photos feed(photos of the people you follow) and the Popular photos feed

View Users - Followers/Following

Check out who follows you and whom you are following. You can also view all the profiles and their details like followers, following, and photos they posted

View and Post Comments

You can post comments on photos and also you can delete the comments that you posted.

Follow/Unfollow Users

You can follow/unfollow user accounts

Like/Unlike items

You can like /unlike photos

Shortly, Instagram Analytics will be added with SocialNetGate. Stay connected with SocialNetGate (via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and more) to know about the enhancements.

  
  

Edit/Upload Twitter Header image

Twitter announced option to upload Header image to your profile page. We have discussed on the profile changes Twitter updated with earlier - Twitter Profile changes

The uploaded image will be available on mobile apps and web profile. Check out the process below on how to activate your Twitter profile header image:

• Log in to your Twitter account
• Click drop down arrow near Settings icon on the top right and click "Settings" -> "Design" on the left tab
• Scroll down to see "Customize your own section."
• Click "Change Header" and choose the header file that you have it ready
• You can change the position of the file and zoom in or out the file as required - Though these would affect the image quality and appearance
• Click "Save"
• You'll see a notification "Your header was published successfully."

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Twitter Profile changes

Twitter has announced new Twitter profiles.

Some of the important things to be noted:

Twitter Header

There is a new option provided by Twitter now to update a Header image which will be available on the top of the profile page.

Header image and profile photo can be updated directly from your mobile device.

Photo streams on Mobile

This will appear below anyone's most recent Tweets now on iPhone, Android and iPad.

Background photo

Background photo, as earlier, will be available in the web version only whereas, the new header image will be available on iPhone, Android and iPad.

It has been announced that there are more than140 million active users currently.

Stay connected with our blog to know how to design and upload twitter header for your twitter profile.

Post your thoughts/comments on Twitter's new profile changes.

Add admins to Facebook page - Alternate and easy way

Don't know the email of the person/account(associated with FB) that likes your Facebook page?

But the person/account has liked your FB page and want them to make them one of the admins?

Here is an alternate solution :

• Log in to Facebook and go to your page.
• On the left side of 'Admin Panel' under 'Notifications' you can see 'New Likes'
• Click 'See All', next to 'New Likes' and all those who like your page will be listed.
• Find the person who you want to add as admin and click 'Make Admin'. Note : Press CTRL + F (or Command + F on Mac), type in the name and you can find the person, if the person has liked the page.
• It will take you to the 'Admin Roles'settings.
• Click 'Manager' to select the admin role and click 'Save' on the bottom
• In the 'Confirm Changes' dialog box, enter your Facebook account password and click 'Confirm'.
• If you want to add more people as admin, click "Add another admin" and continue.

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Check the video below:

How to add admins to your Facebook page? What are the different admin roles?

Aren't you sure of how to add new admins with the new Facebook page changes?
Below is explained the new option to add admins to Facebook pages.
Note : To add a person as the admin of the page, the person should first like your page.

• Log in to Facebook and go to your page.


• On the top of the page, click 'Edit Page ', and 'Admin roles' on the drop down list.


• On 'Admin Roles' tab, the existing page admins will be listed with an option to add new admins


• In the given text box, enter the email of the person/account.


• Click 'Manager' to select the admin role - check the below table for different roles and their abilities


• Click 'Save' on the bottom


• In the 'Confirm Changes' dialog box, enter your Facebook account password and click 'Confirm'.


• If you want to add more people as admin, click "Add another admin" and continue.

Check the video below:


Thee below text is from Facebook Help Center to explain the various admin roles and their abilities
What are the different kinds of Page admins and what can they do?
Page admins can have 5 different roles, each with different abilities. Only managers can change what kind of admin someone is. All admins are managers by default.

The table below outlines the 5 admin roles (across) and what they're able to do (down):

	Manager	Content Creator	Moderator	Advertiser	Insights Analyst
Manage Admin Roles	X
Edit the Page and Add Apps	X	X
Create Posts as the Page	X	X
Respond to and Delete Comments	X	X	X
Send Messages as the Page	X	X	X
Create Ads	X	X	X	X
View Insights	X	X	X	X	X

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Blogger - blog ID number

What is blog ID number?

Each blog you create, under your Blogger account, has its own unique ID number. This number is not required all the time but is useful when you want to use it for auto-posting. For example, to configure your Blogger profile with any Social Media Management platforms like SocialNetgate, you will require a blog ID number.



How to find Blog ID number?



There are many ways to find your Blog ID number. Here is one simple way.

• 
  Log in to your Blogger account, on the Dashboard/home page there will be a list of all blogs under that account.


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  Right click "create new post" icon(new interface) OR "NEW POST" (old interface) for your blog (Please check the image below) Note : Make sure you are clicking for the correct blog in case of multiple blogs


• 
  Click on "Copy link address" or "Copy link location" and paste the copied URL. It will be similar to http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1234567890#editor/src=dashboard


• 
  The number after "blogID=" in the URL is your blog ID. For example "1234567890" in the above example.

Here is the link for Blogger Help page - What is my blog ID number?

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Microsoft's New site for Search on Social Networking - So.cl

Microsoft's So.cl, a combination of social networking and search, has rolled out access to the general public.

It has a hybrid of options

followers/following from Twitter,

posting, liking, commenting from Facebook,

and Search options of Google+



It was available only to stuents and now it is open to all. Though, they concentrate on student's community. They do not pose themselves as rivals to Facebook, Twitter or Google+. They'd like users to continue using those social networking platforms with other existing social networks, as well as search engines like Bing, Google and others.



How will this affect the social media space ?

Will it be available and used by the students community as always and extending itself to all those who are interested in Social Networking Search?

Let us wait and watch. Please share your thoughts as comments below.



Check our blog http://blog.socialnetgate.com to keep yourself updated on the recent trends on Social Media space.

  

Its an attitude, indeed - Welcome to SocialNetGate, StillABabe!

StillaBabe.com is a social network for women over 40 and feeling 20!



It's about celebrating our imperfections and collectively finding the humor in falling apart and some fun information to keep you smiling and feeling alive.



It's about the power of girlfriends at this stage of your life and to ensure you have enough of them to get you through whatever life throws at you.



It's about the power of humor to get you through even the darkest of times.



Think of this site as a mini-vacation to give you a smile and a tip or two and there will be a weekly newsletter.



Check them out here.

  

Social media is preferred over SEO

Yes, you read that right. Coming from such a publisher like The Atlantic, this is huge. What essentially came from SEO for traffic is now coming from social media.

EPIC Roasthouse, welcome to SocialNetGate

Welcome to SocialNetGate, EPIC Roasthouse.

They are truly epic!

The grand main dining room features striking columns, deep inset, paneled, steel-framed windows and rich luxurious fabrics. A custom-built wood fired grill and a large wood burning oven, along with a spectacular fireplace, serves as the focal point of Kuleto's design for the restaurant. The menu features an inventive combination of traditional and contemporary dishes, showcasing everything from fish to fowl, and specializing in a variety of meats and steaks. Handmade cocktails, domestic and imported beers, and a well-selected wine list complement the menu.

Check them out.

  
  
  
  

Original old media programming for the digital world

It is here, folks. We know it will happen soon. We thought Netflix will be the one doing it. But it is Amazon that is doing it and doing it BIG. Now, you can produce primetime comedies just for Amazon Instant video. 

Digital programming consumed by viewers connected over social media is NOT in the distant future.

Btw, what will we call the awards for the programming in this arena ? Digital Emmy awards or in short, Dimmy awards ?

Welcoming waterbar!

It is our pleasure to welcome waterbar to SocialNetGate.

Everyone -

If you're looking for a San Francisco restaurant with a view, Waterbar features panoramic views of the Bay and San Francisco skyline. With a spectacular summer ahead of us, check them out one of these days.

  
  
  
  

Wishbone - the way to do crowdfunding

Wishbone sends at risk high school students to after school and summer programs to pursue their passions.  Check out how their platform works. It is truly inspiring!

Welcome to SocialNetGate, CloudTalk

The only way to use your voice in Private AND Public. Available on Android and iOS. Check them out.

  

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Welcome to SocialNetGate, MD247.com

Please join us in welcoming MD247.com . 

If you join MD247, you will be able to get a personal phone consultation with a licensed doctor, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, while never leaving the comfort of your home. Check out how that works.

  

Contest solution in launched

Bishop Ranch, one of the largest office parks in North America, has just launched the contest, one of viral promotional tools from SocialNetGate. Their goal ? Create a very strong community of 30,000 people who work at over 600 offices located there.

Check it out.

Facebook Offers

Facebook is rolling out new feature: Offers.

How it works:

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  Brands/Businesses can post offers on the Facebook pages. It will be updated in the timeline of the business' page and the news feed of people who like the page.


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  People can claim, like, share, and comment on the offers posted.


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  If an offer is claimed, Facebook will send an email to the claimant on the details of the offer.


• 
  The email can be used to redeem the offer from the business.

Facebook Offers for Businesses

Facebook Offers is only available to a small number of local business Pages as of now. If you'd like to post offers but don't have that option, request it from FB Pages team

Below are the steps to create and post a Facebook Offer(Check the screenshots below):

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  Log in to your Facebook account and go to your page


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  At the top of your Page's timeline, if you can see "Offer,Event+" Facebook offers is available for you.


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  Click on "Offer" and enter details of the offer


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  Click Preview and see the review and click Post if you have confirmed the Offer content

Here are some of the information to note:

Ø  You can control who can see the offer, similar to posting images, status updates, etc.

Ø  Restrictions/Limits on Offer content Headline text: 90 characters, Terms and conditions text: 900 characters and Offer image size: 90 x 90 pixels, non-square images will be cropped to a square

Ø  You can't edit an offer after you post it and only can delete it

Ø  Once someone claims your offer, they'll receive an email that they may bring into your business.

Ø  People can hide offer and/or all posts from a specific Page if they don't like(similar to posts)

Check out Facebook Help Center to know more on Facebook Offers

While Facebook has recently rolled/rolling out offers feature, we at SocialNetGate had already made use of Facebook to publish offers. Facebook Offers is added as an application to our clients' Facebook pages, where people need to like the page and view the offers. This way it makes the offers exclusive only to people who like your Facebook page. Soon, we will be busy finding an option to post to Facebook offers from our platform. Contact us at info@socialnetgate.com to know on more features...

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Impact of mobile

There is a really great article at TechCrunch today. The article provides a lot of data and the conclusion is upto the reader. The author concentrates mainly on Google, especially the recent earnings call with the analysys, and just mentions Facebook at the end. The recent acquisition of Instagram by Facebook is an indicator of how much Facebook is worried about the mobile proliferation.

We experience that at SocialNetGate with our efforts to get our users leverage social tools in an easy to use manner. With Facebook blocking the ability to use apps on the mobile, it is really a major roadblock for us to provide convrged solutions.

Take the "Offers" module as an example. We would like to integrate this with QR code and fulfillment at the Facebook app we deploy in every business' Facebook page. This is not possible, at the moment, because the app is blocked at the mobile. This forces us to find alternate solutions to work around. Not a great idea, Facebook when you have a feature that block user traction.

  

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Posterous is down. Is it just...

Posterous is down. Is it just coincidence with the Tweetdeck's outage the other day. Cant think of what is going to happen to Instagram now.

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Google Glass - Why skeptics are wrong!

Many, including several of us here at SocialNetGate, got really confused when Google changed the Android marketplace, Google Music etc to "Google Play". Now, we get it. It is all part of a long term social, mobile, local, augmented reality, entertainment solution.

Yes, we are talking talking about Google's Project Glass.

There are several skeptics that argue Google is wasting time. We think not. 

Why ?

1. Augmented reality is NOT Virtual reality. They are quite different. Ofcourse the Virtaul reality experiments pathetically failed because those made people look like geeks. But more importantly, there was NO Web at that time, folks. There was no way to bring real time data relevant to you and integrate it with your life's events, plans and activities.

2. The size of the glass, at least what they show in the project site, is slim enough that you wont look like something from the future. But then again, the future is here so, even if it is a little bulky, I am sure there will be people wearing it.

3. Apple changed our behavior to stick an equipment in our hands permanently that used to be just for voice communication, Google may very well add a replacement that is voice controlled and ergonomically safer. (Not sure how it would impact driving laws regarding usage. Let us not even go to those arguments about how your brain will get cooked due to constant usage of phones)

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Facebook Pages Timeline

Facebook has rolled out the Facebook pages timeline. The change was announced on February 29 with the preview option, and preview period is now over. All Facebook Pages upgraded to a new design on March 30.  

The new Facebook Pages design gives you the ability to:

• Add a unique cover photo to the top of your Page
• Star stories to make them bigger
• Pin posts to the top of your Page
• Add milestones to mark key events Arrange views and apps below your cover 

Let us see some of the new features or enhancements of the page:

Page Cover 

A cover is an image of max. size (851 by 315 px) at the top of your Page. This is available (public) to anyone visiting your Page. Cover images must be at least 399 pixels wide - Check out more on Facebook Help Center

Highlight posts

You can highlight posts on your Page that you think are important. You need to Hover over a story on your Page's timeline and click "star" button near edit button. It makes the post/story bigger.

Pinned posts 

Pinned posts are the posts selected by admins to be displayed prominently at the top of the page. 

A pinned post always appears in the top left of a Page's timeline and has a flag in its top-right corner and will remain there for 7 days. After that, it’ll return to the date it was posted on the Page’s timeline. 

Admin Panel

Admin Panel helps you to

• View notifications
• Respond to messages
• View your Page insights
• Access your activity log to curate content on your Page
• Access the Edit menu to make changes to your Page's settings

Timeline View options:

Highlights - this will display the timeline view of the page with highlights 

Friend activity - shows what their friends and people they subscribe to are saying about the page, their tags, activities on the page, etc.

Posts by Page - shows only the posts done by the page and not from others

Milestones 

Milestones are key moments you've decided to highlight on your Page. Milestone photos display at 843 pixels wide and 403 pixels tall. At this time, January 1, 1000 is the earliest date a milestone can have. 

Activity Log

Your Page's activity log is a tool that lets you review the history of your Page and change the settings of individual posts. Only Page admins can see the activity log. 

New Likes View

The Likes view shows people visiting your Page trends of people interacting with it over time. People will know if your restaurant is becoming the talk of the town or if your brand has a long history and loyal customer base.

Apps order

You can change the view and apps that appear on the your page just below the Cover image.

Apps Thumbnail

Changing the thumbail image for the Apps is now possible too.

Control over posts by others on your Page's timeline

You can choose not to show posts by others on your Page's timeline until you review them, not to allow others to post on your Page at all, and to turn off the Recent Posts by Others box on your Page's timeline.

https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=356113237741414#How-do-I-show-only-posts-by-my-Page?

Change is constant and progreesing along with it is the best possible solution.

We have got along with the change ... Have you? Also post your comments on the new Facebook pages timeline change. 

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SoLoMo is the name of the game. Social...

SoLoMo is the name of the game. Social alone can get you only so far. An integrated solution is important. We have one for the auto industry now. Details soon.

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Will Apple be the first Trillion dollar...

Will Apple be the first Trillion dollar company ? With the way their stock price is going, may be this is a reality when 2012 ends.

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South by Southwest Geekfest Veers From Social Media to Health ...

Social-media startups will need to share the spotlight this year at South by Southwest Interactive, the annual technology geekfest that catapulted Twitter ...   Read more

socialnetgate comments:
In a way, this provides a strange relief to see social media ideas are pushed to the back burner a bit at SXSW. Social Technologies Vs Finding cure for cancer - we know which one is more important.

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SocialNetGate gets $100 in ad credit from Facebook

Nice waking up on a Tuesday morning with Facebook saying we got a $100 ad credit because we are one of the pages that gained 100 Likes the fastest way!

There is more! $10000 credit is given to the pages that collect fans also.

Good thinking , Facebook, to help yourself and others.
  

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How SocialNetGate works!

This is a video presentation that shows how SocialNetGate works for a business owner.

  

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Top #1 rule if you are serious about Pinterest (or even social media in general)

 

Let me start with some URLs

http://pinterest.com/toyota/

http://pinterest.com/pepsi/

http://pinterest.com/groupon/

http://pinterest.com/ibm/

These are some of the world's largest brands and their profile names are taken by some individuals. Needless to say, there wil be some legal hassle down the line when the corporate communications or marketing departments wake up to the smell of Pinterest and try to get these assigned to their "official" ones. And Pinterest may simply oblige them for obvious reasons.

The interesting thing is that Microsoft who is generally a slow adopter on social media has already reserved http://pinterest.com/microsoft/ although no activities are going on in there. The popular tech blog TechCrunch seems to have been taken by someone else ( http://pinterest.com/techcrunch/ ) while the other blog Mashable has taken the profile and also is very active in it... 

And no one else has gotten to Google (http://pinterest.com/google/) as of the time of this writing (March 10, 2012)

Everyone of the SocialNetGate customer has already got their profile names. If you are serious about social media, EVEN IF YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS, you should reserve the Pinterest profile name without any further delay. 

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Joe, the busy business man using voice blog feature

One of the features of SocialNetGate is the voice blog. Here is a comic strip that shows how "Joe, the busy businessman making use of this feature.
  

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New iPad is out - What blogosphere is saying ?

The new iPad is just now out.
Better resolution than your HDTV and LTE connectivity are the two major things.. Everything else stays the same, INCLUDING the price. Talking of the price, the iPad2 price is lowered to $399 for the base model.
Against all the speculation, the new iPad is simply called the iPad. The blogosphere has been speculating on this for a while now.
Here are some of the blogs are reputing.
TechCrunch
Mashable
GigaOM
PandoDaily
VentureBeat
Engadget

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How to use Pinterest from SocialNetGate

Pinterest.com is the heart throb today in social media world. While the business world is warming up to this awesome image pinning social sharing site, SocialNetGate has already reserved profile names for all the current users.

Enclosed is a video that shows how to make best use of Pinterest.

  

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Print media is dead ?

Aside from Yelp going public, the other news is that the enterprise software platform Yammer has raised 85 million in new round of investment and they have 100 millions in cash to spend. We can expect some M&A deals coming from the cash. 

That is not the most interesting part of the news. When Yammer CEO Sacks is asked about the plan for spending all that money, he said it is for "marketing and brand promotion". Standard answer. But when pressed for details, he said that they are looking to have a full page spread in the Wall Street Journal.

REALLY ?

Full page spread in the printed version ? 

As I was reading the news feed, Margarita was sitting next to me and commented that he must have meant it as a joke. He is not.

I thought print media is dead and social media has left a RIP on the tombstone few years ago. The reality is that there is going to be more life left in the print media..

That leads to our recent support to Social Media Monthly. I had an opportunity to talk with Bob Fine, the publisher of a magazine, couple of days before his kickstarter campaign ended. Genuinely nice guy that he is, Bob is a firm believer that print media is still going to have a long shelf life. Pun intended. I was particularly happy to see that the magazine is ditributed globally and photographed at stores in Bahrain and Singapore, two of my favorite places.

I write a column on technology at a magazine group which is the second largest in circulation in Asia. One of the recent successful addition to the magazine is a section where popular tweets and status updates are made available. Yes, content from social media making into print media.

Possibly, there may be a convergence of print and new media of some sort in the very near future. 

 

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