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How To Leverage Your Blog To Get Thousands Of Facebook Fans

This is Day 25 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
There are a number of ways to build up your fan base as we’ve already discussed in the past twenty-four days but one of the best ways to get new fans is to let users instantly join your Facebook Page is to integrate it directly into your blog or website. We already discussed cross-promoting your website and your Facebook Page but with the Facebook Fan Box widget, you can instantly get visitors to your site to become fans without them…


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Spongecell Integrates Facebook Fan Box Widget Into Ads

While simple display advertisements may not be the best form of ads, more interactive versions have emerged over the years that attempt to provide a more engaging experience for the consumer. Spongecell is the latest company to try to increase the level of engagement by providing display ads which include the ability to become a fan of the advertiser’s Facebook Page.

The result is that brand advertisers can obtain a residual benefit from running these new forms of advertisements. Over the past month I’ve been discussing the best strategies for building out a company’s Facebook Page and why it’s so…


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How To Turn The Facebook Fan Box Into A Button According To Facebook’s Terms

This morning I wrote a short tutorial about how to create a fan button from within your Connect-enabled site. According to Facebook however, the code that we posted was technically against their terms and they asked us to remove the post. CSS hacks, while possible, are something that Facebook wants to avoid and having a page which explains how to do a simple hack could set a bad precedent.

As such I’ve gone ahead and removed the post even though any competent developer will know how to isolate the button. Instead they would prefer that you use the fan box…


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Facebook Launches Fan Box Widget To Instantly Turn Visitors Into Fans

Want to let users become a fan of your website? Now you can! A new Fan Box widget was announced this afternoon which enables Page administrators to import their page content and let users become fans while visiting your site. The only thing that’s required is that you’ve installed Facebook Connect on your website, which should be a relatively simple process for any webmaster.

Over the past couple weeks I’ve been discussing how Facebook Pages can be used as great community platforms and how Facebook Pages could soon become an embeddable product. This widget is the first of such “embeddable…


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