9 Things You May Have Missed This Week

Here is a quick look back at 9 news stories you may have missed this week.

How to use the new Facebook list (and why you should)
This week Facebook launched a new feature: improved friends list. This is a direct response to the “circles” feature of Google+, which enables you to put your friends into lists. To make the most out of Facebook’s improved lists. Click here

Facebook to launch “major” profile redesign at f8
The highly anticipated event of the year, Facebook’s f8 developer conference is taking place today in San Francisco. It’s a day where developers, entrepreneurs and innovators come together to create a more social web. Click here

5 Ways to optimize your Facebook page
Are you making the most out of your marketing opportunities on Facebook? Here is a look at 5 ways to understand how best to optimize your Facebook page. Click here

Google+ now open to everyone
Google+ is now opening up to everyone after being invite-only for nearly three months. Google’s Vic Gundotra wrote, “We’re ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce our 100th feature: open signups”. Click here

6 Ways B2B companies are using Facebook
Can B2B companies use Facebook? Absolutely! Hubspot’s Kipp Bodnar writes, “As a company selling to other companies, Facebook serves as an important tool for generating leads and nurturing customer relationships”. Here is a look at 6 B2B companies and how they are using Facebook. Click here

The social enterprise is here – Forbes
What does Social Enterprise mean? Clara Shih, an author and CEO of social media management company Hearsay Social, writes an interesting piece about Social Enterprise. Click here

Dylan’s desk: Facebook approaches a billion customers – VentureBeat
With 750 million people using Facebook and this number increasing daily. Facebook is not far off the one billion customer mark. This will put Facebook in an extremely elite group that few other companies have matched. Click here

Study: How Facebook incentives boast brands 38%
According to a study released on Monday by market research firm knowledge networks’ KN Dimestore subsidiary, “Brand perception increases an average of 38 percent when incentives are offered on Facebook”. Click here

3 Ways to improve your company’s social media architecture
“Visualize your social media footprint” Visualization is the first step in recognizing you have a problem. This is just one of three ways to improve your company’s social media architecture. Click here

We hope that you found this week’s blog informative, relevant and useful to you and your business. Get in touch with VendingBox today as we would love to hear some feedback from you.