Still questions on why people should create a Facebook Fan Page for your business. I break it down for you in this video tutorial. It’s a smart thing to do. Here are some key points to consider:

1. Fan Pages are indexed in the search engines. People who aren’t using Facebook can still see Facebook Fan pages. You are leveraging off of Facebook’s fantastic #2 page rank.
2. You could brand yourself as your name and just go with your User Name – which might not be a bad thing for authors or speakers – but you are limited to 5000 friends – and you are going to be big baby! Fan Pages don’t have a limit.
3. It’s technically against the terms of Facebook to have a User Name be a business name (who really reads the fine print?). So if you want to have your business name branded, you need to go with a Fan Page or Group.
4. Facebook Fan Pages post on people’s wall and have more viral capabilities.

You know, I saw an interesting thing this weekend. I went to a movie and Honda had a huge long ad. Musta been expensive. And at the end of it, instead of showing their url, they showed their Facebook Fan Page url. It’s a nice page and you might want to check it out www.Facebook.com/Honda. If you’ll notice they put a custom landing tab for new visitors to their Fan Page (rather than just seeing the normal Wall).

The fact that Honda spent a lot of money to send people to their Fan Page is significant. They realized that Facebook is where people are talking. It’s much more interactive than a boring old web page. Customers are adding to the conversation. So get out there, make a Fan Page, and chat with your customers! And watch my video.

Ok this post is partly inspired by my friend Melani Ward who has a great post on Twitter http://www.melaniward.com/twitter-works-after-all/ but it’s also somewhere we’ve all been in Social Media and problably business in general.  We compare ourselves to so-called “experts” out there and think we should have 50,000 Twitter followers or thousands of fans on Facebook and we wonder how we are going to do it.  Well you can do it, baby!  Don’t compare yourself to anyone else.  Get out of your head and remember that everyone starts somewhere.  Just keep on truckin.  All that and more in the video.  Plus a special appearance by my cat.

Don’t know what people can see on your wall? What is Wall-to-Wall? Here’s how to make sure you don’t commit a Facebook faux pas and post something embarrassing.

Facebook Fan Pages are different than the user pages – find out some of the limitations and some work arounds that will help you get started.

People are wondering, should I create a Facebook Fan page for my business or create a Facebook Group that people could join. I answer that question in this video and I’ll give you a hint – it’s a Fan Page. That was a really big hint. But in the video, I talk a little bit about why and get into how you create one. Also I give a couple special tips that are good to know when you pick a name.

Joining Facebook Groups is a good way to find targeted customers on Facebook. But where are they? Sometimes you see a friend joining a group and it looks good, so you join too – we are like lemmings that way. But in this video I go over just how you can search for Facebook Groups that are targeted in your niche or create your own group – be a maverick.

Is Twitter over-hyped? Should you be using it in your business? All these questions answered and more in my Twitter video.

Hi I’m Grandma Mary. Please let me know what I can do for you.  Check out my About Me page to basically find out what I’m about – it’s self-explanatory.  I will mostly be putting up video tutorials on my site but I think every once in awhile I’ll write a post or two.  I look forward to working with you and helping you learn about Social Media and Social Networking.