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“Can you convert your Facebook profile into a page that already exists?”

By on May 23, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

If you already have a page created on Facebook, there’s no way to roll your profile into that page, or merge the two, unfortunately. If you convert your profile, then you’ll have two pages. But what you CAN do…

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How to Find your Petfinder Shelter ID and Create a Pet List Scroller

By on May 8, 2011 in Hot Tips, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Video Tutorials

This video shows you how to find your Petfinder ID and walks you step-by-step through the process of creating an adoptable pet list, including an explanation of what all the fields are.

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How to convert your Facebook Profile into a Facebook Page

By on March 30, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Video Tutorials

Facebook will now allow you to change your “profile” into a page! As you may know, Facebook “profiles” are for individual people. “Pages” are for businesses and organizations. Having a profile for anything other than an individual person is a violation of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. If you don’t convert your profile to […]

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How to add administrators to your Facebook Page

By on March 22, 2011 in Facebook, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

It’s a good safety measure to not be the ONLY person controlling your company or organization’s Facebook page. You just never know what might happen, and if nobody else is an admin, it can cause a lot of problems if others are unable to access the page in an emergency. Here I show you how […]

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How to place a Paypal “Donate” button on your Facebook Page

By on March 21, 2011 in Facebook, Hot Tips, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Video Tutorials

UPDATE March 2011: This process has changed. Facebook no longer supports FBML, which was how we created the button interface in the past. If you already have FBML installed on your Facebook page, you’re good to go–you can continue on with this tutorial, as Facebook will continue to support FBML indefinitely. You just can’t do […]

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How to display your Facebook Page posts in Chronological Order

By on March 7, 2011 in Facebook, Hot Tips, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

Since Facebook rolled out a ton of new changes for Pages last month, many of you have been asking me why the posts on your page (from yourself and from fans) aren’t displaying in chronological order–like most recent posts first (which seems logical!). When Facebook initially rolled out these changes for Facebook (February 10), you […]

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Facebook Announces New Changes to Pages; Interact on Facebook “as” Your Page!

By on February 11, 2011 in Facebook, Hot Tips, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Video Tutorials

I’m SUPER EXCITED about the new features Facebook is rolling out for Pages!!! You now have the flexibility to interact with the other areas of Facebook as a page. Get notifications when fans interact with your page or posts. “Like” other pages and feature them on your page! Make comments as your page on other […]

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Goodbye, Daisy! You Got a Great Home!

By on December 15, 2010 in Social Media

I have to share a social media experience I just had that was pretty personal for me. I acquired two dogs (in the way that most of us do; they come to us from various places and people!) named Daisy and Josie. They were sisters–I’m guessing border collie/cocker spaniel mixes. They were about two years […]

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Tips and Tricks for Writing Great Nonprofit Holiday Donation Emails

By on November 28, 2010 in Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

This blog is all about how you can ask for money better than you ever have before. Remember–you are giving donors the opportunity to invest in your mission. The key is getting THEM to feel grateful and lucky at that opportunity, so they can’t WAIT for the PRIVILEGE of giving you money!

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