We ran across this link that gives you more details about creating a cover photo for your new Page layout.  All pages are geared to transfer to the timeline layout today!  Take a look at this link below for some great ideas.

http://www.hyperarts.com/blog/category/facebook/facebook-design/

As you may have heard, Facebook has announced a change for the layout of Pages.  So, come March 30th, your existing Facebook Page will have a new format and functionality-enter “Timeline for Facebook Pages”.  

The good news: your custom tab will still be there.  

You don’t need to make any changes to your existing Facebook Page, but you may want to make it more visually appealing and choose a “cover photo”.  Take a look at our post here on how to do that!  What are your thoughts on these changes?  

http://blog.circlesuite.com/post/19240111268/choosing-a-cover-photo-for-your-facebook-page

Our clients have been asking about this.  Initially, you don’t have to include a cover photo.

Once you are ready to add one though, there are some specific rules to follow.  

Cover images must be at least 399 pixels wide and may not contain:

• Price or purchase information, such as “40% off” or “Download it at our website”
• Contact information, such as web address, email, mailing address or other information intended for your Page’s About section
• References to user interface elements, such as Like or Share, or any other Facebook site features
• Calls to action, such as “Get it now” or “Tell your friends”

See the below link from Facebook directly for more details.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=276329115767498

Are you skilled in “Google Fu”?  To improve your search experience, utilize the list of features in this article to help refine what you’re looking for. 

http://mashable.com/2012/03/05/10-google-search-tricks-you-might-not-know/

How much “stuff” happens on the Internet every 24 hours? Would you believe that people send 294 billion emails are sent? That 2 million blog posts are written? That 864,000 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube alone? Really?  You have to check out this infographic.

http://mashable.com/2012/03/06/one-day-internet-data-traffic/

Here is a great video from Google to explain how circles work in Google+.  Check it out for yourself and explore.

This infographic contains some interesting factoids from over 30 years of online social networking.  This one from MarketingDirecto.com does a good job of illustrating the history of social media.  Who knew that social media started in 1978?

Enjoy!

http://socialtimes.com/the-history-of-social-media-from-1978-2012-infographic_b89811

Did you know that you can now edit your videos directly inside of YouTube?  For those of you who had trouble and dreaded the video editing process, being able to do this “within” YouTube is a Godsend!

This YouTube editing service lets you trim your videos, adjust levels, add effects, swap your soundtrack and more.  This site does a good job taking you through all the new features.

http://socialtimes.com/new-youtube-video-editor_b78400

Here is an interesting new feature added by Tumblr.  If you are following our blog here at blog.circlesuite.com, go ahead and send us a note via “fan Mail”.  If you are not yet following us, we would love to connect!

staff:

We’ll be rolling out Fan Mail — a new interblog messaging service — over the next few days for everyone.

You can send unlimited Fan Mail to the blogs you follow and customize each message.

You’ll see the new option appear in your Inbox, avatar menus, or in the top corner of the blogs you follow.

Have fun!

Sharing with you some valuable user tips for YouTube.  Look at #8 to conduct a better search and #4 to learn how to save videos to watch for later. 

http://mashable.com/2012/01/12/youtube-tips-tricks/