Business Viralocity: Facebook Fan Pages

Tired of having to read about who just walked their dog, sent a gizmo to a friend, or raced to the bathroom? Do you want instead to focus on marketing your business, book, product, service or cause to the people who are truly prospects?

You may not think so, but Facebook is the answer. There is a critical gap in most people’s Facebook strategies — if they have a strategy at all. For entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, coaches and consultants who want to use Facebook for business, it’s not well known that fan pages can be automated and set up to be income generators. Here’s how.

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PR Viagra: Strategies to Long Lasting Publicity

I was reading the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times at my parents’ house on Easter Sunday and was struck by two articles on two different approaches to PR. That of Lauren Conrad, the 15 second scrabbler attempting to manufacture fame, and Eckhart Tolle, who embodies the dignified organic approach. Conrad is the MTV reality star of “The Hills” who is scuttling to build a brand around her image. So far, not many people are buying her credibility or her products.

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