Counting "Real" Likes on any URL – Evaluating the Salt Lake City vs. Fresno Campaign
In the last week I saw one of the most amazing campaigns of unity amongst 2 communities, Salt Lake City, Utah, where I live and where I asked for your help, and Fresno, California. Both cities were entered into Walmart’s “Fighting Hunger Together” campaign in a race to get the most “likes”. The prize? 1 […]
Read more...Help Me Pick the Picture for My Next Book
My sister-in-law, a few months back, took these amazing pictures of me to use on Facebook, Twitter, and also for my next book, Facebook Application Development for Dummies. Her name is Megan Stay, and she’s really good if you want some great portraits or headshot photos taken. She travels as well. Be sure to check […]
Read more...Facebook Kills Connect, Makes App Creation Easier, Simpler
As I’ve been writing Facebook Application Development for Dummies (now available on Amazon for pre-order!), there has been one thing I have been noticing: Despite all the new focus on Facebook’s Graph API, Facebook has still had a lot of conflicting focus on their old, more complicated, Connect APIs, making it a fun thing to […]
Read more...Want Your Business in a Dummies Book?
I’m looking for concrete examples of businesses, large and small, that have seen firm success by integrating Facebook either as an application, a Page, or on their own website via Facebook Connect or Facebook Graph API. If you have analytics and statistics to back up your claim, I’d like to get quotes from you on […]
Read more...I’m a Dummy! My Next, and Third Book
It’s been 2 years since the release of my second book, FBML Essentials, and everyone keeps asking me when I’m going to write my next. I admit I’m a little addicted – it’s why I write on this blog. I hated writing for others in High School and College, but since I started writing for […]
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