Facebook® For Dummies® - Softcover

Pearlman, Leah; Abram, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470878045 ISBN 13: 9780470878040

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Synopsis

The perennial bestseller-now updated to cover the latest features of Facebook Facebook is forever evolving, with the goal of improved user interaction. This new edition catches you up on the latest privacy updates, interface redesign, and other new features and options that keep the site up to date and never leaves you bored. You'll discover helpful coverage of all the changes and updates that have occurred since the previous edition, as well as the newest features that Facebook offers. * Reveals all the latest changes, updates, and new features of Facebook that have occurred since the previous edition * Introduces you to getting started with Facebook by creating a profile, setting privacy features, and navigating the interface * Encourages you to find friends, upload photos, fill out your profile, and make new friends * Helps you get organized by using Facebook as a scheduler, creating specialized business pages, and joining groups * Shows you how to use Facebook as a search tool, advertise on Facebook, and more If you're ready to face the music and get started with Facebook, then this is the book for you!

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From the Back Cover

Get on Facebook, connect with people, protect your privacy, and enrich your life Don′t know your way around Facebook? Stop missing out — this handy guide tells you how to get started, what should (and shouldn′t) go in your Profile, how to choose who sees your information, how to find long–lost friends and make new ones, and much more. Discover how Facebook helps you plan events, advertise your business, and promote your group, too! Get the basics right — learn how to set up and maintain your Facebook profile and contacts and set privacy controls Reach out — find friends and enlarge your circle, use the Wall, share photos, and use tags Simplify your life — use Facebook to keep many people up to date on events and activities, all at the same time Take Facebook along — discover how to activate and use Facebook Mobile to add or retrieve Facebook information on the go It′s a group thing — find and join groups with common interests, or create your own Be party perfect — plan real–world activities and gatherings using Facebook Events Give Facebook the business — explore new ways to connect with your customers and find prospects Just because — create a Facebook page for fundraising or to support a cause Open the book and find: Steps for finding and connecting with friends on Facebook Tips for choosing who should be your Facebook friend and who shouldn′t Privacy controls and how to set them How to build a Profile for a business, artist, or cause What photo tags are and why to use them How to find groups you′d like to join Steps for finding friends using your e–mail address book How Friend lists simplify communication and privacy Learn to: Sign up on Facebook, create a Profile, and use privacy features Find old friends and make new ones Share photos and videos and send private messages Create a page for your business or promote a cause or event

About the Author

Carolyn Abram and Leah Pearlman helped develop many of the features that currently define Facebook when both were product managers for the site. Leah is still a Facebook product manager, while Carolyn is working on an MFA degree in creative writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470878045
• ISBN 13: 9780470878040
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 360