How to Edit your Facebook Profile Thumbnail (Personal or Page)

Those tiny pictures that show up beside every post in your News Feed are called Profile Thumbnails. Have you ever seen one that was completely out of focus, or was showing someone’s shoulder instead of their head? Did you know that you can adjust that thumbnail, both for your personal profile, and for your Facebook Page for your business? Here’s a quick How-To Edit Your Facebook Profile Thumbnail tutorial, with snapshots!

Here is an example of a badly placed Profile Thumbnail on Facebook:

In this case, the image isn’t awful – it just doesn’t look like I’d prefer for it to look. In some instances, because of the way the thumbnail image shows up, a poorly formatted thumbnail may actually obscure the branding meant to be shown in the image. For photos of people, an incorrectly placed thumbnail could be very unflattering or even inappropriate. Let’s fix that thumbnail placement to maximize the use of that valuable Facebook real estate. Read more >>

Off the Wall Exclusive “Jump Start” Social Media Coaching

Jump-Start is 3-month social media coaching program to get your business started with social media, while you and your staff are trained at the same time!

Month 1: “Get Ready”

• Watch and Learn
• Most content creation by Off the Wall
• Learn the process and rationale behind social media posts
• Engage with posts as much or as little as you like

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Blogging Basics for Business – Lethbridge Workshop

I’ve been asked a lot about blogging for business in the last few months. Sounds like it’s time for a workshop!!

Blogging Basics for Business Workshop
3-hour workshop
Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 9am-12noon

Location:
tecconnect
3582 30 St N
Lethbridge, AB T1H 5P3

Cost: $65 per person
Register via Eventbrite: http://otwbbb30jan13.eventbrite.ca/

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Foursquare Updates Their Privacy Policy

Foursquare is the premiere geolocation social media network. Lots of new features have been added in 2012, and Foursquare just updated some things in their privacy policy. This is the e-mail users received today with news of the updates.

Hello Foursquare community!

2012 has been a pretty huge year. We’ve released over fifty new features, welcomed nearly 15,000,000 new people to Foursquare, and had our 3,000,000,000th check-in. It’s a bit clichéd to say this, but your support really is what keeps us going day after day. Read more >>