Synopses & Reviews
Facebook is a fun and easy way to connect with your current friends, family, coworkers, or find old acquaintances online. Once you understand and become comfortable using Facebook's collection of features, you will discover how fun and useful the site can be in helping manage and maintain all of your relationships.
Facebook For Dummieslaunches you over the learning curve, straight to full Facebook proficiency. This guide demonstrates how to launch a profile, find friends, share notes and photos, and add applications to your very own Facebook page.
As two Facebook employees, authors Carolyn Abram and Leah Pearlman are both ultimate Facebook insiders. They not only have their hands on the site every day as avid users, they also help develop many of the features you’ll find on Facebook. In Facebook For Dummiesthey share their insight on how to use Facebook effectively and safely.
Synopsis:
Find out how to maximize your Facebook experienceCreate a Facebook profile that enhances your real-world relationships
Whether you want to connect with friends already on Facebook or be the first on your block to join, this is the book you need. Written by a pair of Facebook insiders, Facebook For Dummies shows how to create a profile, communicate with friends, play with Facebook applications, and explore the unique ways Facebook can improve your business.
Discover how to:
Create a profile to your liking
Share photos and messages with friends
Join networks for your city, school, or work
Manage the amount of information you share
Use Facebook for business
Synopsis:
Find out how to maximize your Facebook experience
Create a Facebook profile that enhances your real-world relationships
Whether you want to connect with friends already on Facebook or be the first on your block to join, this is the book you need. Written by a pair of Facebook insiders, Facebook For Dummies shows how to create a profile, communicate with friends, play with Facebook applications, and explore the unique ways Facebook can improve your business.
Discover how to:
Create a profile to your liking
Share photos and messages with friends
Join networks for your city, school, or work
Manage the amount of information you share
Use Facebook for business
About the Author
Carolyn Abram and Leah Pearlman are avid Facebook users as well as Facebook employees. Carolyn is the site language Product Manager who also works on the company blog. Leah is a Product Manager who's worked on the Inbox, News Feed, Facebook Pages, and Social Ads.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: Getting Familiar with Facebook.
Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Facebook.
Chapter 2: Adding Your Own Face to Facebook.
Chapter 3: Finding Your Way.
Chapter 4: Privacy and Safety on Facebook.
Part II: Representing Your Identity Online.
Chapter 5: Building Out Your Profile.
Chapter 6: Finding Facebook Friends.
Chapter 7: Using Facebook Photos.
Chapter 8: Facebook Applications.
Chapter 9: Adding Third-Party Applications.
Part III: Keeping Connected and Staying in Touch.
Chapter 10: Keeping Up with Your Friends.
Chapter 11: Defining Your Outer Circle with Networks.
Chapter 12: Creating and Joining Groups on Facebook.
Chapter 13: Scheduling Your Life with Facebook.
Chapter 14: Facebook on the Go.
Part IV: It’s Not Personal: It’s Business.
Chapter 15: Leveraging Facebook for Business.
Chapter 16: Creating a Page for Your Business.
Chapter 17: A New Kind of Advertising.
Chapter 18: Facebook Platform.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Great Third-Party Applications.
Chapter 20: Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives.
Chapter 21: Leah and Carolyn’s Favorite Groups.
Index.