3 Days Left to Find or Design Your Own!!

In 3 days, Facebook is going to convert all business pages to the new Timeline format. I know many people that already made the switch, but are having difficulty finding a good Cover Image.

Well if you are Photoshop savvy then all you need to know is that the Cover Image has to be 851px wide X 315px high. What if you have the Photoshop skills, but lost your old version of the program?? Have no fear!! Check out a free online version of Photoshop called Pixlr by clicking here.

If you just want to search Google Images for a good Cover Image, I have also have a couple tips.

1. Open Google Images and search for the item you desire
2. In the lower left corner is an option to modify the search options for “Exactly” Image Size
3. Press that option and input 851 for width and 315 for height

This will limit the search options to the correct size for your Facebook Cover Image.
Well that’s all for now. If you found this information useful please head over to our Facebook page and Like us by clicking here! Stayed tuned, we will post new updates as we explore the new features of Facebook Timeline for Pages.

5 Things You Need To Know

On April 1st all Facebook Pages will be converted over to Timeline. Here at RDG we have already made the switch and have some tips to optimize the full potential of Timeline for your business Facebook Page.

Check out our Facebook Page by clicking here.

1. Timeline Cover Photo – Along with your profile picture you now have more real estate to project your brand image or products. The timeline cover dimension are 851px wide by 315px high.




2. Brand Profile Pic – The profile picture will sit 29px from the left side of the cover photo and 239 px from the top of your cover photo. The profile pic is 180px by 180px so if you have a graphic designer or are savvy with Photoshop, maximize your space and seamlessly integrate your cover and profile pictures.




3. Icons, Icons, Icons – With Timeline you now have the ability to customize the app icons located in your admin panel. These icon dimensions are 107px wide by 70px high. If you don’t know where to find good icons check out this site with thousands of free high quality icons: http://www.veryicon.com/. Now that you have your icons selected you need to upload them to each of your apps. Start by clicking on admin panel > manage > edit page > apps > Edit settings (on the app you want to change). You can also re-name the tab following the same steps, the two fields are on top of each other.




4. Pinned Posts – You can now choose to keep your most important posts at the top of your Timeline. By editing a post as pinned this post will sit on top of your timeline for 7 days. Use this for running a promotion or campaign that your fans will see right on top! Click the pencil icon in the upper right corner of the post and select pin to top. It’s just that easy!




5. Highlight Story Layout – While you are pinning a post you probably noticed that star in the upper right hand corner of the post. You can also choose to highlight a post which will expand that post from the two column layout to a full screen. Use this feature to show photos or a video in large detail across the full width of your timeline.

Well that’s all for now. If you found this information useful please head over to our Facebook page and Like us by clicking here! Stayed tuned, we will post new updates as we explore the new features of Facebook Timeline for Pages.

In other news, we are really excited here at RDG, since we released our custom Facebook tabs for full use by all. Click here to see our tabs in action here!! The applications have been in beta with a few clients while we worked out all the kinks. But even with a few hiccups, the results we saw from our beta testers was remarkable!!

One of the testers went from 7 fans to 1,500 fans in just 30 days!! Another tester increased their revenue 15% and was able to track that revenue came directly from Facebook. At 850+ million users, Facebook would be the 3rd largest country in the world, and in the last two years 65% of all new Facebook users are 45+ years old!!

This is the perfect time to start using Facebook to grow your business. We have 15 different applications which can allow you to completely customize your Facebook page. In some instances, you don’t even need a website anymore!! Contact us today for a Free Consultation.

Chris

I have a quick question for you. How much will you be spending this year on your Valentine? If you’re like most of us, it is something like….

• $50 for flowers
• $30 for dinner
• $25 for chocolate
• $5 on a card

But all that stuff is perishable. What if I said you could give your Valentine a gift that lasts for years!! For the same price as all those items, that are forgotten in a few weeks, you could get a custom website filled with pictures and videos of your life together.

Contact us for a Free Consultation or sign up for our Newsletter on the right.

Chris

They Can Make Or Break Your Site…..

So, I thought I’d let in on a big problem that I look for on client websites when I’m doing SEO consulting. It’s Keywords!! SEO is critical to your website’s success, but if your site is targeting the wrong keywords, you are doomed for failure. A few emails back I promised you some exclusive tricks to find keywords and secret strategies I’ve used successfully. As a professional internet marketer, I usually charge people hundreds of dollars for these insights! First let me give you some background information.

Keyword Background

Keyword research revolves around finding the perfect keywords (or key phrases which refers to the same thing as keywords) for your website to target. For example, one of the key phrases my website targets is “web developer San Diego”. Some keywords are more competitive than others. You can tell how competitive a keyword is by doing a Google search. Searching the key phrase “web developer” in Google results in over 129,000,000 web pages! If I targeted my website for the key phrase “web developer”, I would be competing with 129,000,000 web pages and I would have no chance for success. Keyword research is picking the battles you want to fight and you only want to pick battles you can win which is why having a good keyword tool is so important.

Keyword Tools

There are tools that give you valuable insights on the number of searches a keyword recieves a month, where it receives those searches (in which country/state/city), and even the competition’s keywords!! Using the right keyword tool when doing your keyword research is extremely important. I never tell clients what keyword tools I use and my colleagues would not appreciate me giving you this link… but here it is: Google’s Ninja Keyword Tool

Keyword Strategies

There are many books written on ways to pick keywords and ways to use those keywords on your website. I’ve read a ton of books on the subject and have never really been impressed by what I’ve read. A couple weeks ago I stumbled upon 50 Keyword Strategies

The bottom line is, if you want your website on the first page of Google, you will need to choose the right keywords and use the keywords in an effective way.

Chris

This is the first Ninja Marketer Newsletter Topic!!

Picking The Right Keywords:

They Can Make Or Break Your Site

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At Super Bowl XXV in January 1991, she easily performed the greatest version of the Star Spangled Banner in history!! It’s could be as close to perfect as a human voice can sound. The beauty of her rendition is in it’s simplicity. Most singers try to make “The National Anthem” their own with unnecessary additions that end up making the song sound like a bad American Idol audition. Not Whitney, she just sang the hell out of the song.

Chris

This month’s topic Picking the Right Keywords Will Make or Break Your Website. These are some killer SEO tricks to increase your website’s ranking in Google and its really important for your business! If done correctly your site will soar up Google, but if done wrong your site ranking could suffer for years.