Guidance Notes on Social Media

Advertising Standards Authority Releases Guidance Notes on Social Media

Effective from October 2012

Do you use social media for your business? Status updates on Facebook? Send tweets on Twitter? Use Google+ to share within your circles? The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has introduced important changes that now covers not only what you as a company posts but what users post on your social media platform as well.
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Visual Content on Facebook

Make the Most of Facebook & Twitter's Visual Impact

Facebook is a very visual social media platform and businesses should take full advantage of this. The following are examples of facebook pages that illustrate different ways to really make a big impact.

Fanta Facebook Cover

Coca Cola Facebook Cover
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Impacts of Facebook Changes

What Changes in Facebook that will impact your Business?

On 31 March 2012 all Facebook Pages will move to a new layout called Timeline. These are the key changes:

Cover Photo
The cover photo is located at the top of the page and replaces the five strip images. Try to choose something that showcases your brand but doesn’t detract from the content. Cover photos are 850 pixels wide x 315 pixels high. If you upload an image larger than this you will be able to adjust placement.

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Facebook Strategy is Essential

No matter the size of your company, social media can be a powerful marketing tool if used correctly. Businesses need to start thinking about how they want to get involved but be wary – just doing social media is not the point, you need to have some kind of meaningful objective or clear focus. Whilst social media is an important component of your marketing strategy – it is not ‘free’ and not a magic tool for generating sales – it takes hard work and planning. Here is a brief outline for a Facebook strategy:

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