Digital 3.0 101:for Academia

Are you on Facebook? Viral marketing at its best—it seems that everyone

is addicted to this social networking interface. Building a public profile via Facebook enables you to share your

business, services, and products with other Facebook users.

What is Facebook?

Building a public profile via Facebook enables you to share your business, services, and products with

other Facebook users. Join the one million new registrants each week so your contacts can interact with your Facebook profile,

news feeds, and status updates.

Who uses Facebook?

Getting StartedTo sign up for a Facebook account, go to

Facebook.com and click on “Sign Up,” and follow these simple steps:

How to FacebookUse your real name to sign up for your account so friends and potential customers can find you quickly. If you’re worried about just anyone viewing your company profile, adjust your privacy settings to limit what your Facebook contacts can view.

How to FacebookOnce you’re registered, you can start adding friends by sending them individual friend or group invitations to link/join your profile.

For full registration details, visit http://apps.facebook.com/registernow/.

How to FacebookTo post a Facebook status update, log onto the Webpage from your computer or mobile device and use the status update window to instantly spread word of your newest product, service, or offer.

How to FacebookOnce entered and saved, your status update will appear on your Facebook profile as well as in your contacts’ newsfeeds.

Educators are wise to use current pop technology to communicate and market to students, donors, and potential students. After all, the current student body is comfortable with computers, mobile phones, and the Internet, so why not leverage their existing skills

with technology for teaching and learning?

Why Facebook for Academia?

Update your student body through Facebook notifications when it comes to spreading campus news, class cancellations,

events, and emergencies.

Take advantage of one of the many Facebook education applications with the potential for academic use.

Utilize Facebook to teach by creating a group for students enrolled in the class. You can post assignments, updates,

class notes, and class discussions.

Use Facebook recruiting to get your message out, and give your school a fresh marketing method.

Encourage students to use Facebook to communicate with their university colleagues and to keep in touch with

distant friends and relatives.

Facebook Academia Benefits