Backup your Facebook Account
Ah, Facebook. Whether you use Facebook for business or pleasure, it takes a lot of work. It also holds so much of your memories, trials, successes and photos. I know, personally, I would cry like a baby if it up and… *POOF*…disappeared. As with anything else on your computer: backup, backup, backup!
Downloading all your information from Facebook is actually very easy:
1. While at Home (your update stream is showing), scroll all the way down to the bottom until you see a bottom menu bar. Click on Privacy.
2. On this page, one of the options is Interactive Tools. Click on this link.
3. Download all your information. A window will pop up that says they will be emailing you when the download is ready. It took about an hour for me to get that email.
4. Click on the link in your email. It will ask for your password for security reasons. Then download to your computer (facebook-username.zip)
It downloads anything you have ever put on Facebook. I’ve never had any issues with Facebook losing my information, but I know of other’s that have had to battle this with Facebook…and we all know the great customer service that Facebook extends. (!)
Cheers!
Controlling your News Feed on Facebook
I love what Facebook can do for businesses. But it boggles me why they would limit the updates you see on this social platform. If you’ve noticed recently that you don’t see as many updates from some of your friends or pages, it’s because of the default settings Facebook has set for your News Feed. The default shows only those that you interact with often. This doesn’t help if you’re following a page that you get good info from but don’t necessarily interact with. Thankfully it’s easy as 1-2-3 to change that.
1. Go to your Home Page and scroll all the way to the bottom of the status updates/posts. You should see this:
2. Click on the Edit Options Link. That will bring up this window:
3. Click on the dropdown menu under ‘Show posts from’ and choose All of your Friends and Pages.
Done
Please be sure to share this with others so we all get a chance to stay on top of the latest news from our friends and favorite businesses!
