Facebook for dummies

Don"t know your way around Facebook? Stop missing out - this handy guide tells you how to get started, what should (and shouldn"t) go in your Profile, how to choose who sees your information, how to find long-lost friends and make new ones, and much more. Discover how Facebook helps you plan events, advertise your business, and promote your group, too!

• Get the basics right - learn how to set up and maintain your Facebook profile and contacts and set privacy controls

• Reach out - find friends and enlarge your circle, use the Wall, share photos, and use tags

• Simplify your life - use Facebook to keep many people up to date on events and activities, all at the same time

• Take Facebook along - discover how to activate and use Facebook Mobile to add or retrieve Facebook information on the go

• It"s a group thing - find and join groups with common interests, or create your own

• Be party perfect - plan real-world activities and gatherings using Facebook Events

• Give Facebook the business - explore new ways to connect with your customers and find prospects

• Just because - create a Facebook page for fundraising or to support a cause

Open the book and find:

• Steps for finding and connecting with friends on Facebook

• Tips for choosing who should be your Facebook friend and who shouldn"t

• Privacy controls and how to set them

• How to build a Profile for a business, artist, or cause

• What photo tags are and why to use them

• How to find groups you"d like to join

• Steps for finding friends using your e-mail address book

• How Friend lists simplify communication and privacy

Learn to:

• Sign up on Facebook, create a Profile, and use privacy features

• Find old friends and make new ones

• Share photos and videos and send private messages

• Create a page for your business or promote a cause or event

Part I: Getting Started with Facebook.

Chapter 1: The Many Faces of Facebook.

Chapter 2: Adding Your Own Face to Facebook.

Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around Facebook.

Chapter 4: Finding Facebook Friends.

Chapter 5: Privacy and Safety on Facebook.

Part II: Sharing Your Life on Facebook.

Chapter 6: Building Out Your Profile.

Chapter 7: Social Stories.

Chapter 8: Filling Facebook with Photos, Videos, and Notes.

Chapter 9: Keeping Up with Your Friends.

Part III: Getting Organized.

Chapter 10: Creating and Joining Groups on Facebook.

Chapter 11: Scheduling Your Life with Facebook.

Chapter 12: Creating a Page for Your Business.

Part IV: Delving Further into Facebook.

Chapter 13: Facebook and the Web.

Chapter 14: Facebook on the Go.

Chapter 15: A Different Kind of Advertising.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Great Third-Party Applications.

Chapter 17:Ten Ways Facebook Uniquely Impacts Lives.

Chapter 18: Ten Questions That Leah and Carolyn Get a Lot.

Chapter 19: Ten True Facebook Tales.

Index.