Have to say I was getting a little skeptical about the use of Facebook for business. Oh, sure I could see the use - networking, events organising - but it all seemed a little bit of a glorified CRM to me.
After a little search around on the interwub I found this article from Web Worker Daily (not a bad site at all) which gives a set of general hints and tips if your going to use FB as a business tool.
But that didn't really satisfy me until I caught a Neville Hobson tweet today about a CIO.com article entitled 'Five Favorite Facebook Widgets for Business Users'.
I don't want to spoil the article for you so I'll just mention the apps that gave me hope!
WikiMono - a Wiki in FB? No way! Yes way. It's true and it works. I like the events and the Groups capabilities in FB but I understand Wiki's a bit more. I can't wait to think of a few uses for this - but as a biz tool it's a killer app. (A wiki is a website that anyone can edit and create new pages. A truly interactive website - arguably the origins of social media.)
Marco Polo - this is a business travel tracking tool. You can add a network of friends and see where everyone is. Actually this seems the same as Dopplr. When I installed it I found myself just wondering why I hadn't set up Dopplr in FB. So I looked for a FB app and there it was. So thanks Marco Polo, but I'm afraid I'm sticking with Dopplr.
Anyway, I can see the potential for these apps a business tools better than I could with anything else before. But, I guess we'll wait and see what they are implemented for.
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