New Facebook Business Pages

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After rolling out Timeline on personal profiles, Facebook is now
rolling out Timeline for Business pages. Timeline changes the design and
layout of Business pages and makes them look like personal profiles.All
Facebook Business pages will be moved to the new Timeline by the end of
March. You can curate the information on your page beforehand.

Here are some important additions:

• The new header space provides more branding possibilities. But there are restrictions
  on the information you share in this new header regarding pricing,
  promotions, contact information and various calls to action. Be sure to
  check out these restrictions and learn more about Facebook pages.
• Only
  three Facebook apps can now highlighted directly underneath this new
  header. Your other apps are still available through a More button.
• People can now message Business pages.

And here’s what’s gone:

• Default landing tabs used by many businesses to create a Welcome tab are no longer available with the new Timeline design.

Check out this Facebook Cheat Sheet for the sizes you need to know. And look out for more soon on how Timeline impacts Facebook marketing for businesses.
LinkedIn Rolls Out Follow Company Button: Companies
can now add a LinkedIn Follow button to their websites, “making it
easier for any consumer on the web to begin following companies of
interest on LinkedIn.”



Google+ Plugins Get Revamped:
There are a couple of little changes to make it easier to share your
content with the +1 button and follow Google+ business pages. People
can now create a personal Google+ badge for their web pages. And be sure to check out the new Google+ Style Guide for the recommended language to use when promoting your Google+ accounts.
The Google+ Style Guide shows you which Google+ icons to use and which ones not to use.
YouTube Captions Get More Options:
Captions have been available for YouTube videos since 2006, but YouTube
has been improving caption features. YouTube viewers can now get
automatic captions in more languages, search videos with captions and
modify how the captions look while viewing videos. And YouTube creators
have more options to import files with closed captions to their YouTube
channel.
You can search for text in Closed Captions on YouTube.
Facebook Launches “Facebook Offers” for Businesses: A few select businesses are testing Facebook coupons that appear in the Facebook feeds. Facebook also unveiled mobile feed ads and logout ads.
Here’s a social media tool worth noting:
Skills.to: A place to tag yourself and your Twitter friends with endorsements for skills and search for people with the skills you need.
Check out Skills.to and see the skills people have.
Here’s an interesting infographic:
Who Really Uses LinkedIn?: