Facebook Friend Tagging  [Twitter Retweet Style]

Back in September Facebook added the ability to tag your Friends and Connections, including Groups, Events, Applications and Pages in your updates (very similar to Twitter @messages). This is a really great feature and although popular with some, not everyone seems to know about it.

Here’s the simple instructions:

To tag someone, type @ and then the Friends Name/Group/Event/Application/Fan Page name:

When posted to your profile, your status looks like this:

The name is linked to the tagged Facebook profile (a notification is sent to the tagged friend with the option to remove the tag if preferred).

I immediately saw the potential for people to endorse Friends/Fan Pages/Groups etc. You can now mention them on your wall – without leaving yours and the status update is also shown on their wall. This would also save you time if you were going to post the same info on your profile plus another Profile/Fan Page/Group etc.

Straight away I used tagging to copy and share what other people were posting – like we do on Twitter – and my friend Mari Smith sent me this tweet:

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How are you doing with your New Years Resolutions? Are your goals still on track? If so, CONGRATULATIONS! You will find you are in an elite group of people as about 95% of people have already given up.

We would like to invite you to the VM Direct & Attain Response Live-a-Thon (right here on our blog). This Live-a-Thon follows on from the very successful first LIVE-a-Thon in December. The aim of the Live-a-Thon is to remind you that there are people out there that believe these goals can be achieved and who would love to get to know you and help you reach them.

We invite you to a series of LIVE broadcasts on various topics – with a huge focus on You and Your PASSION. Topics will cover Goal Setting, MIndset, Systems, Digital Tools and all the things that can make you successful in ANYTHING – above all it’s about living your passion and helping you to achieve the very best that you can…

We want you consider the possibility that you can be better, that your Goals and Dreams can actually come true. We want you to take that idea further and make the realisation that YOU are the most valuable commodity that exists in the world! There is no-one else like you and combined with your passion, a good team of people plus the correct amount of focus and dicipline you will be unstopable.

Look below for the specific speakers and topics.

Tune in and enjoy!

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Wave Goodbye to Sign Up Fees & 2009!

Following on from our post back in December [VMdirect & AttainResponse LIVE-a-Thon: Video Marketing Gives Your Business the Ultimate “Double Dipping” Opportunity] We are delighted to announce that Richard Kall, Chairman of the Board & CEO of VMdirect has extended the special offer! During January, 2010 only, save $500 on Fast Track Sign Up Fees. Bring in the new with a BIG wave!

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“It’s easier than ever to reach a large audience,

but harder than ever to really connect with it”

It is vital in this day and digital age that you make the effort to truly connect with your site visitors/blog readers and community.

A tool which makes your site much more interactive and invites connection is the Wibiya toolbar. We have been using the toolbar for some time, (have a look at the orange bar at the bottom of your screen). We definitely recommend you have a look at Wibiya. You can also follow @Wibiya on Twitter.

WIbiya has just come out of beta testing and is now available to all for free! There has recently been some fantastic upgrades and new apps added which are very powerful.

So, what is Wibiya and what can it do for my site?

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We have added Tynt insight to eVENALICIUM.com and were so impressed we had to share it with you. You may have heard of sites like Copyscape (a service that helps to protect your site from plagiarism), this is different. Tynt allows people to copy your content to share with others (with an automatic track back to the original source). This is very powerful and a huge insight into what content people find most engaging. Right now Tynt’s premium service is FREE – so we suggest you hop on over there and sign up for an account…

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