Ever wondered the secret to getting your blog posts shared on Facebook and other social media sites?

You might have heard it’s more of an art then a science to succeed and that’s probably right. However, if blog writing is an art, than simple headlines are like paint brushes.

According to social media scientist, Dan Zarrella, the simpler your article headline is, the more likely people are to share it on Facebook. According to his research, blogs with headlines at the 2^nd grade level are shared on Facebook 49% more often than those written at a 15^th grade level!

Here’s a full breakdown of how headline reading grade level changes the average Facebook share amount:

Check out Dan’s fantastic blog for a nice graph of this effect.

Next time you’re writing a headline, remember how simplicity can effect you’re overall results and take a few extra minutes to create a fantastic title.

Facebook has quietly started sending out something new this week: Facebook Insights by email. While no official announcement has been made, Facebook page administrators have been buzzing online about the new emails. Many of them have been pleasantly surprised with this move by the social media giant.
While fairly simple in format, the emails include very useful information for tracking activity on a Facebook page. Page administrators should find the following in their email digests from Facebook:

• The number of new page fans and the total number those pages have
• The number of Comments, Wall Posts, and Likes those pages have received in the last week plus a tally for last week
• The total number of visits the page has receiving both this week and last

These emails are in a simple text format and include links to encourage the less savvy page administrator to grow these numbers.  Facebook is taking suggestions on improving this new feature and you can expect to see more changes to the email digests in the future.

Don’t forget to become a fan of Security Selling on Facebook for important marketing tips and information you can’t get anywhere else.

Brian Offenberger, Founder of electronic security internet marketing agency Security Selling, presented a webinar to ISC Education on February 16^th. This webinar taught salespeople how to start increasing sales and boosting profits! To check out the slides from the presentation and start finding out how to grow your sales, become our fan on Facebook and gain access to exclusive content just for fans! The slides are posted under the “Free Stuff” tab on Security Selling’s Facebook fan page and are only available to our fans.

This presentation shows you…

• Easy ways to prospect for new customers using the internet

• How to use Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, email, text messaging, teleseminars, webinars and more to increase prospects, leads and sales

• Automated selling practices to up-sell, cross-sell and retain customers

• Free tools to help you sell more with less stress

To see the slides from this webinar, become our fan on Facebook and gain access to them in the “Free Stuff” tab. In addition to these slides, you will have access to tons of other exclusive content, just for our fans!

You may have noticed the big changes on Facebook recently. With the redesign, you are no longer seeing all news feeds and updates. Facebook has been randomly selecting only 250 updates to show you every time.

There is a way to change this. Follow these steps and you will be able to see all updates again.

1. Go to the home page.
2. Select  “Most Recent”



3. Scroll to the bottom of the page
4. Click “Edit Options”



5. Reset the maximum number of friends shown in Live Feed.

You should now be able to see all Facebook updates in your News Feed! Don’t forget to become a fan of Security Selling on facebook for access to exclusive content just for our fans!