Facebook is one of the popular social media platforms used by almost all spheres of businesses, people and groups. It is gaining popularity all over the world as people love to connect, share and send updates to their networks including friends, colleagues, relatives etc. According to Facebook Press Room the general growth statistics show more than 300 million active users out of which 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day. More than 2 billion pieces of content including web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc. shared each week.
Facebook offers some great application for its users using which you can enhance your productivity while establishing your business online.
Business applications
GroupBuyer- This business application provides a social online shopping marketplace with varieties of exciting items such as electronics, apparel, jewelry, shoes etc. Just like eBay and Amazon you can buy & sell wholesale or retail items at low prices. You need a PayPal account to buy items.
Memorable Web Addresses for Profile, Page or Group- Another great application from Facebook that allows you to create personal web address. Using this application you can direct people to your Facebook profile, page or group. It enables you to share profile link with people, forums, myspace page, print on business cards etc.
GLPrint Business Cards – It is important for every business or individual to keep a business card to get in touch with his clients . This Facebook application allows you to use its creative tools and instruments to design your virtual business card. It offers a variety of business cards to choose from and display on your Profile.
My money – This online banking application is specially created for large and small business. It allows you to easily manage your finances from your Facebook profile. It is connected with a variety of financial institutions, so that you can easily view your account balances, transfer money, review histories, and more.
SocialVibe- It allows all Facebook members to create positive social impact by promoting a brand on their profile. Each time a friend interacts with that brand, a micro-donation is made to a charity of the member’s choice. It provides with regular updates from their charity, along with goal progress, and are able to interact with fellow supporters.
Desktop applications
Simple Photo Uploader- An interesting application for designers, bloggers and developers that lets them tag photos and upload them to Facebook. It allows you to simply drag and drop the photos you want to upload, select the album of your choice (or create a new album), and click on upload on Facebook.
FB Notifier- This Facebook application allows you to get notifications on your homepage or desktop. It lets you change your status message, and see your friends latest status updates in a simple widget. It also supports Mac Dashboard, Vista, Yahoo Widgets, Opera Widgets, Netvibes, Pageflakes, Live, and more.
Fonebook- Another desktop application to transfer contacts photos and information from Facebook to Outlook. It allows you to see your contacts photos on your phone whenever they call you.
Calendar-Another useful application 30 Boxes is a personal calendar that lets you organize and easily share all or parts of your important schedule. Its features include sms reminders, integrated to-do list items, and simple integration with Facebook, myspace, flickr, wordpress, blogs, etc.
ScrapBoy – This great desktop application lets you easily work on Facebook. It offers excellent features like single window to write wall posts, view photos or Facebook chat, opening and viewing multiple friends` walls, photo albums and chat windows, instant pop-up notifications for newly de tagged/deleted photos, instant notifications and much more.
Mac applications
Dashboard Widget- It is one of the useful Mac applications from Facebook that gives you Facebook on your OS X Dashboard. It allows you to check messages, pokes, friend requests, group invites, and other notifications. It updates you about everything happening on your Facebook.
Exporter for iPhoto- It’s the best photo-uploading service for Mac users. This easy-to-use application allows you to find photos in iPhoto, tag them with friends’ names, add captions, and upload them as an album to your Facebook profile.
FacebookSync- This application allows you to automatically sync information from Facebook into your Apple Macs address book. It is a great service which instantly finds matches your friends list and adds all their information, including name, address, phone number, and other data to your address book. You can also sync their images with their contact details.
Facile- It is another useful application for Mac users. You can update your status and view all your connections updates using the application. It provides a simple interface showing your connections profile pictures with their latest status updates, and also allows you to share your own updates with them.
Bloom- This Facebook application is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux users. It allows you to upload photos, download albums, and view your connections photos instantly. It also enables you to add captions to images, edit, rotate, and tag different people. You can simply upload using drag-and-drop feature.
Other Utility Applications
Application Builder –This application lets you create your own facebook application without even knowing about any programming language easily. It enables you to create an application related to poll, quiz, gifts, pictures etc.
Posted Items – It is an intersting Facebook application that allows you to share anything you find on the Internet by posting it to your profile. This displays as a widget on the upper right side of your profile. You can share videos, blogs, articles related to your business or anything you find interesting.
Eventbrite – This application helps in informing people about any latest event taking place through Facebook. This application publishes an event page directly on Facebook with your event details and a link to buy tickets online. It allows you to promote and advertise your event through your newsfeed on Facebook.
Etsy Shop- It offers three different ways to display your shop items or Favorites. You can display your most recently added shop items or Favorites, display your shop items or Favorites in random order, or display your shop’s Featured Items.
Mobile Organizer- This Facebook application allows you to store phone numbers in a private phonebook. It can also be used for sending and requesting phone numbers. Through the Mobile Organizer Calendar you can also receive SMS birthdays and event reminders even when you are away from your computer.
Hope these Facebook applications would help you in sucessfully running your freelance business and boosting your productivity as well. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on the same.
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These are great apps you listed i’ll have to check alot of those out. I must say that for the Calendar, I think Social Calendar is much better. It’s easy to add birthdays and this app displays as a calendar on your profile rathern than a box tab at the top!
Well I didn’t know there are useful tools like that in facebook because so all I see my friends posting on the wall is a bunch of test.
Facebook is one of the biggest places for that. Its very nice to see that useful applications.
Another interesting app to create a Blog in Facebook:
http://apps.facebook.com/mi_blog/home.php