2 Free Digital Tools To Help You Better Navigate Facebook
One's for marketers (or anyone who likes to know if they're being tracked online). The other is for everyone.
Hey there!
This email is to let you know youâve broken some obscure rule and your Facebook page will be deleted. Tomorrow.
But you can prevent that by clicking this link and sending us your banking info
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Obviously Iâm kidding.
But I get emails just like that constantly.
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So back to our spam emails that look like theyâre from Facebook.
How do you know if itâs real?
Review recent emails sent from Facebook
Tool type: Facebook Support
I work with a ton of clients on social media and Iâm constantly getting forwards of spam emails asking if theyâre real.
They pretty much never are.
The easiest telltale sign is the actual url of the sender. If itâs not legit, nothing else matters. It should come from facebookmail.com (Why not facebook.com? - I donât know!). But thatâs their email sender domain.
If there are glaring typos or theyâre asking you for personal details.
Theyâre not real.
But every now and then, it can be hard to sort it out.
And thatâs where todayâs first tool comes in.
Head to https://www.facebook.com/help/1956527391029758 (bookmark it!). Hereâs the intro on that page:
If you ever get an email claiming to be from Facebook, you can confirm if we've sent it by checking if it came from facebookmail.com and by reviewing recent emails we've sent you from a list in your Security and Login Settings.
It will then give you instructions for checking whether or not they actually sent you an email.
Thatâs it.
Tell your friends!
FREE or FREEmium: FREE
This is just basic Facebook support. But a helpful page to have bookmarked if you ask me.
Meta Pixel Checker
Tool type: Chrome Plugin
Ever look at a pair of shoes on a website, and then see those exact shoes in a Facebook or Instagram ad?
Thatâs not magic⌠itâs retargeting.
And one easy way for you (or anyone) to retarget website visitors with Meta ads is by setting up the Meta Pixel.
Itâs a tiny piece of code that you put into the header of your website. It then tracks visitorsâ movement around your site and allows you to retarget them. You can retarget all visitors. Or just folks who visited a certain page. Or folks who visited a certain page but didnât take a certain action. Itâs a powerful tool.
But it can also be complicated to know if youâre using it correctly.
And it can also be interesting to know which sites you visit are tracking you.
Well good news - thereâs a free Chrome Plugin to help.
Install the Meta Pixel Checker and then, anytime you visit any website - including your own - it will let you know whether or not the pixel is installed (and if there are any issues with the installation).
Helpful if youâre a marketer, or just like knowing whoâs keeping tabs on you.
FREE or FREEmium: FREE
This is a free Chrome Plugin. Just add it to Chrome and youâre good to go.
Hope todayâs tools were helpful. Hit reply with questions or if you need any help navigating Facebook or any other component of your digital program.
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See you in a fortnight.
Josh
joshklemons.com