Three Ways to Make Lists on Facebook and Use Them!

What is one way to make Facebook more effective for you?  Make LISTS!

There are pictures of cats, lots of click bait, and crazy comments on the world.... BUT!  Facebook is connecting millions of people every day.  Your friends on Facebook include past clients, current connections, friends, family, and prospective clients for your business.  Their posts get lost with all the others.

So, it is time to make lists!  If you have a list you can post to only that list or more importantly, you can see what the people on only that list are all posting! I have many lists on my Facebook account.  No one knows they are in a list unless that list was created by Facebook.... including the family list and the lists that were automatically generated with my high school and companies I worked for.

I created lists that help me see beyond the junk that is posted.  For example, I have a list that includes only three people... my kids. I see if they have posted anything... because it is one way to stay connected with them. I have a list with hundreds of real estate agents and another of my artist friends.

There are several ways to make a list. sometimes, the mobile devices make it harder or impossible.

1. When you friend someone immediately click on their profile.  At the top where it says friends with a checkmark click the drop down menu. At the bottom it says "New List."

2.  When you click on "Friends" on the left side of your screen, you get your lists and at the top it says "create new list."

3.  You can click where it says "See all Friends" and there is a drop down menu next to each under the word friends.  Here you can add them to a list or create a new one.

Now.. what do to with lists! Click on a list and see what they are posting.  You might read information that could include:

• I just became a Grandma!
• Caught a huge fish!
• Working in the Garden.
• Love to Barbeque!

Then head to the store... and send them some baby booties, a jar of spices, baby booties, or some bbq sauce! and put in the mail!  You could send a card of congratulations.  You could click "like" when they post and make a comment.  It starts a conversation and keeps your name in front of them.

Go make lists and see what people in that list are up to!

LOOK UP and get to know Seattle. Take a Walking Tour!

We often just don't look up and get to know the buildings that surround us in the city.  For the past several years I have been a volunteer tour guide for the Seattle Architecture Foundation.  I lead walking tours of downtown including the "Greatest Hits" and "Art Deco" focusing on buildings built during the Roaring Twenties.

The tour I lead the most is called "Look UP!" and includes the most notable buildings.  We go to city hall and the office of the mayor, the red floor of the library, and have coffee at the highest Starbucks in the US.

Take time and get to know your city.  Sign up for a walking tour and join tourists, international travelers, locals and people in the industry including contractors and architects as they look up.
Three great reasons to go on a walking tour...

1. You will learn enough to be able to recognize design features in many buildings including clues to the time the building was built.  You might recognize a gargoyle, column or cornice that you might never have noticed before and guess the time period of construction.
2. There is so much we don't know about the city we call "home."  When I drive downtown I am often focused on the traffic, making sure I don't go the wrong way down a one way street, and hope I find a parking lot soon!  I just ignore the structures that surround me.  Now I look around, I notice the lobby, I look for clues to the history, design, and use of the building.  
3.  You will be able to share what you learn with others including friends and family as well as people from out of town that are visiting. It's so fun to point out to friends what I know about a building as we walk by.

Contact me if you want to set up a private group tour or want to come on an upcoming one scheduled. One of my 3 hour tours is clockhours for real estate agents!