Author: Bobby Travis (page 28 of 51)

You might have seen posts floating about the web about creative uses of the new Facebook profile page’s photo layout. If it seems like a bit of work, there is a way you, too, can be ultra cool and trendy — but with little to no effort on your part. This is the best sort of trendiness, in my opinion, and all you have to do is fall for a rather clever marketing scheme by Schweppes.

Schweppes — yes, the ginger-ale company — has put together a very simple to use app that will walk you through the process of creating your custom six part image with only a few clicks. I created mine in about three minutes, and most of that time was taken up in finding the picture I wanted. The only catch is that you have to Like the Schweppes fan page to get access to the app, which not only makes them look good, but also opens your Facebook stream up to Schweppes-related information. As a marketer, myself, I appreciate the cleverness of this approach — but if you don’t want to be subjected to beverage propaganda, there are several Facebook options you can employ to rid yourself of it.

The Schweppes Profile App allows you to upload a picture, drag it about to get the ideal visible area, resize and rotate the image via sliders, and adjust the height of the line of five images that appear below your info at the top of your Facebook profile page. Once you’re ready to go, you save and upload the now-sliced images to Facebook, then click a button to be taken to the automatically created album, so that you can tag the small images and add the large one as your profile picture. The images are even named in such a way as to give you instructions about which one to tag first (they have to be done in the proper order).

I had fun with this app, and can see myself playing with all sorts of pictures to see what interesting special me-ness I can add to my Facebook page. Click here to try it out. You can always get rid of Schweppes when you’re done.

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