Are you and a group of people in charge of planning the office holiday parties? Do you have a book club that meets? Are you doing a weight loss competition at work and need an online place to meet? You should start a group on Facebook. In a few easy steps you can create your own private group on Facebook. Add your friends, please make sure you have their permission first before you add them, and you are set.

When you are on your Facebook home page on the left hand side hover over the word “Groups” and a “more” link will appear to the right of it.  Click on “More” and in the center of your page all of the groups you are a member of will show up.

 At the top of the page you will find a button to create a new group. ” + Create Group“, click on this now.

A pop up box will appear. This is where you create the group.

• Type in your group name.
• Type in the friends you want to add from your friends list. It will auto complete so you can click on their names.
• Choose your privacy settings.
• Click on Create.

That is it, you are done! Congratulations on creating your own group!

Let me know if you found this tutorial helpful. Leave a comment below. Thanks!

Follow these top 15 Email Etiquette tips and you won’t go wrong.

1. Never expose your friend’s or contact’s e-mail address to strangers by listing them all in the To: field. Use BCC: for distribution lists with your email address in the To: field.
2. Be sure the Subject: field accurately reflects the content of your email.  Do NOT leave the subject field blank.  By doing so your email can be flagged as spam.
3. Refrain from using the Reply to All feature to give your opinion to those who may not be interested. In most cases replying to the Sender alone is your best course of action.
4. When forwarding email, take the time to type a personal message summarizing the email and why you are forwarding to the individual. Give a specific call-to-action, don’t make them guess. 
5. When sending attachments, ask first when would be the best time to send. Did you check file size to make sure you don’t fill the other side’s inbox causing all subsequent e-mail to bounce? When sending large attachments, always “zip” or compress them before sending.  Or use file sharing sites like www.YouSendIt.com.
6. It is better to spread multiple attachments over several emails rather than attaching them all to one email to avoid clogging the pipeline.
7. If you cannot respond to an email promptly, at the very least email back confirming your receipt and when the sender can expect your response.
8. Do include a signature with contact information on ALL emails.
9. Do not type in all caps. That’s yelling or reflects shouting emphasis.
10. Spell check.
11. Take a quick look at the e-mails in your Trash before you delete them just in case a good e-mail landed there by mistake.
12. Keep emails brief and to the point. Save long conversations for the old fashioned telephone.
13. Always end your emails with “Thank you,” “Sincerely,” “Take it easy,” “Best regards” – something!
14. Always add the email addresses of Web sites and new contacts immediately to your approved senders or address book so they get through Spam filters.
15. Think of your business email as though it was on your business letterhead and you’ll never go wrong!

Did you upgrade from 5.1 to 5.3 and now Skype won’t open?  If you are getting the Event Code Error=BEX, don’t fret, it is an easy fix. 

I was running the old version (5.1) of Skype in compatibility mode to keep it from being on my taskbar when minimized. In the newer version for Windows 7, you do not need to run Skype in compatibility mode.  Since the application will not open you will navigate to the application options by Clicking on Start> All Programs> Skype and right click on the Skype application,  now select Properties.  Click on the Compatibility Tab and select Windows 7, which is what you are using, or Uncheck “Run this program in compatibility mode” –  either option will work.  Skype should now open successfully. 

In this newer version  of Skype they now have an option for keeping it off of our taskbar when minimized.  Launch Skype 5.3 and select Options / Advanced and uncheck the “Keep on Taskbar when signed in” so now it will minimizes beside your clock, notification area, instead of the taskbar.