Mashable offers these 10 best practices for bands on Facebook. Not surprisingly, these best practices apply to any company that’s developing a social media presence. Think “customers” when you see “fans” and … well, you know how to carry through the metaphor.

Mashable offers five ways to do so. I like that they named Squarespace top of their list, mainly because I’ve used it for years and continue to recommend it to people.

Scanning the news this morning, I saw this article in Mashable about how Google’s +1 button is more widespread than Twitter’s tweet button.

That may be. But if it is, people clearly don’t use it as much … or at least Mashable readers don’t: That very article was shared nearly four times more often (as of this morning at about 7:30 a.m. eastern time) via Twitter than via Google, and not once via Facebook.

Which isn’t really surprising. One would think Mashable’s readers to be more about Twitter and less about Facebook. That Google’s +1 is so low feels odd, though,  given the number of early adopters that hang out there. But hey: the numbers are the numbers.

I can imagine the tweet, like and +1 buttons eventually affecting marketing budgets:

“Hey, Carl, should be be advertising our product on Facebook or Google?”

“Well, I don’t know, Jim, let me — hey, we got four times as many shares with +1 than with the like button; screw the Facebook ads, lets double down on our PPC.”

“The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.”
—Marty Feldman

God and cancer and the promise of $3.75 million … plus a lot of misspellings. Lovely. Amazing to me that anyone falls for this crap, but I suppose all you need is one in a bazillion. (Email addresses redacted; everything else presented as received.) Please to enjoy:

COMFIRMATION BLESSING AND FAVOR?

Dear Friend,

Every Thing work for good for them that Love God, My name is Rev Mrs. Grace Dominique Roland I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to you/ church. I am 63 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 9 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to the you for the good work of God and for the help of the needy, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.

Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than one hour. I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $3,750,000 (Three million seven hundred and Fifty thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my relatives are around me and my health status.

I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware I have changed my will you and he will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. Contact my lawyer with this specified email: [email redacted]

Contact Person: Barrister Peter
Senior Attorney peter ababio Legal firm
22 Spin-Tex Road Accra-Ghana
E-Mail: [email redacted]

In your reply, please send the following information as underlined below:

1. Your full names…………..
2. Your phone number…………
3. Your nationality………….
4. Your Age/Sex………………
5. Your occupation…………..

Tell him that I have WILLED. I know I don’t know you but I have been directed to do this.
Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will Jeopardize my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Regards,
Rev Mrs. Grace Dominique Roland
Email:[email redacted]
Thanks For Sending Your confidential Request!!!