In this month's edition of Politics Magazine, Democratic online strategist Jerome Armstrong and I post our Top 10 ways to use Facebook to get your message out.

Below you'll find the first five tips, read the rest at PoliticsMagazine.com:

1. Create a Public Page
Every candidate should have a page on Facebook. You can have an unlimited number of supporters and easily disseminate unfiltered information about your campaign.

2. Add Content
Add videos, notes, blog posts and news articles to your page that your supporters can “like,” share and comment on. These features also allow you to measure which information your supporters care the most about.

3. Update Your Status
As simple as it may seem, updating your status can be an effective way to get your message out to the Facebook community. It shows up in users’ news feeds, and they can share it with other Facebook users.

4. Ask Your Supporter to Donate Their Status
According to Facebook, more than 30 million users update their statuses at least once each day. Develop an application that allows users to update their status with your messaging. This will make your application more prominent on a user’s profile and also show up in their friends’ news feeds, helping to spread your content to other potential supporters.

5. Utilize FBML
Facebook Markup Language allows page developers to create their own applications to feature tools that aren’t available by traditional Facebook applications. With FBML, you can allow users to sign up for email updates and make a donation without leaving Facebook.

Read the full list here.

What tips did we miss?