Table of Contents
Chapter 1......................................................................................................... 4
Facebook Fast Facts.................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2......................................................................................................... 8
Facebook Pages 101.................................................................................... 8
Chapter 3....................................................................................................... 11
100 Facebook Page Posting Ideas........................................................... 11
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About This
eBook
First of all, thank you for downloading this eBook and of course,
signing up to our email updates and newsletter.
You’ve just taken steps to not only boost your Facebook fan page interaction
but also rock your overall smallbiz social media marketing! Yay!
This eBook is designed to fuel your imagination and inspire you to think
of Facebook not only for your social networking but also for brand building,
brand advocacy, customer loyalty and a complete PR package designed to give you
the maximum bang for your buck.
Just a quick disclaimer: All the suggestions are made in good faith and
there will be chances that a few ideas may not work for your business. The idea
is to try, watch and try again. We wish we could guarantee huge increases in
your engagement, but that’s just not our style.
We’d
rather you experiment, rinse and repeat for genuine interaction, community and
brand building.
Curious?
Read on.
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Chapter 1
Facebook Fast Facts
Founded in 2004, Facebook’s mission
is to make the world more open and connected. People use Facebook to stay
connected with friends and family, to discover what’s going on in the world,
and to share and express what matters to them.
Facebook Facts and Figures:
·
901 million monthly active users at the end of
March 2012.
·
Approximately 80% of monthly active users are
outside the U.S. and Canada.
·
526 million daily active users on average in March
2012.
·
488 million monthly active users
who used Facebook mobile products in March 2012, and more than 500 million
mobile monthly active users as of April 20, 2012.
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·
During March 2012, on average 398
million users were active with Facebook on at least six out of the last seven
days.
·
More than 125 billion friend connections on
Facebook at the end of March 2012.
·
On average more than 300 million
photos uploaded to Facebook per day in the three months ended March 31, 2012.
·
An average of 3.2 billion Likes
and Comments generated by Facebook users per day during the first quarter of
2012.
·
More than 42 million Pages with ten or more Likes
at the end of March 2012.
·
Facebook is available in more than 70 languages.
·
Facebook has more than 900m
active users. If the company were a country, it would be the third largest in
the world after China (population: 1.34bn) and India (population: 1.17bn)
·
With 157m members, the US has the
most Facebook users, followed by India with 45.9m, Brazil with 45.3m, Indonesia
with 42.4m and Mexico with 32.9m (source: socialbakers.com)
·
Facebook is the most popular
social network in every country of the world, with the exceptions of China,
Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea and Vietnam (source: comScore)
·
In April, Facebook announced a
billion-dollar deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo
sharing application Instagram, its biggest acquisition to date.
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·
Facebook has minted four
billionaires: Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Sean
Parker.
The 27-year-old Zuckerberg's net worth was estimated at $17.5bn on the
2011 Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans.
Moskovitz had a net worth of $3.5bn but pipped Zuckerberg for the title
of world's youngest billionaire, being eight days younger.
The Brazilian-born Saverin, who left Facebook early on after a
falling-out with Zuckerberg, had a net worth of $2bn.
Parker,
the Napster co-founder who briefly served as Facebook's president, had a net
worth of $2.1bn.
Chris Hughes, one of Facebook's four co-founders, served as director of
online organizing for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign.
·
Facebook says it had an average
of 526m daily active users in March 2012, an increase of 41pc from a year ago.
It had registered 125bn "friend connections" as of March 31 and 3.2bn
"likes" and comments.
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·
The Social Network, the 2010 film about the origins
of Facebook, won four Golden Globes - including
for best picture and best director - but flopped at the Oscars, walking away
with only awards for best adapted screenplay, original score and film editing.
·
Facebook, currently employs some
3,500 people, and has announced plans to hire "thousands" more over
the next year
Sources
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9244718/Facebook-facts-and-figures.html www.facebook.com
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Chapter 2
Facebook Pages 101
Simply put, a Facebook page is:
A Brand’s Presence on Facebook
For a brand or business to create its presence, it cannot have a
personal profile. Of course, you need a personal profile to create a page but
if you are a business and want to reach out to your customers, share your
products, services, information and basically, build an online community, you
need a page.
Pages can
do everything that a profile can do and SO much more.
You can access feeds of pages or people you’ve liked, offer customers
freebies and specials, host contests and giveaways and even, let people shop
from your store without leaving Facebook. Granted many of these
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do require the use of third party applications but then, they do boost the
overall functionality and ‘wow’ factor of Facebook.
A
Business’s
Online Community
Not every business wants to have a forum for its customers. Not only
will it be difficult to manage, it really wouldn’t make much sense for
customers to keep visiting a business website just for a forum. A page, on the
other hand, gives a business the instant opportunity of creating a community of
customers, potential and existing, and giving them an online space to ask
questions, share feedback, get help and connect with your business on a
personal level.
Customers don’t have to go someplace else. Every time they access
Facebook, they get the chance to connect with your business via updates in the
newsfeed, your ads in the sidebar or just because they want to.
A Connector Between Sales and the Customer
As a business, you sell to people. If your people or customers are on
Facebook, you’re connecting sales with them, in a way that is social, fun and
engaging. You’re not being the pushy salesman. You’re being the fun folks to
hang out with who also have some awesome stuff to offer!
The goal of this eBook is to help you, the small biz owners, become
those fun folks that fans love engaging with, interacting with, connecting with
and eventually, buying from.
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Best part, you’ll do it all in a way that is genuine, authentic and in
keeping with your business’ mission, vision and values. Let’s get started!
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Chapter 3
100+ Facebook Page Posting Ideas
First things first. Post daily. Period. Don’t let your page stagnate for
weeks or even, days. Chances are that when you come back and share something,
it wouldn’t show up in news feeds! The ideas below will give you plenty of
content to share, daily.
1.
Share content from your blog to
your Facebook page. You can either automate this using a plugin like …… or do
it manually.
2.
Share attractive, high-resolution
photos. Choose photos that your customers would relate to, connect with and
want to share on their own walls.
3. Ask
questions with the 5 W’s and one H – what, when why, where and how.
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4.
4. Ask questions
with multiple-choice answers.
5. Ask
close-ended or Yes/No questions.
6. Ask True
or False questions.
7. Provide
solutions, tips and ideas to use your products or services.
8. Offer a
freebie just for Facebook fans.
9. Offer
regular specials only for fans.
10.
Host a regular contest. Remember
to use a third-party application to set it up and not run the contest directly
on your wall.
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11. Share
news relevant to your industry.
12. Share
news that is interesting and trending.
13. Relate
posts to current events and happenings.
14. Promote
and post about “Most Popular Fan or Commenter”. Fans love being acknowledged
and recognized.
15. Answer
questions, as soon as possible.
16. Acknowledge
fan interaction to your posts. A simple ‘thank you’ can go a long way.
17. Offer
people information that they’ll value. Facts, statistics, trends about your
industry or product.
18. Take fans
on an inside photo tour of your office, factory or warehouse.
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19.
Introduce fans to your team. Even
if it is just you and your kids, show them a photo or two of all of you at
work.
20. Share
trivia about your team members.
21. Share
interesting pins from Pinterest.
22. Share a
photo of something that is funny, interesting, thought-provoking, sweet. Ask
fans to caption it.
23. Share a
photo of a place you’ve traveled to. Ask fans to guess the location or share a
piece of trivia from it.
24.
Write up and share daily tips or
quotes to inspire and encourage your fans. For instance, if you have a cloth
diapering business, sharing a cloth diapering tip every day is bound to be
helpful and looked forward to.
25. Share a
view or statement and ask your audience to ‘like’ if they agree or disagree.
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26. Ask fans
to tag their own pages or pages of other businesses they admire and follow.
27. Conduct a
poll or survey using either Facebook’s poll feature or something better, like
Survey Monkey.
28. Ask
readers to share their favorite product from your store. If you’re a service provider,
ask them to share
which package or service they’d
like the most.
29. Help fans
understand how to use your products or services.
30. Make it
easy for fans to buy from your FB page. Set up a store using an application
like ecWid.
31.
Focus on your branding. Share
posts that are related to your brand yet interesting and engaging. A coffee
shop for instance, can share recipe posts and trivia while inviting fans to do
the same.
32. Share
snippets of upcoming projects or new product launches.
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33.
Have an ‘Ask the Experts’ day
where each week, on the same day, you invite an expert to answer fan questions.
34. Have a
call to action in your posts. Readers like to know what to do. Do you want them
to click, ‘like’, ask
them.
35. Post
photos of your products and ask readers to choose their favorites.
36. Pair
status updates with photos that match.
37. Link and
share posts and articles from around the blogosphere to inspire and encourage
readers.
38.
Have a Business Toolbox or
Resource Day where you share other relevant businesses and ask fans to do the
same.
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39. Invite
fans to share their opinions and ideas on current industry issues.
40. Share
FAQs.
41. Host an
event on Facebook and invite fans to spread the word about it.
42. Attend an
event on Facebook and tell fans about it or better still, if its open-entry,
invite them to it.
43. Reward
the most frequent commenter with a discount coupon or a special prize.
44. Always
keep your posts fun and interesting but also professional and relevant.
45. Share a
funny post card or a joke every other day.
46. Share
book or movie reviews and ask fans for their opinions.
47. Share a
limited time offer on a product or service.
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48. Ask fans to upload photos relevant to your niche. For instance, if
you have a car detailing business, ask them to upload photos of their cars or
maybe, their dream cars and describe what detailing they’d like the most.
49. Share
where you’re going during the day.
50. Ask fans
where they would be going during the day.
51. Share
what projects you’ll be working on.
52. Ask
readers what they will be working on.
53. Ask
people what products or services would they like to see you offer.
54. Share a
quote from someone you know and admire. Better still, share a tip or idea from
a popular industry
leader’s blog or newsletter and
link to them.
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55. Do short
how-to tutorials, video, photo or written.
56. Share an
interesting and engaging welcome video.
57.
Ask readers to share they how-tos
related to your product or service. Write up a Top 10 or Best Of list, add a
visual to it using Picmonkey and share it.
58.
Write up a ‘Why I Love… list
related to anything – your business, your place of residence, your Facebook
fans and share it.
59. Write up
a “My Ideal…” list and share it. Ask fans to do the same.
60. Write up
a “10 Things to Avoid When..” list and share it.
61. Create an
infographic relevant to your product or service and share it.
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62. Share
useful tools you use in your business. If they’re physical tools, share photos
of them and ask fans to
guess what they are.
63. Share
your must-read website or online resources.
64. Share a
list of Do’s and Don’ts about your product or service.
65. Go down
memory lane and share early business days with fans.
66. Share the
vision and mission behind your business.
67. Share
clubs and groups that you’re a part of.
68. Ask fans
which clubs and groups, online and offline, they’re a member of and why.
69. Share TV
shows or movies relevant to your business.
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70. Ask fans
about their favorite shows or movies or quotes from them.
71. Ask fans
to upload photos of them using your product.
72. Share a
photo of a customer using your product.
73. Share a
cartoon relevant to your business or industry.
74. Share an
excerpt for a book or eBook you’re reading and ask fans for their opinion on
it.
75. Share
links to your other social media profiles and give fans good reasons to join
you there.
76. Share
links to your newsletter and offer them incentives for signing up.
77. Interview
a fellow business owner or even, a team member and share the video.
78. Post
photos of your latest trip or holiday with the family. Just make sure they’re
appropriate.
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79.
Share information about deals on
either your own products/services or something that is relevant to your product
or service.
80. Share
testimonials from customers or clients.
81. Support a
fundraiser and share information about it.
82. Ask fans
about their favorite charity.
83. Support a
fellow business owner and do some cross-promotion.
84.
Run a contest in partnership with
other business owners where each one of you promotes the contest to their fans.
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85.
Run a series of status updates
around a particular topic. For instance, you can have a series of updates
related to healthy eating for kids, sharing a mix of tips, news articles, blog
posts and graphics.
86. Re-post
or ‘share’ something that someone else shared on their Facebook wall.
87. Post
Fill-in-the Blanks.
88. Talk
about Facebook and how it helps your business.
89. Ask fans
why they like Facebook.
90. Have a ‘Celebrate
the Day’ post that highlights what a particular day or date is known for.
91. Ask an
either/or question. Better still, share a photo and ask an either/or question.
92. Post pop
quizzes on your product or service. Ask readers to visit the website for
answers.
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93.
Have live discussions with fans
via status updates. You’ll have to choose the right time and promote it in
advance, but it can be a great way of engaging and learning what fans want.
94.
Celebrate milestones, either in
your business or on your page. For instance, completing 2 years in business?
Give fans a 20% discount. Or reaching 2000 fans on Facebook? Offer them a BOGO
deal.
95. Start a
30-day challenge or a Weekly Check-in. For instance, 30 Days to An Organized
Home is a great
challenge for a personal
organizer’s fan page.
96. Share the
visuals related to your business – ad banners, flyers, business cards.
97. De-bunk
myths related to your business or industry.
98. Share the
Top 10 myths surrounding your industry and ask fans to weigh in on them.
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99. Highlight
unusual ways to use your product or services.
100.
Create and share a music video
exclusively on your page or if that is too much work, share a favorite music
video every week.
101.
Each day as you post, ask
yourself “WHY” your fans would want to come back to your page. Let that guide
you to make your updates interesting and relevant.
102. Ask your
fans for feedback. Find out what would they like to see you offer, sell, give
to them.
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About the
Authors:
Prerna and Mayank Malik are the owners of Social Media Direct, a
digital agency offering cost-effective, result-oriented social media and web
content solutions for small business owners. Connect with them:
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