optimizing your facebook fan page
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Optimizing Your
Facebook Fan Page
for Profits
Presented byMari Smith
Get Ready! What we’ll cover…
Facebook marketing – an overviewUsing your Profile for business and/or personal?Privacy issuesGroups vs. Fan pages – which is best?Building a compelling Fan PageOptimizing your Fan Page[Next session: Facebook Engagement: AdvancedStrategies for Building a Loyal Fan Base]
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Poll question
What is your primary objective in building a presence onFacebook?
Create an "outpost" for our fans to connect with us.Build our email list.Increase product sales.Improve customer service.Raise brand awareness.Crowdsource new products.Other.
Why market on Facebook?
#1 social network in the world~500 million active users (logged on during past 30 days)Half logon dailyAverage session time = 55 minutesGlobal reach: 70% = outside United States68% of US Facebook users “more likely to buy on apositive Facebook friend referral” [eMarketer | Morpace]
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Why market on Facebook?
“Eyeballs are monetizable”
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Your Facebook Profile for business?
Primary reason to use for professional networking:NEWS FEED:
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Facebook Privacy
Edit settingsUse Friend ListsUnfriend/block as appropriateHide year of birthDon’t reveal home addressChange your password regularly & don’t shareSee 10 Ways To Stay Safe on Facebook:
http://bit.ly/10fbsafety
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Group vs. Fan Page?
Groups:Unlimited members; can’t message past 5,000Can’t add custom contentNot indexed on Google
Pages:Unlimited members; can message all or targetedCan add custom contentFully indexed on Google
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New Community Pages
Favorite cause or topicActivities and interestsAuto-connected to Pages
“Best collection of sharedknowledge”Content from WikipediaMaintained like a wiki
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New Community Pages
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Official Page vs. Community?
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Let’s build Facebook Pages!
What you need to know in advance:Select the originating Admin with extreme careFacebook’s TOS
One personal profile *OR* one Business Account
Add at least one more AdminDiscuss the category, content and design ahead oftime
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Begin with a checklist
Target MarketObjectiveStrategies to implementTechnologiesTrack & Measure results
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Getting set up
Categories – what you need to knowChoosing a titleShould you have a tagline?
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Design your fan page picture
180px by 540pxCan select thumbnailCould rotate
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Add company details
Info tabAbout us (mini bio)
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Import your blog
Networked Blogs app
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Add custom content
Welcome tab
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Video message
Primary purpose = click the Like button (become a fan)Compelling, short, interestingExplain benefits of WHY a visitor would want to join thefan page
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Video examples
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/stevespangler/johnassarafpage
Add custom content
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Storefront
Add custom content
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Menu
Add custom content
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Live tweets,blog posts,Flickr photos
Fan only content
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facebook.com/AliceInWonderland
Interactive content
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Add an email opt-in box
1. FBML app2. Copy and paste code
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Adjust the settings
Default Landing Tab for non-fansFilter shouldbe page + fans
Allow fans topost content
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Start discussion topics
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Promote your other networks
TwitterLinkedInYouTubeYour blog
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Advanced
Add third party appsInvolver.comWildfireApp.comFanAppz.comBuddyMedia.com
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Promote your fan page
Post to profile with Share button@ tag strategically
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Promotion strategy: Plugins
Social Pluginshttp://developers.facebook.com/plugins
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Promote your fan page
Ezine/email list – suggested calls to action:“Write on our Facebook wall”“Connect with us on Facebook”“Join our Facebook Community”“Share your story with us on Facebook”“Do you Like us? Show us some love on Facebook!”“Like this? Let us know on Facebook!”
Business cards, brochures
Questions?
Blog: marismith.comTwitter.com/marismithFacebook.com/marismith
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