What are Your Tips for Facebook Marketing?

[accelerator]

What are your tips for Facebook marketing? I don't seem to be getting very far at the moment:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/LowPricescouk/153945721335558

Are there any good articles on the subject you can recommend?

Thanks

 

[accelerator]

Does anyone find that using your page profile to comment on other merchants updates helps much with traffic?

Thanks

 

[max99x]

not really, you'll more than likely get banned from posting on their items too.

You need to have a good page that people actively want to engage in, plus a good website to back it up and as many said before your site needs work.

 

[accelerator]

not really, you'll more than likely get banned from posting on their items too.

What are the rules here then?

Thanks for your comments.

 

[bermuda]

Yes that is true, usually when you look at some very popular Facebook pages and even other social media resources, you will notice that they are attached to some homepages and websites. From those areas the visitors will have a look at Facebook pages. For example, it has become customary even for very big and profitable businesses to add Facebook icon to their homepages, asking people to visit them.

This way, as their web positions on search engines improve day by day, so will the number of visits paid to their Facebook profiles grow because most visitors will be eager to check out their social media pages to see what kinds of updates are posted there to review. If you really want massive exposure for your Facebook page, redirect the users from your homepage, it could be a blog or an e-commerce.

 

[addz123]

I much prefer Twitter to FB.

Anyway here's some basic tips:

- Get a professional looking FB cover that identifies your brand
- Don't just post "links". I get incredibly bored of pages that do this as it looks borderline spam to me. You should post custom images with deals that are shareable and get real likes.
- Don't just post your own pages. Post other interesting deals across the web to add value to your page.
- Leave comments and like your own deals that you post. You're more likely to get social interaction if people can see others have already commented or liked your stuff.
- Add bold, introductions and questions before you post a link to your stuff. e.g. "OMG, I can't BELIEVE Boots are giving away £10 shoes for FREE!!

Check it Out: LINK
- In general, the more effort you put into your page the better it will be.

 

[raysaj]

good point above...but i would also state that Facebook pages need to look authentic and be as interactive as possible. Facebook got big because of the use of imagery so utilize images to good effect and do not go in with a straight sell on Facebook...