Facebook Marketing Unleashed – Influencer Page Outreach

Influencer page outreach really boils down to creating allies. In your niche, you are sure to have competitors. However, some of these competitors are open to cooperating with you. Many will not give you the time of day, but there are few who would see the strategic advantage of partnering up instead of competing. There are also other people on Facebook who have pages and who are not competitors with you. They may even have a lot of fans. Here’s how you build alliances with influence leaders on FB:   Step #1: Find competitors The first thing that you need to do is to look at your notes when you reverse engineered your competitors. These people are in the same niche as you. After all, you studied them to get the “industry standard” content strategy as well as page layout and design for your own Facebook page. Next, you should look for non-competitors who specialize in your niche. There should be quite a few of these. These are not merchants or ones who provide services. They’re not competing for the same dollars as you. Instead, they cater to the same audience as you. Try to find as many of these as possible. Step #2: Pay your dues by engaging I know, at this point, it’s very tempting to just go to a competitor’s page and post a comment on one of their posts. In the comment, you’re dropping a link to your page or to your website. You then repeat this many times on all their posts. Well, let me tell you, if you do this, you’re going to get banned. Whatever links you put up will get deleted. It’s a waste of time. Don’t even think about it. The same applies to influential niche observers. These are non-competitors, but you shouldn’t spam them either. Instead, you should pay your dues by engaging. How do you do this? First, you need to share high quality content.   It doesn’t matter who wrote the content. It doesn’t matter where that content goes to or links to. What’s important is that it provides maximum value to anybody reading that content. It has to be on point. It has to deal with a specific theme or topic that you know that your target audience members are interested in. Next, you need to engage with people in terms of answering their questions. Try to be a facilitator. Try to be a mediator. Try to be the “go to” source of information for your niche. If people are looking for statistics, go on Google and find them the statistics they’re looking for. If they’re looking for a video, go to YouTube and search for the content that they’re looking for. The more you do this, the more people will pay attention to you because, let’s face it, in any kind of online group communication platform, only a very few people actually produce high quality content. You can count them on one hand, most of the time.   Everybody else is basically a leech. They take and take information, but they only give from time to time, if at all. Be that expert. Be that “go to” resource. Another way you can engage is by asking questions. Now, these questions should not be very basic or dumb questions. Instead, they should be deep, insightful questions. You can also ask questions that try to tie many issues together. Maybe people are concerned about many different issues. When you ask questions that tie all these together, it can be very useful. You should also give feedback to people’s responses. You have to do this in a respectful way. You cannot come off as a hater or somebody’s who’s just plain negative. There is such a thing as constructive feedback. Remember, the name of the game here is to add value to the places that you’re on. This means sharing information and enhancing information through proper questions and feedback. Step #3: Become credible, then reach out At a certain point, people will start asking for you by name. People will try to reach out to you via Messenger. That’s when you know that you have become an asset to these groups. That’s when you know that you are on people’s radars. You’re not just this random person showing up every once in a while, dropping a link. Instead, you’re that person that helps keep these groups together. This is when you reach out. This is when you try to engage with the group admin. Usually, the best way to do this is when they engage with you. Maybe they mention your name, or they send you a message on Messenger. Whatever the case may be, try to wait for them, or reach a high enough level of engagement and acknowledgment from other community members before you reach out. What are you going to be reaching out for? Well, there are many different opportunities on the table. You can ask to swap content with your page. Most page admins don’t have a problem with this. You can also ask for a shout out. Basically, the admin of the page that you’re on will tell page fans to check out your page because your page is a “friend” of the page they run. You can go through some ideas regarding joint events. Now, please keep in mind that this is not like a real event where people have to physically go somewhere, or you have to rent out some hall, rent out security, or get food. No. This is an online event. Maybe a seminar, a live Facebook session conducted from two locations, or it can be an interview. Another opportunity on the table is, of course, guest blogging. You probably don’t need me to remind you of how value-packed this is. Not only do you get eyeballs to your link, which can produce direct traffic, but you also get tremendous search engine optimization benefits if the partner has a

Most Effective Ways to Market on Facebook

One of the most obvious ways to market on Facebook is to set up a fan page for your business, your brand, or your cause. Facebook actively promotes this feature of its website. What it doesn’t tell you is the fact that Facebook has been actively modifying its algorithm to the point that you’re going to have to have very popular content for you to reach most of the people who have expressed interest in whatever it is you’re promoting. Put simply, not all the people who liked your page will get to see your updates. In fact, in most cases, only a small fraction of those people will get to see your updates. Sadly, Facebook is actively working to limit the free traffic exposure you would get until you can prove to it that your content is really popular with your page’s fans. Here are the steps you should follow to market on Facebook: Step #1: Find your competitors on Facebook The first thing that you need to do is to avoid reinventing the wheel. You need to avoid trying to figure things out on a completely hit or miss basis. Instead, reverse engineer your competitors. Let them do your homework for you. How? Well, find them on Facebook and learn from what they are doing. Step #2: Get the “industry standard” look and come up with your own take Every niche has an industry standard in terms of social media profile, brand appearance, and content strategy. The sooner you understand this, the sooner you will be poised to achieve social media marketing success on Facebook. The longer it takes you to learn this, the longer you will struggle. Understand that your niche audience has become familiar with how certain brands or websites are positioned on social media. If they can’t make heads or tails of your social media brand, they probably would not like your page. It may seem weird to them because it seems so far off from the “industry standard.” Your job at this step is to figure out the industry standard look, content strategy and other elements and come up with your own take. Step #3: Reverse engineer your competitors’ content strategy and curate Lots of business owners would post “hot content” on their social media accounts as well as their blogs. Sadly, nine times out of ten, that content goes nowhere. People don’t click on it, share it, comment, or otherwise engage. What these publishers are doing is basically gambling their content would resonate with their audience. Don’t do that. Instead, pay attention to what your competitors are doing and look for patterns. If you notice that your competitors keep sharing content regarding the same type of theme or topic, they may be on to something. They wouldn’t waste all this time, effort and energy talking about the same stuff over and over unless, of course, it connects to their audience at some level or another and produced results. Now, to verify this, look at how many times that piece of content got shared or liked. That should give you some sort of objective proof that this content actually resonates with your target audience members. When you reverse engineer your competitors, you are essentially copying their strategy to reach the same eyeballs that you’re trying to reach. This also applies to content curation where you take content that is published by other people, and you promote it on your social media platform. This creates a win-win situation because you’re not ripping off this content. You are copying the content’s link, including a short commentary, and allowing people to click on the link. This creates a win-win situation. The publishers of this content get traffic, you get to build credibility because you’re sharing information that your target audience members would actually be interested in, and this leads to the possibility that they would like your page. Once you have built up enough page likes, you can then start sharing your own content, which leads to direct traffic to your website. Step #4: Pick the best performing or most popular type of content, and scale up Post content for a few weeks. Keep publishing, and then look at the content that gets the most engagement. Which shared materials get the most likes? The most shares? The most comments? At some point, you’re going to ignore other types of content and focus on the ones that perform the best. For example, if you have a Facebook page on Chihuahuas and you notice that third party articles on Chihuahua houses get a lot of shares, likes and comments, you might want to eliminate most other types of content and focus on Chihuahua houses because those get the most love from your audience. Step #5: Come up with your own version   Come up with your own version of winning content. For example, you know that Chihuahua houses get a lot of love and are very popular on your page. Come up with your own articles about that topic. These articles, of course, drive traffic directly to your blog or your online store. These have to be at the same level of quality as your third-party content or better. Pay attention to how your curated popular content talks about the topic and adopt the same style but deliver something better. Maybe you should offer longer information, more up to date information, or blog posts that have multimedia elements like videos and graphics. Whatever you need to do, come up with content that basically blows away all the other content that you feature on your page. Step #6: Promotions: photo tagging by your users This is a free promotion technique. Tell your page fans that you’re going to give them some sort of digital freebie. Maybe it’s a graphic badge, maybe you’re going to mention their name on a post, maybe you’re going to give them a free eBook or some sort of free software. Whatever the case may

Facebook Marketing – Mistakes to Avoid

There are very common marketing mistakes that even promotion veterans commit on Facebook. It seems like even the very best of us are not immune to these common mistakes. It’s a good idea, if you want to save a lot of time, effort and money at this point, to become aware of these mistakes. This will decrease the likelihood that you will probably commit these same errors. Starting Off Paid Campaigns with a Bang Do not start off your paid campaigns with a bang. Start with a free campaign first, build your audience organically, get some consumer intelligence, then you should have the information you need to put together an experimental paid marketing campaign. Start low and slow. The worst thing you can do is to jump in with a massive budget, and absolutely no clue. Starting a Paid Campaign with an Immature Page If your page is very new or there’s really not that much engagement yet, you might want to hold off on a paid campaign. You simply don’t have enough target audience profiling information to base a successful paid campaign on. Using Mass Content Posters with Discovery Tools Many marketers use some sort of one-size-fits-all mass promotions tool for Facebook. They would discover all sorts of Facebook groups and pages, and then they would use this tool to spam those areas. Don’t do that. You’re not doing your brand any favors when you do that. All you’re really doing is you’re spamming. It’s only a matter of time until you get banned! Promoting Direct Affiliate Links or Direct Sales Page Links There’s an old saying, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” By the same token, you can get a lot of people on Facebook to click on your links, but don’t expect them to convert once they go to that affiliate sales page or your own direct sales page. Why won’t people buy? After all, they did click on your ad, right? Answer: they haven’t been properly qualified. In many cases, they clicked out of curiosity. Maybe they clicked by mistake. Whatever the case, you still did not get a sale! Posting direct links is not the way to go. You have to build confidence. You have to build trust first. Pulling Random Content and Curating Them Based Solely on Keywords You can’t be lazy and just set Facebook publication tools up to just pull any and all content from Facebook that has something to do with your keywords and then just blast them out. You’re just spamming when you do that. You have to be very deliberate and careful regarding the kind of content, whether curated or not, that you will associate with your brand. Rotating and Republishing the Same Content Over and Over Again Have you ever gone to a Facebook page and it seems like all the content got reposted over and over again within the same day? The idea behind this practice is that the more the Facebook audience members see the content, the more likely they will click through. It looks like you’re just spamming your page fans over and over again. Don’t be surprised if they unlike your page. Wholesale “Optimization” of Ads Another common rookie mistake on Facebook involves paid ads. If you notice that one of your ads is simply not performing, it’s very tempting to just come up with a brand new ad by completely replacing the ad with something that looks totally different. When you do this, you really don’t know which part of the new ad is succeeding or failing. You’re basically taking shots in the dark. If your ad’s performance improves, you don’t know what caused the improvement. You have to have some sort of strategy or method that will enable you to track where the improvement in your click-through and, ultimately, your conversion rates are coming from. Simply swapping out ads in total or in whole doesn’t really give you the data that you need to make effective decisions. Copy and Paste Competitor Ad Strategy Some marketers are so lazy that they would just look at their competitors and essentially just copy their ads. Of course, they’re not going to copy word for word, but they still end up failing. How come? Well, your competitors spent a tremendous amount of money optimizing the ads that they’re showing. Their ads work. However, you won’t get a competitive advantage if you copy them wholesale. You can’t just copy somebody’s ad without knowing what you’re doing. Indeed, only a certain portion of your competitor’s ads truly deliver results. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you don’t know what portion that is, so you’re basically taking a wild stab at your ad’s design. You may be saying the wrong things at the right time, or you’re saying the right things to the wrong people. You end up failing. Quitting Paid Marketing Too Early Many rookie Facebook marketers have a one-time, big time mindset. They’ve heard of how awesome Facebook traffic is so they put together some hard-earned, precious capital to run an ad campaign. If the campaign doesn’t work out according to their expectations, they’re too quick to pull the plug and quit FB ads altogether. Just because things aren’t working out, it doesn’t mean that you have to pull the plug on the whole thing. You can stop certain campaigns and start new ones and operate with the same budget. You can make modifications of your existing campaigns. Failing Like a Huge Train Wreck Have you ever seen a slow-motion train wreck? It’s quite sad because it’s all too predictable, but you can’t turn your head and look the other way. You want to know what’s coming next. You know, at the back of your head, what exactly is going to happen, but it’s so slow, so massive, that you just can’t help but look. Your Facebook marketing campaign can proceed the same way. You know that the

Facebook Marketing Unleashed – Introduction

Facebook is a massive traffic monster. As of this writing, it has over 1.3 billion, and that’s with a capital B, daily active users. Think about that, over 1.3 billion people using the same website day after day. On top of this, it continues to grow. Also, when people are on Facebook, they pretty much stay there, and they view page after page of content. In fact, on a month to month basis, Facebook has slightly over 2 billion monthly active users. Of all Americans, 79% use Facebook at some level or another. If this wasn’t impressive enough, the next platform that gets the highest percentage of American users is Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Instagram clocks in at 32% of American usage. Among US residents, 53% reportedly use Facebook several times a day. In terms of the world’s total population, more than 22% of people on the planet use Facebook with some level of frequency. The point is, Facebook is a massive traffic monster. You really cannot afford to miss out on Facebook and its marketing potential. If this wasn’t impressive enough, wait, it gets even more mind blowing. Once people log into Facebook, the system basically keeps tight surveillance on them. And the crazy thing is that this is all done with their permission. When you sign up for Facebook, there is a user license agreement that you must consent to. Unless you read the fine print, you wouldn’t become fully aware that once you sign in, every like, comment, share, as well as pages that you liked and even ads that you clicked, will be monitored by Facebook. It’s as if by watching your behavior, Facebook can make educated guesses as to what your interests are and can then show you advertising that fits those interests. Sounds pretty fair, right? Well, this extends across the board. That’s right, every group you join as well as interactions on Messenger are monitored, tracked and targeted by Facebook. This is not lightweight targeting, mind you. When it comes to fine laser targeting of demographic groups based on individual user behavior, nothing even comes close to Facebook. As awesome as these traffic statistics, advertising technologies, and promotion potential may be, I’ve got some bad news to report. Too many businesses still fail to fully leverage Facebook. This training teaches you the best ways to promote on Facebook. It also gives you step by step instructions, so you can engage in Facebook marketing with a higher than average chance of success. Click on the images below to download the PDF and MP3 files: To Know More…Visit us at: JoseFrancOnline.com If you are interested in Internet Marketing, Get FREE GIFTS in: “YOUR GIFTS” Our Product About get more traffic JoseFrancOnline.com/homebusinessguide Become an affiliate and get commissions! JoseFrancOnline.com/affiliates.html

Introduction to Facebook Marketing Unleashed

Facebook is a substantial traffic monster. Since this writing, it has over 1.3 billion, and that’s with a capital B, daily energetic users. Think about that, over 1.3 billion people making use of the exact same internet site day in day out. In addition to this, it remains to expand. Also, when individuals are on Facebook, they basically stay there, and also they check out page after web page of web content. As a matter of fact, on a month to month basis, Facebook has a little over 2 billion regular monthly energetic individuals. Of all Americans, 79% usage Facebook at some level or one more. If this wasn’t remarkable sufficient, the following platform that gets the highest possible percent of American individuals is Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Instagram appear at 32% of American use. Among United States locals, 53% apparently utilize Facebook a number of times a day. In terms of the globe’s overall populace, more than 22% of individuals on the planet usage Facebook with some level of regularity. The factor is, Facebook is a massive web traffic beast. You really can not pay to miss out on Facebook and its advertising and marketing potential. If this wasn’t impressive enough, wait, it gets back at extra astonishing. Once individuals log into Facebook, the system primarily maintains tight surveillance on them. As well as the insane point is that this is all finished with their authorization. When you enroll in Facebook, there is a user permit contract that you need to consent to. Unless you check out the small print, you would not end up being completely conscious that when you check-in, every like, remark, share, in addition to web pages that you liked and even advertisements that you clicked, will certainly be checked by Facebook. It’s as if by enjoying your habits, Facebook can make informed assumptions as to what your rate of interest is as well as can after that show you marketing that fits those passions. Sounds pretty reasonable, right? Well, this prolongs across the board. That’s right, every team you join in addition to interactions on Messenger are monitored, tracked, and targeted by Facebook. This is not lightweight targeting, mind you. When it concerns fine laser-targeting of market teams based on private user habits, absolutely nothing even resembles Facebook. As amazing as these web traffic statistics, advertising and marketing technologies, and promotion possible perhaps, I have actually obtained some trouble to report. A lot of services still fail to totally leverage Facebook. This training shows you the best means to advertise on Facebook. It likewise gives you detailed guidelines, so you can participate in Facebook advertising and marketing with a higher than an ordinary chance of success.

10 easy steps to help your business flourish on Facebook

Whether your business is new to Facebook marketing or just in need of a refresh, columnist Will Scott’s Facebook tips will help you build a vibrant and engaged Facebook presence. If your business isn’t making itself visible on Facebook, then you’re missing out on one of the most cost-effective places to meet new customers. Everyone is aware of the popularity of Facebook, but not as many people appreciate the opportunities available to businesses that develop a social media presence. With social media, you have unprecedented control over your brand image, and you can put your message in front of the users who are most likely to be interested. Use these simple tips to take advantage of the internet’s most popular social media platform. 1. Flesh out your Facebook page Even if you already have an engaging and user-friendly website, take some time to completely fill out a Facebook page for your business. Include pictures of your storefront and staff, to make your business trustworthy and relatable. Your Facebook presence gives you a foot in the door with social media users who are looking to learn more without leaving their social media app. Be sure to include contact information, hours of operation and a link to your website. 2. Schedule frequent and consistent posts Once you have pictures and information about your business, an active page should also have relatively frequent posts. Try to post original content at least once a week, but prioritize quality over quantity. Posting several times a day might annoy your fans, causing them to unlike or unfollow your page. When you post blog updates or other business announcements, Facebook posts allow you to amplify that message to a wider audience. Direct social media users to visit your blog or special offers page. 3. Learn about your customers Once your page has attracted some attention, the Audience Insight tools gather quantitative information about the people who like and visit your page. Learn more about their demographics, and use that information to reach out to new groups. If your page is attracting more middle-aged women than expected, for example, then you may want to include posts that are particularly relevant for those potential customers. You can also make a point of reaching out to customers in other age groups to explore untapped markets. 4. Pay attention to — and encourage — reactions and comments Pay attention to the posts that get reactions and comments. Comments generally indicate a higher level of engagement because it takes more time to type a response than to simply hit “Like,” though the variety of new reactions provide more information than the older “likes.” Depending on your target audience, you may want to elicit a wide range of reactions to make your brand more relatable. Be careful about responding to negative comments, but invite dissatisfied customers to call or email directly. When your business does engage, interaction should be succinct and professional. 5. Post content that gets shared Even for a business page, social media can feel like a popularity contest. When more users share your post, your message goes a lot farther, hopefully generating leads for your business. Of course, not all popular content will be appropriate for your brand. Be especially careful of posts and links that could have political implications or alienate potential customers. It’s best to avoid controversial subject matter and stick to your area of expertise. 6. Stay engaged If your business replies quickly to messages on Facebook, then others will be able to see that your page is active and responsive. Make sure your posts are relevant to your target audience in order to get a response, and try to focus on things that readers will genuinely find useful or newsworthy. Present yourself as a resource for timely and interesting industry news. Consider engaging with your employees through their social media pages, too. 7. Connect with the community Stay relevant by posting information about local festivals and other regional news. If your business is connected with charitable organizations, then social media gives you an opportunity to highlight that connection. Post photos of your employees when they volunteer with local non-profits, and show the community how your brand has a positive impact. As a bonus, when you have an active Facebook page, other businesses and profiles can link their posts and thank-you announcements to your page. 8. Post and share events Create Facebook events for your next big sale. When events are happening in the community, you can draw attention to those as well. Many businesses fail to leverage events as opportunities to promote their social media page. Given the number of people on Facebook, creating an event page can also increase the turnout for your real-world event. Facebook events make it easy for users to invite friends and see how many people plan to attend. 9. Pay for advertising Once you collect a few hundred fans on Facebook, you’ll notice that your posts don’t seem to get as many views as they should. Your posts don’t necessarily get 50 times more exposure when your page has 50 times more followers. This gives new pages and startups an advantage when they first develop a following, but larger business can still have a big impact on Facebook. Paying for advertising allows you to target people with interests relevant to your industry. You can also target specific demographics and areas to maximize your advertising dollar. 10. Build social media into your SEO budget Like updating your website for search engine optimization, social media is a long-term project for your business. You may not have anyone experienced or qualified to manage your social media presence, and few businesses can afford to hire a new employee for this highly specialized job. Many managers have a hard enough time keeping employees off of their personal Facebook pages. Creating engaging content takes time, and the simplest option is often bundling social media maintenance with other SEO services. Final thoughts Maintaining an online presence is sometimes viewed as a necessary cost