Blog Facebook Marketing Best Practices – Five Easy Steps for your success admin January 15, 2016 Comments are Closed 0 Facebook Marketing Best Practices – Five Easy Steps for your success 1) Follow, Interact & Be Social! Each time you follow a page, they receive a notification instantaneously increasing the likelihood of those businesses and their followers liking your page Interact with those pages ‘Like’ the pages of other experts in your industry and local businesses in your area This shows you are interested in what the businesses have to say helping to grow your overall following and creating goodwill within your community Be social! Respond to user comments on your page kindly, sincerely, and appropriately Engaging with users ultimately allows you to learn more about their interests and deliver on their needs 2) Messaging Voice and Tone Decide the type of voice want your business to have online Corporate vs. Casual, somewhere in between, etc Ask yourself “is my voice representative of my brand? Does your voice resonate with your prospects? If not, you may want to consider changing it Stick with it! Once you establish a voice and tone that works for you, stick with it. Don’t stray from your brand image 3) Be Engaging Your goal on Facebook is to drive engagement and ultimately conversions Craft postings that drive the highest amounts of engagement Monitor the types of posts, days, and times that work best for your business Types of engaging posts to work into your posting mix Ask questions Fill-in-the-blanks Bright, colorful images, photos, and video Show your human side 4) Use Hashtags Intelligently The pound sign (or hash – #) organizes content into relevant topics Turns any word or group of words that directly follow it into a searchable link Example: If you wanted to post about the World Series, include #WorldSeries in your post The searchable link displays all posts that have that same hashtag within it Things NOT to do when using hashtags: You do not need to use hashtags in every post Don’t use an irrelevant hashtag just to try to show up in results Don’t hashtag senseless or superfluous words like #Amazing or #Yep Special offers, sweepstakes, and deals 5) Have a Healthy Mix of Posts Stay fresh and engaging with different types of posts including but not limited to: Telling fans what’s new with your business Asking questions Posting photos, images, videos, or memes Sharing posts from experts in your industry or other local businesses Taking polls Offering deals or specials Holding contests or sweepstakes Asking users to fill-in-the-blanks Acknowledge special days such as national holidays, local festivities, etc Recap Follow, Interact, and be Social Messaging Voice and Tone Be Engaging Use Hashtags Intelligently Have a Healthy Mix of Posts Questions? Email: help@socialpulsar.com