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Facebook? Yes. Or Maybe No.
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Facebook? Yes. Or Maybe No.
There's a fun little web thing that people are doing now called Facebook. Face book. It's really neat because everyone on earth is "on it" and statusing (status-ing) about things they like, places they go, how they feel about their recalcitrant children, how annoyed they are to have woken up before the alarm clock went off and other important information about themselves and their daily lives. Everyone is a huge celebrity now and they are obligated to share their opinions with the world. Hooray for Mark Zuckerberg! Totally LOVE that guy. ANYWay.
They're also "liking" things like Chapstick, sweet kisses, lion-head bunnies and businesses they know. I think I'm being clear. Facebook is where people are gathering and sometimes people are spending their entire days with Facebook.
So, that being said, why would ANY business NOT have a facebook fanpage?? Here's a reason: You cannot have a Facebook fanpage if you won't actually PARTICIPATE on Facebook. You can't build a fanpage and walk away. You have to manage it, build a fanbase, communicate, always be updating with good, relevant information. It can be a challenge, but heck, even King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls has an active Facebook fanpage. How much is there to say about bread? Plenty, fellah. If you're thinking it through.
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Re: Social media question
- Facebook is where I get all my traffic. Facebook is great, because you can create fan pages and your customers come to you. Twitter is good, but I just don't see the same results. I think Facebook is the most popular and it's easier for people to find what they're looking for.
Re: Facebook Advertising?
- Facebook has more than 700 million active users and half of them log in on a daily basis. Through Facebook advertising, you can be sure to reach any particular segment. Conventional advertising models are expensive and difficult to reach a narrow target. Facebook advertising is one option that can get you results and target specific user groups. You may be the local beauty parlor, restaurant or a Fortune 500 organization, but eBizUniverse will show how to build your brand equity through Facebook advertising.
Consider these ideal scenarios:
You own a restaurant and wish to target those who are recently engaged to be married for their catering business. All you need to do is to find the women with the relationship status of “engaged” on Facebook and you have your desired segment with Facebook Ads. (See Sample Ads Below)
There is a birthday special that your restaurant is offering and the Facebook Ads would be displayed only to those whose birthdays are in the offing.
An event is being organized and you wish to target local college graduates, who are single and 25-35 years old. They are on Facebook and you can reach them with Facebook Ads.
Re: Are you going to use Facebook Timeline?
- Hi apu,
I Recently used Facebook Timelines, actually it seems like a Facebook blog which makes profile page more attractive but i don't think it will help in internet marketing because it also slow the speed of Facebook Page.
Share your Experience!
Re: Facebook or Twitter?
- Thanks for the feedback guys! I personally started with Twitter and am now moving over to Facebook. I polled people on both my accounts and (not surprisingly) the Twitter people said Twitter and the Facebook people said Facebook!
The actual order of my social media presence looks like this:
1) LinkedIn (with little success)
2) Twitter
3) YouTube
4) Facebook
Re: Facebook or Twitter?
- Facebook no doubt has overtook Twitter as top social media and market place but I still get best and bunch traffic from Twitter rather than Facebook. For getting traffic on Facebook large network is a must while the use of hash tags in twitter makes te promotion much easily reachable to even those who are not in your network. Several times I have got replies from users not being followed/following. Main reason of Facebook being on top is connecting and integrating the network in better and spacious way by ads and other social moves.
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