The Basics of Using Facebook for Business

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The Basics of Using Facebook to Promote Your

Business

some facebook facts

• Over 500 million active users, HALF log on every day

• 61% of users are over 35• 62% earn at least $60,000• Second most popular website in U.S.• People have Profiles; Businesses have

Pages

commonly used tools

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

Blogs

YouTube/video

Social bookmarking

Forums

Geolocation

Groupon/coupons

MySpace

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92%

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71%

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56%

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17%

6%

6%

2011 Social Media Marketing Industry ReportSocial Media Examiner

benefits

generated exposure for my business

increased traffic/subscribers

improved search rankings

resulted in new business partnerships

generated qualified leads

reduced overall marketing expenses

improved sales

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30%40%

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88%

72%

62%

56%

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2011 Social Media Marketing Industry ReportSocial Media Examiner

profile

page

adding tabs/links

examples

advertising

• Can promote website or Facebook pages, events, applications and groups

• Daily budget• Schedule• Target audience

Location DemographicsLikes and interestsConnections

example

• Demographics Over 18 years old, within 25 miles of Denver, NOT

fan of my Page• $10 daily budget• 404,229 impressions• 75 clicks throughs• $1.31 cost per click• $98.61 spent

tips & techniques

Be a resource AND ask questions70/30 ruleDon’t be one-dimensional

tips & techniques

Don’t let people forget youGrammar, spelling and punctuation DO

count!Be responsive AND

say Thank You!

tips & techniques

Do not ever lie, swear, tell bad jokes and so on

Do not ever post something you don’t want “someone” else to see

it’s all about…

Relationships,

Relationships,

Relationships!

questions?

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