Hi All,
George Pierce here. Facebook is one of the social media platforms that you want to join and use to promote your offer, website, blog, landing page, squeeze page, and so on. Why? Traffic! FB can deliver a ton of free quality traffic.
Tip #1 Share it on FB. Whatever it is that you want to promote. Share it on FB.
Share your offer with relative groups, groups that are going to be interested in your offer. Join a handful of groups that are in your niche and when you create new content, share it in your FB groups. It is best to share an image or a video since that is not going to be considered duplicate content by FB. If you add text, mix it up or spin it or rewrite it for each group. Otherwise, FB will consider your posts SPAM.
Tip #2 Interact. FB is a social media site, you need to be social, you need to interact.
This means to make comments and I strongly suggest that you make real comments that have something positive to say. What you are going to discover is that you are going to build rapport with the members of the group. When they get to know, trust and like you, all kinds of good things will happen.
When you visit FB, FB will let you know that people are interacting with your content, liking your content, and commenting on your content, notice the notification bell above.
Click on the icon and be sure to interact with any answers or comments. I also suggest that you leave a thank you comment when any of your posts get a number of likes. You will be surprised at how much a thank you can do for you. When you reply to a comment or answer, again, give a real reply, a sincere reply, and a positive reply.
Posting or sharing on FB and other social media sites is part of the marketing process, but adding a personal touch will separate you from the rest. It is called follow-up. Most of your competitors do not do this.
What you have to look forward to is that this is going to become fun as well as rewarding.
Thank you for reading.
Much success,
George Pierce
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Comments
In reality you can start Facebook groups where you rarely or never interact and still get business. I know this has worked for me. All I did was choose a subject for the group that had interest to a certain subset of online marketers. The group keeps growing on it's own, all I really do is take out the trash, and collect some business from it.
I must admit though I check in most often daily, read what is posted, and get rid of what isn't of interest (trash) to the rest of the group.
With FB groups. I have had to work at them. I think niche can have some influence. This is one that I have found that a lot of people are almost addicted to, so growth is probably going to happen regardless. Thanks, Dennis, it is great to hear from you, as always.
I personally believe the niche can have a lot of influence. People searching on Facebook are finding the group and joining, with them not knowing anyone in the group. It is a digital product focused group. I am not the one supplying the digital product. It is the members of the group who are. This gives them a reason to post in the group.
I love it. Great idea, thanks, Dennis.
When everyone can benefit financially from being a member this gives them incentive to join. It also gives them an incentive to post. Those who visit have a specific need, and the members of the group supply it, and only it.
I cannot believe the response that I am getting from FB, 70 to 80% of my traffic for Mr. Ps Classic Television channel is from FB, it is all free, and all I do is make some posts and interact. Thanks, John.
Simple yet insightful tips, George.
Tell it like it is George Pierce because you nailed it. When I first got started online, Facebook was the first social site I learned about because of it's popularity and the exposure and traffic it generates. Once you learn how it works and will benefit you. All that's left is to be socialable. Simply put, you should display a positive attitude but don't lie because it will hurt your reputation and can land you in trouble with FB jail. When you lie on FB it will make people report your post and you might end of in FB jail. Get to know, like and trust people first and engage with people who leave a comment on your content/posts.
I have had the same experience, except I began on forums. Forums were it, before social media platforms, and interaction was the key, The negative side is that many Social media platform posts are short-lived, Pinterest is the exception with a post-life (a post actively generating traffic) of about 4 to 5 months. Not a big deal, just re-post occasionally without spamming. Thank you, Terri.