Facebook has been talked about a lot lately, even in mainstream media, mainly because of its public offering and consequent drop in market value. But aside from investing and stock market speculation, is there any real value when it comes to using Facebook for marketing, advertising and list building or lead generation?
Most people view and use Facebook as a tool to keep in touch with their friends and family and can quite easily figure out how to use it for that purpose. To use Facebook for marketing and for business is not that easy. A lot more knowledge and skills are required that don’t come intuitively. It can be a long process figuring everything out.
Creating a good looking fanpage for example can be quite consuming. It is much easier and faster to use a fanpage template.
An excellent source of fanpage templates has been inside a social media course focused around Facebook which I have mentioned in some of my past posts, for example in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+? post.
Now, for a very limited time, most likely no longer than up to October 19, 2012 or the end of next week, there will be free fanpage templates available at one of the promotional pages of the course site. Update: The free templates are no longer available, they were available till about November 03, 2012, a bit longer than anticipated but the opportunity of getting them for free is irretrievably gone.
Sorry if you came here too late to take advantage of that great offer.
As of November 17, 2012 there is a different kind of limited offer which will give you the whole course at half the regular price. I suggest that you take it now as it too will expire soon.
Update September 04, 2017: This course is no longer available for sale to new buyers. To provide a product on how to use FB, the links have been changed.
The course with lifetime access is a bargain at its full price anyway so don’t despair too much if you don’t catch the half price offer. (the offer ends on November 30, 2012).
The good news is that when you purchase the full course the templates will still be included inside it at no additional cost.
The course is packed with information and will teach you everything you need to know about Facebook and how to use it for marketing and business. That includes list building and lead generation. There are step by step videos, templates and everything you may want to and need to know about how to use social media and Facebook to their full potential.
Armed with the knowledge and skills you can gain from this course, you will be able to make Facebook and social media work for you. Like anything, it needs to be used to its full potential. But when it is, you will never need to buy another social media or Facebook course because the course is being constantly updated. It is alive and not finished and done as many courses are. I know because I have bought it.
I recommend that you check this product on how to use FB. Click here.
Good luck.
Leave your comment about what you think about the usefulness of social media and Facebook when it comes to marketing and list building.
If you already have a Facebook account, please do give this post a like too.
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Authored by Vance Sova
Filed under: Internet Marketing Tools
I haven’t been successful with making money via facebook. But I find facebook ads help you gain more likes faster. And I think facebook is useful when it comes to tech products, clothing and things that are usually trending. Like now Halloween is approaching.
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Facebook has advanced searching parameters which can allow you to filter ppl who are specifically interested in your optin offer. Once you have filtered those ppl you simply create a tag to save them in and then send updates to that tagged segment dealing with your offer.
Such an interesting text with a lot of useful tips and advices! Thanks for sharing the helpful information, I’m sure I’m going to give it a try and I hope I’m going to have some really positive results, actually, the social media platform might be the best place for any kind of online marketing.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but how can we apply a template to a FB page? I never saw that option anywhere on the settings…
Vance Reply:
October 19th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Hi Elsa,
The best answer to that question and many more is inside the course.
The problem with social media is that it’s very time-consuming (especially if you really try to engage in conversations and help people) and you simply can’t outsource these things – it’s your business and it has to be your voice. That’s at least what I think.
Vance Reply:
October 19th, 2012 at 11:36 am
Hi H. Hahn,
I wish I knew your first name. Thanks for the comment. You are right that it takes time to engage on social media. But so does everything else. With all the Google updates many peoples websites are being wiped out from search engine results. Just working on your sites all the time and hoping that people will find them can more often than not lead nowhere.
I remember a time when I wasn’t converting at all on my social presents. I always kept hearing how good social media websites are great to improve your brand and business.
I started to look closely at it and noticed that my pages were boring. After I redesigned it so it visually was strong the calls started to come in for me.
My lesson learned is a properly designed facebook and twitter page surely did help me interact better with my potential clients
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Vance Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Hi Susan,
Thank you for commenting. I’m glad things are working out for you with facebook now.
Vance.
Facebook is a creativity.We got benefits from it.Its a world of competition so advertising is now not only limited to social websites.so all things you can get in social media course and you can advertise your products or services through internet or mobile sms.
I had created a fanpage for my company in facebook, but the response didn’t meet my expectations. I think it was mostly because the fan page was not that captivating for the viewers. Thanks for introducing me to the social networking academy, it has so many new features that I didn’t even know could be installed in a fanpage. I am now confident that my fanpage would be a hit.
Vance Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Hi Jack,
Thanks for the comment. I’m glad you find value on my blog. Keep coming back and let me know how things are working out for you.
Vance.
I would like to thank you for the efforts you have put in writing this blog. I’m hoping the same high-grade website post from you in the future too. Actually your creative writing skills has inspired me to get my own website going now. Actually blogging is spreading its wings and growing fast. Your write up is a great example.
Thanks, I’m now trying to use Facebook for my purpose’s, it’s a pity I find it only now and don’t get a free template. I’ve bought one that I liked. Thanks.
Interesting article, and I totally agree, it can work for that, but there are some more efficient ways of using social media platforms for list building. LinkedIn is more professional, you can find more people focused on your niche, and that’s important.
Vance Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Hi Sara,
Thanks for commenting. LinkedIn is very useful too and may work better for you depending on your niche but you can focus very narrowly with Facebook too. It depends on how you use it.
Vance.
I am just about to go public with a new site and it is really a time crusher, and also frustrating as the battle of getting people to interact and engage can be slow and a real drag. Im gonna apply some of these tips.
With social media becoming increasingly important companies have to adapt their marketing strategies in order to stay in the game. Businesses have to use facebook, twitter etc to attract customers. If a brand uses youtube to promote a product via with the use of an interesting advertising video, it has the potential to be seen by thousands and possibly millions, which could result in a substantial increase in profits.
Vance Reply:
November 2nd, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Hi Walter,
Thanks for the comment. You are voting very clearly for using social media including facebook. That’s great.
Cheers,
Vance
Excellent post! Facebook plays an important role to promote our internet marketing business. Through Facebook we can interact with our users. Thanks for the sharing.
Having every social media profile is a must in business today. From interacting with customers to following your brands growth social media helps businesses keep up to date. I would recommend any business owner setting up social media campaign for there business or products. Thanks for the post it has some great insights.
I think Facebook is great if you have a product (rather than a service) as, like Pinterest, it seems to create more interest and Likes if images can be used. You certainly need to engage with fans, create competitions and work it really well to get the benefits and like any of the other social media platforms, when included into an overall strategy, it works the best.
Vance Reply:
November 11th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Hi Mila,
Thank you for your valuable comment. Nice to see you visit my blog. Welcome and please visit and comment again.
Cheers,
Vance.
Soon I will start my next business on facebook and this article is very useful. I have to sell technological items (cellular phones and tablets) and I hope that Christmas is a good time for this kind of products.
Vance Reply:
November 17th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Hi Rino,
Thank you for the comment. I think that anytime is good to be selling tech items and Christmas season is definitely a good time. Good luck with it.
Cheers,
Vance.
Thanks for sharing Vance! I found this article to be super informative, great job!
Vance Reply:
November 20th, 2012 at 12:13 am
Hi Tom,
I look forward to your next comment and I hope that you can tell me more in it. Saying merely “great job” just doesn’t cut it for me and my readers. Add something concrete, add something interesting, add value. OK?
Imagine if all comments were like yours. That would be very boring and nobody would want to read them. I think you understand what I mean.
Excellent Post and Thanks for share it. It’s great to see you clearly explain how commenting can hurt or help your business. Thanks for your informative posting, it’s great and really very helpful, thanks again.
Vance Reply:
November 20th, 2012 at 12:03 am
Hi Santosh,
I’m not sure what you’re referring to in your comment. It certainly doesn’t relate to the post I wrote above. If you can clarify it for me that’ll be good. Otherwise I’ll have to view your comment as a spam.
We got many benefits from facebook. Now a day it is a very competitive period. To advertise your business facebook is a good.
If your page has a lot of fans, you can at least take advantage to inform them. In some cases, it can help you with online marketing.
I do not consider Facebook worth it for the amount of time it takes.
Apart from having a high # of likes on my page, I don’t really care about Facebook. Then again, I do like keeping my Facebook pages with posts at least every few days.
Hi Vance, I agree with you that Facebook is mush harder too get into it, you have to learn a lot about social media marketing, but after you do it well, its really useful. About the Facebook PPC advertising, its really worthy for brand building of mainstream and pop cultural business. If you set it to pay for display, its quite cheap if we are talking about visual and text advertising in one of the most used social media in the world. But its a long term campaign until it starts to bring results and you shall have a huge budget for it. So is it cheaper than the TV advert, which is still 100% more effective? 🙂 Thanks for your post.
My main obstacle as of now is to get people in the fanpage. Are there any tactics to encourage people to like a website?
Of Course Sir,
This is my self Experience.Most of my customers are facebook friends.