Category Archives: Social Marketing

Creating Effective Facebook Groups for Business (part 2)

SNSNOTE: This is part 2-part discussion. If you haven’t read or listened to part 1 yet, please do so before continuing.

Taking the Plunge

Now, it’s time to officially set up your group. You don’t have to fear this process at all. You already have plans for what your group will be about. You just have to choose your group’s name and go ahead and set your group up with Facebook’s easy process.

One of the great benefits of Facebook is that it’s not technical at all. It should really only take minutes to get your group up and running. Don’t worry about this process… I promise you it’s not difficult.

I’m going to go through a few of the most basic steps below, though Facebook has fantastic tutorials and will be the most updated.

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Creating Effective Facebook Groups for Business (part 1)

World map SNS VectorMy Experiences Running a Facebook Group

I started running a Facebook group even though I had never done much with Facebook personally. I was intrigued with the idea of a group that would add value to the paid Earn 1K a Day membership forum I already had. When I saw my friend, Barbara Ling, start her Facebook group and get a lot from it, I gave it more thought.

I first considered starting a low-cost paid Facebook group. But, I decided not to charge for my Facebook group in the end. I decided to make it free and accessible beyond Earn 1K a Day. I hoped it would be an enticement for people to begin to know, like, and trust me. And I hoped that people would jump over to become paid Earn 1K a Day members.

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An Overview of Using Twitter for Business

Pulcini Uccelli Blu Social Network-Blue Birds Social MediaTwitter is an exceptional social media platform. While Facebook is a lot more flexible and has a much bigger reach, Twitter’s nothing to sneeze at. It’s a way to express your business in 140 characters or less. It’s a way to spread the word about what you have to offer, to develop a following, to network with other marketers, and more.

Twitter is also becoming savvier when it comes to different types of content. For instance, now you can have video or an image in your update, which can gain more notice and be even more effective.

Twitter was really the first place where the #hashtag phenomenon took off. It started as a way to express yourself in a shorter space, but now it’s a way to connect topics and people with the same interests.

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How to Get Twitter Followers

Pulcini Uccelli Blu Cartoon-Blue Birds Chicks-VectorMany marketers and others who are desperate for traffic really like the idea of Twitter, but are stumped on how to get followers in the first place. After all, if you don’t have Twitter followers you’re basically tweeting to yourself, and that’s no fun.

There are certainly automated tools out there that are designed to get you a lot of Twitter followers. There are even services out there that promise the same. However, growing things more organically is usually a good idea.

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Creating Effective Facebook Pages For Business

I like button o. icon, social networks conceptThere are few marketing tools more beneficial for business these days than Facebook. Facebook is an extremely highly trafficked social site that could be great for your business.

Do you have your own Facebook page yet? Maybe you started one for your business but you didn’t really do much with it because you weren’t sure how to make it successful.

Maybe you don’t have a Facebook page yet at all… you either weren’t sure how to start one at all or you were worried you wouldn’t do it the “right” way. No worries—it’s actually very easy to start and optimize a Facebook page and I think you’ll enjoy the process. It can take some time and effort to turn it into a success but the effort can be well worth it.

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