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Facebook as a marketing tool

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You hear it all over the web, at networking events, even in the local coffee shop.  Facebook is being called the new frontier for marketing.  Get on Facebook – it is where your customers are.  And best of all – its FREE! Facebook can be a useful marketing tool, I am not denying that.  But it is becoming harder for businesses to use this tool, and even harder for people to promote and find new customers using their personal profiles. Facebook controls what everyone sees on the ‘Wall’ – that area where the updates come from all your friends and business pages you have liked.  Many don’t know it but you only get a small fraction of the activities that you possibly could be shown.  Even less if you are using the ‘Highlighted Stories First’ option which Facebook offers people via default. Therefore if you are putting out any kind of marketing related message – …

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Facebook EdgeRank determines what is on the Wall

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Facebook shows updates and other activities from your friends (personal accounts) or your fans (business pages) on the Wall.  These various items can include new fans or friends.  It can include posting of a new update, picture or video, or sharing a link.  It also includes the commenting activity of friends and fans. For most users it is not realistic that all activity of either friends or fans be displayed on the Facebook Wall. Therefore, Facebook has designed a process to show each user the optimum updates on their unique wall.  The process that regulates what you see on the wall is called EdgeRank.  EdgeRank rates each item (update, photo, comment, etc) and then shows each user the ones with the highest ranking. Facebook has two settings that allow you to have some control of your wall.  You can choose to use time as the major factor to determine what shows up on your wall …

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EvolveSSX Website

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If you have a minute – check out the EvolveSSX website.  I just put it up today.  It is a WordPress site that includes the front page as a blog showing the latest posts – and two menus featuring static content about the various programs and activities of the Evolve Ski and Snowboard Cross Club. The head coaches (one each for ski and snowboarding) wanted a site that they could easily update with limited tech knowledge.  They also wanted the social aspect of the blog on the main page.  I set them both up as editors in the WordPress user admin area – therefore they have full access to the WYSIWYG editor for both blog posts and pages.  The full administration access was not needed for them so I kept it for only myself. As well we put in a Facebook box on the main page connected directly to the EvolveSSX Facebook page.

Facebook Vanity url

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Do you want a nice neat url such as www.facebook.com/zenert instead of all those ugly numbers and such. It is very easy to do and the sooner you do it, the more choice you will have in choosing what name to put after facebook.com. Simply go to https://www.facebook.com/username/ and grab your own url.

High Impact Conversatons on Social Media

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Last post I stressed the importance of making deeper connections when using social media.  You want it to be a personal experience where you build caring relationships. But you also want social media to go beyond just ‘friendship’. The way to do that is through using high impact questions and follow up replies.  This will build a high impact conversation that will attract other similar minded individuals who can and will be excellent potential clients. High impact questions are questions that go beyond the weather, sports, or the latest celebrity embarrassment (we all remember Shania at the Country Music Awards). Ask people questions that will either dig into their needs in relation to your business offerings, or will highlight your knowledge in your chosen field.  Or – for super high impact questions – ask prospects or clients about their specialization – that will allow them the spotlight in the conversation. Follow up with the answer …

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