Jun 23 2009
Why You Need a Facebook Fan Page
Being a non-techy I sometimes struggle to understand why I need to do one more social networking thing. When Fan pages first came out on Facebook I thought they looked cool as the format was different, so I said why not?
After I put up my fan page I didn’t know what to do with it. It just sat there. Then the formatting changed to look like a regular profile page. Still I didn’t really get it. However in looking further here is what I discovered.
1. Fan pages are public which means a person can open it without logging into Facebook. People could find your page through search engine searching while regular facebook profile pages are log-in protected.
2. You can send an update to all of your fans anytime. This is a good way to stay in touch with people about your new products etc.
3. When someone becomes a fan, it’s automatically published in their news feed so their friends can all read it. People you don’t know might become a fan.
4. You can promote your Fan page with an ad and it can help you to build your following and send people to your website. I haven’t done this yet so I don’t know how well that works.
5. Plus a lot of reasons I still don’t understand- but it just takes a few minutes to do it. My fans keep growing and I don’t even know where they are all coming from so it must work.
Become my fan! and to easily build your own Fan page go here.
Have fun!
Awesome posts! I’m starting my own blogs and affiliate marketing business. Do you have any suggestions on how I can use Facebook as a resource?
Hi Tim
Thanks for your comment and question. Facebook is wonderful for building relationships for your business. My main suggestion is to do a Fan page for your business and put up good quality content. It is not about selling – its all about sharing and getting to know other people.
In your updates make sure to put in links to other people’s blogs etc. and put a link to your own as well mixed in. Gradually your group will grow and people will begin to know and trust you so when you do put something of your own up- they will read it. Just remember that Facebook is all about networking, not selling.
Good luck. Kaya