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Hey Nick,
Facebook makes up more than half of my website traffic because I use my Fan Page to promote blog posts and affiliate links, as well as other great content.
I stay in conversation with both my Fans and Friends on Facebook with links back to my website for more information.
Plus now that Fan Pages are included in search results it helps to have more targeted traffic on the page that you can send back to your website.
And another beneficial area for me has been groups that help to promote your website. I visit these groups to find blog posts of interest to me and my community and I post my current blogs there.
I love Facebook and my friends and fans are the BEST! It's like my extended family, if I need help, they are always the first to pitch in.
As always, your Fan!!
Terri
http://tastingtheinternet.com
.-= Terri Brooks's last blog ..Online Video – The One-Two Punch That Rocks Your Brand! =-.
A lot of positive points about Facebook and how to use it to your advantage, Terri.
A lot of people still aren't sure about Facebook's usefulness but it should make itself apparent in due course, I think.
Till then,
Jean
Thank you so much for responding to my video. I didn't know Facebook had such potential. I really appreciate the information. Maybe you could do a guest post here on my blog sometime.
Yeah, I tried out Facebook and it seems to be the hangout for the same kind of people that are not productively using their time. Lots of people posting about their night out or pointless posts such as "I'm bored".
.-= Internet Marketing Coding's last blog ..Internet Marketing Questions =-.
They're quite a few Internet marketers on Facebook but I wonder if it's better to cultivate a relationship and build a community on my own blog rather than relying on some third-party tool like Facebook.
The problem is that I don't have time to build a community on Facebook and my blog and build new content for my blog and do everything else.
Hi Nick,
I understand where you're coming from. I use Facebook as a place to socialize with my friends, family, and blog readers. I "party" on Facebook and then I invite people to my "house" (blog) in subtle ways. So most of my posts are about life in general and then once a week or so I would add a post and link to an affiliate product or my blog. I also use my daily experiences to link to one of my niche blogs. There are always ways to make a post funny, controversial and still add a link in there. I've been experimenting and throwing out lots of different posts on Facebook to see what people really like. People like drama, controversy, any topic that affects their lives. People don't seem too interested in talking business. It's pretty much a place for people to get to know you personally. I get so many, "Join me," "sign up for this fan page," etc, email. Most marketers are just shoving their opportunities down your throat there also. So I don't even know how to sum up Facebook as far as it being a huge traffic building tool. I get traffic, but, it does take up a lot of time if you let it. I do love Facebook though. I hear marketers say they are making $20k per month from Facebook alone and I am trying to figure out how. Anyway, many marketers lie for a daily living. Sorry to be so blunt.
I totally agree with your observations. I'm still not sure how people are making so much money marketing on Facebook.
My website is technical. The end-user is a business user, and I just feel immediately that Facebook is not the right market. If this were B2C then I could maybe make more effort.
That said, me experience is second-hand. I am personally not on Facebook. Their attitude to the data puts me off, a lot. So my views on the type of traffic I could get is coloured by my perception of Facebook, rather than real data.
For now, I feel there are better places to "hang out"
I know some people who uses Facebook successfully but I haven't have any personal experience yet. Got too many things going and I'm afraid to get into newer projects as I might loose my focus. But I'll definitely check out how to use Facebook in the near future.
.-= Self Help For Women's last blog ..The Linden Method Review =-.
Hi Nick,
A couple of things.
One, it sounds like you might need a VA to handle some of that workload!
And two, I find myself in a quandary about Facebook as well. It wasn't really created for marketing as far as I can tell. The mechanics aren't set up that way. Marketers have adapted to use it but every business page I see looks like an alien intrusion into the "social" world people are there for.
I think Vernette has the right approach. Use it, but use it for what it is. A socializin' place. And slip in subtle invites to your blog (or maybe still a FB fan page? Part of my quandary).
It's hard to consider that half the planet is on Facebook at any given time and I'm not marketing to them! I mean, how can you sleep at night with all that unapproached traffic, Nick?
.-= Mike Arnaud's last blog ..Hello world! =-.
I know there's a lot of traffic on Facebook but 99.99999% of it is not interested in what I have to offer. People go to Facebook to see what their friends are doing and look at photos and play little online game. They don't go there to learn about search engine optimization or how to get traffic or how to do keyword research.
I am far more interested in targeted traffic.