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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Four Ways To Get Facebook Likes For Your Like Page

By Gary O Brien


If you have just made a facebook like page, the next thing you will most likely want to do is get people to like it on facebook. There are many ways to do this but its better to stick with what works best, you should put your time and effort on these tested techniques for increasing Facebook likes.

Leverage Existing Networks

You would be best to spend your initial efforts on getting likes to people you already know and interact with often. You could ask your friends, colleagues, employees, and online contacts on Facebook and other social networks like twitter to like your like page. Its a wise choice to stagger your like campaign prioritizing the people closest to you or are already familiar with your Facebook like page and the business, service, product or brand you're promoting. You can the branch out into different areas in your social circle until you are happy with the likes you are getting.

Tasks:

Include your Facebook page vanity URL in your email signature

Chat with your online contacts about liking the page

Post like buttons and a Facebook Like Box on your Website or blog

Ask friends and relatives to promote your Facebook fan page if they can

Connect to Your Offline Activities

This is an often ignored method for getting Facebook likes, but connecting your offline activities and marketing efforts to your Facebook like campaign can be a very effective strategy. In fact, it's a lot better to ask this as a favor in person than say, sending a request or email. Discuss your Facebook fan page and its benefits to the people you meet whenever possible. Include your vanity URL on your marketing and promotional materials.

Tasks:

Include your Facebook like page URL on your business cards, brochures and ads

If you have a brick-and-mortar store, post notices about your page on prominent areas

Discuss your Facebook fan page on networking events you attend

Find other Facebook like page owners in related industries to exchange links with

Run a Facebook Ad

Running an add will cost some money,but if you're serious about your Facebook like page campaign and you implement the ad wisely, you're sure to see nice returns.The idea here is to use Facebook's in-house advertising platform to reach out to your target demographics and markets who might not find you otherwise. It's actually rather easy, because Facebook's ad wizard can help you whittle down your ad exposure to your desired demographic, i.e. people who have liked similar like pages, live in the same locality, within your target age bracket, etc.

Tasks:

Limited budget? Run ads only on select parts of the year when you need more exposure

Align your Facebook ad with an existing promotion, limited offer or key development

Run themed ads on special occasions and holidays

Post Exclusive Content and Special Offers, Ever heard of a reveal tab? It's a custom Facebook page tab which is a default landing or welcome tab for your page. In it, you can welcome non-fans to your page with information and a call to action for them to click like. But you'll definitely get more likes if you try to offer exclusive or premium content for liking your page, such as a discount, a free report, a great video or some other incentive. It's used in a lot of pages, and is one of the most powerful ways to get more likes.

Tasks:

Decide on what exclusive offers you can provide your likers

Hire a designer or better yet, get a software to help you customize your Facebook page

Don't forget to monitor your success rates,




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