Jan 13, 2013

Marketing Through Facebook

The popularity of social networking has increased immensely in recent years in all circles. The Internet has exploded global communication. However, social networking is the feature that really got everyone connecting. People are successfully utilizing social networking to get jobs, influence friends, and generate truly new social connections. Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites that the Internet has seen. These days, it seems that people don’t really have an online identity unless they’re Facebook members.


Every day, people use their Facebook profiles to network with other people that have the same interests, play games together, and communicate on an unparalleled level. This must obviously sound like a proverbial gold mine for you to find new customers in. It would be perfect! Now that people everywhere are realizing what an amazing advertising medium Facebook can be to attract targeted customers, the popularity of Facebook marketing has soared. There are millions of users on Facebook and they have varied interests, which is a perpetual Goldmine for online marketers. This article will be talking about how Facebook can help you promote your business in the best possible way.

The social ads service on Facebook is the most prevalent method of Internet advertising that’s done through that particular service by businesses. Social Ads are the simplest and most direct method of advertising on Facebook. With social ads, you have the added advantage of gearing your ads to whatever demographic you need, depending on their interests, age, gender, etc. This turns a normal ad into a super targeted one, which means you won’t be having random people clicking your ad, and your click-through-rate will naturally increase.

When you have a high CTR, you’ll have more visitors coming in and get a better return on investment. You can also include a picture in your promotion, and that can also improve your CTR. So how does this work? Well, an ad with a picture will grab the audience’s attention more readily, and give you better responses. You should also try your best to make the ad into something that will catch the attention of someone just browsing through. You can always hire a professional to create your ads if you don’t know how to do it.

If you want to go the free way, instead of spending money on ads, then you can try creating groups or fan pages on Facebook. If done correctly, you and your product can gain popularity and a large audience. It seems users of Facebook are addicted to joining groups that represent what they are interested in, or possibly becoming a fan or a certain page. So make use of their compulsions by writing appealing fan pages and attracting people to it. Best of all group pages allow members to invite other Facebook users to the group. However, in order to get the most out of your fan pages is to advertise and promote them through the use of Facebook’s Social Ads and other marketing tools. Even though Facebook fan pages and groups can expand by thousands of members literally overnight, you will still have to have a plan for converting them into traffic for your site.

If you want to go beyond what your competition is doing, and if you want to reach a larger audience, then give Facebook a try. It will do nothing but assist your company in reaching new heights. Not everyone likes taking risks and experimenting, but ultimately that’s what determines how far you go.

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