Facebook makes it easy to find friends, share photos and take unlimited quizzes, but it also can be a valuable business tool. Learn the best ways to use this popular social network to promote your products and connect with your customers.
9. • An estimated 110 million people in the U.S. (or
36% of the total population ) are regular social
networking users
• Of that group, Facebook dominates with 78
million regular users (defined as those logging
on at least once a month) followed by MySpace
with 67 million, Twitter with 17 million, and LinkedIn
with 11 million regular users.
Source: Anderson Analytics, July 2009
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10. • People now spend more time, on average, on
Facebook than on the other 9 top web brands
• 87 million visitors spent an average of
4 hours and 39 minutes on the site during July
• Facebook is sixth when it comes to overall
web traffic in the US.
Source: Nielsen, July 2009
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12. Between January & July of 2009:
• Facebook users aged 25-34 has grown 60.8%
• Users aged 35-54 has grown 190.2%
• Users older than 55 years has grown 513.7%
Source: iStrategyLabs, July 2009
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19. Targeted
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20. Low cost
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21. Start with a personal account
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22. Don't set up a business account
• Business accounts are designed for individuals
who only want to use the site to administer
Pages and their ad campaigns.
• Business accounts have limited access to
information on the site.
• Business accounts cannot be found in search
and cannot send or receive friend requests.
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23. Fill out your profile
completely to earn trust
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24. Keep any personal parts of your
profile private through Settings.
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25. Get rid of default avatar,
upload a profile photo
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26. Profile photo tips:
• Should be mostly of your head
• Square crops & simple backgrounds work well
• Needs to be recognizable in smaller sizes
• Semi-formal pose/expression
• Should be a recent photo & actually look like you
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27. • Post business updates on your wall. Focus on business
activities, such as “Working with ABC Company on web
site redesign.”
• Share useful articles and links to presentations and
valuable resources on your wall to establish credibility.
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28. • Upload your contacts from your email client to find
more connections.
• Join network, industry and alumni groups related
to your business.
• Use search to find groups and fan pages related to your
business by industry, location and career.
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31. According to Facebook, a Page is a...
• Customizable presence for an organization, product, or public
personality to join the conversation with Facebook users. The
Page focuses on the stream of content posted by the Page
administrators.
• A Page lets Fans become brand advocates. Posts by the Page
will start to appear in News Feed, giving Pages a stronger
voice to reach their Fans.
• More than 8 million users become fans of Pages each day
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33. Pages:
• Allow you to send updates to fans (displayed in user
homepage sidebar)
• Can have a discussion wall, and discussion forum
• Can add additional applications
• Visitor statistics provided
• 6 million+ users become fans of pages each day
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35. Groups
• Allow you to send messages to members (direct to inbox)
• Require regular upkeep and maintenance
• Cannot add applications
• Can have a discussion wall, and discussion forum
• Can invite members to related events
• 30 million+ active user groups exist
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