Using Facebook for Your Business

Millions of people use facebook daily and this is the reason why it is a very important tool for marketing your business. So if facebook is not part of your online marketing strategy, then you are missing out on a big opportunity.

Below are some of the ways of using this powerful marketing platform for your business.

If you have a sell in comments business page, then you will find a 'LIKE' button at the top of the page. When users click this button, they will be receiving every update you post on your business page on their own news feed. Every time a user clicks your 'LIKE' button, it adds up to your list of fans that you can communicate with through your posts on your wall.

ON your wall, you can communicate with your fans of potential customers. You can post updates about your business, products, services, news items of interest of anything you can think of. In this page, you can connect with your prospective and current customers. You can generate conversations that can help build trust, credibility, and expand your relationship with your fans.

The option to share your posts is also a very helpful tool. Your followers can click the share button and all their friends will be able to see your post that they wanted to share with their friends. When a person who does not know your business is a friend of that person who shared the post, then he will know about your company and if he likes the post, he can click like and become a part of your fan list or like-ers. Your post can go viral. This is when friends share to friends who also share to their others friends, and so on. If you consistently create great posts, something interesting or funny, that will make people want to share it with their friends, then you can gain a lot of new fans at no cost! This is a very powerful marketing tool that you should really use. To learn more on the importance of Facebook, check out http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/25/money.tips.social.media/.

You should also network with other businesses to create a relationship and a referral program that can benefit all. You can network by visiting other business pages and liking the page. Then you can also post a comment or something or interest on their wall. This will initiate the potential for a relationship it is done correctly.

This is a simple but very powerful marketing tool. As a business, this can help you grow in more ways that you can think of, check it out!