{"id":14417,"date":"2010-08-05T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T08:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=14417"},"modified":"2020-04-13T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T06:48:42","slug":"build-list-with-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/08\/build-list-with-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Marketing: How to Build Your List Using Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facebook Marketing is in and how can you build your list using Facebook? \u00a0With over 500 million users, Facebook is the Google of the present century. It is the hottest social networking site right now with twice the number of visits than any other social networking site beating Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn by huge margins.<\/p>\n

Here is why you need to use Facebook.\u00a0According to\u00a0Facebook statistics –<\/p>\n

a. More than 500 million active users.
\nb. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.
\nc. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events .
\nd. There are more than 150 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.<\/p>\n

So, if you are not focusing your marketing efforts towards Facebook, you need to start doing it right now.<\/p>\n

Build Lists with Facebook<\/h2>\n

If your online business includes building a list, then here are few steps for you to build your list using Facebook.<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a Fan Page by clicking on \u201cPages >Create a page\u201d in your home page.<\/li>\n
  2. Once you create a fan page with your website details – post your blog posts\/ articles in the \u201cWall\u201d.<\/li>\n
  3. Create a \u201cNotes\u201d tab and publish your Featured content\/articles in this section.<\/li>\n
  4. Using FBML (Facebook Markup Language) you can create custom widgets for your fan pages. Now, using the FBML create a new \u201csubscribe\u201d widget where you can display your squeeze page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Create Subscribe widget with\u00a0FBML application<\/h2>\n

    Here are the steps involved to set up a FBML application.<\/p>\n

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    1. At the top of the Facebook page, search for \u2018Static FBML\u2019 in the search box and go to the application page.<\/li>\n
    2. Below the FBML picture on the left, click on the link that says \u2018Add to my Page\u2019; once you\u2019ve clicked it a box will come up. Next to your page click the button \u2018Add to Page\u2019.<\/li>\n
    3. Go to your page.<\/li>\n
    4. On the left below your page picture click \u2018Edit Page\u2019.<\/li>\n
    5. Scroll down until you see \u2018FBML \u2013 FBML\u2019, click the link \u2018Edit\u2019 beneath that. Change the Box Title to something like \u2018Subscribe\u2019.<\/li>\n
    6. Use the below code to include your squeeze page.
      \n <fb:fbml version=\"1.1\">
      \n<font size=\"5\">Subscribe to my newsletter!<\/font>
      \nYour squeeze page code here
      \n<\/fb:fbml><\/code><\/li>\n
    7. Click \u2018Save Changes\u2019 then go back to your page and click the \u2018+\u2019 button next to the \u2018Boxes\u2019 tab. And select the name of your FBML in the drop down menu.<\/li>\n
    8. Now click \u2018Edit Page\u2019, click \u2018Edit\u2019 under \u2018Wall Settings\u2019 and beside \u2018Default Landing Tab For Everyone Else\u2019 change it from Wall to the Name of your FBML tab.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      You\u2019re done! Now, everyone who visits your page sees your squeeze page in your \u201csubscribe\u201d tab.<\/p>\n

      Facebook Promotion<\/h2>\n
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      1. Facebook Ads –<\/strong> To get started quickly, you can go for Facebook ads. You can start with a budget of $5 per day, test the ads for 10 days, analyze the traffic and make changes accordingly.<\/li>\n
      2. Contest – <\/strong>Encourage people to visit your page and subscribe to it by conducting a contest. Giveaway gifts like ipods, ipads and Amazon gift cards.<\/li>\n
      3. Create blog posts<\/strong> – about your Fanpage and the Contests. Make sure you have your automation and syndication tools in place so once you hit that publish button the Information goes viral!<\/li>\n
      4. Create a Press Release <\/strong>– to announce your new Fanpage, your contest, or promotional event. A well \u201cSEO\u201d done Press Release can hit Page One of Google!<\/li>\n
      5. Classified Ads <\/strong>– You can simply put up ads on Craiglist and get a FREE classified ad back to your fanpage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Finally, keep your Fan page filled with good content, engage and educate your fans and have some fun!<\/p>\n

        This article is written by guest author Indu Priya, an online marketer from theideashome.com. If you want to learn how to get 0-1000 targeted visitors in just one week, <\/em>sign up here to get her FREE guide<\/em>, where\u00a0she also listed her top 85 traffic sources. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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