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www.FleaMarketZone.com MARKETING Facebook Ads 101
THERE STILL remains a learning curve for many independent retailers when it comes to advertising via Facebook and other social media. Although your marketing team may be a one man show, even the little guy can make a big name in his social network. Marketers surveyed in a recent report from the World Federation of Advertisers, say their fan pages are about generating insight, advocacy, loyalty and engagement from fans. Rewards aren’t always immediate, and it takes time to see a return. The fi rst step is creating an effective business page. Make your Facebook page a platform for Internet branding, marketing and advertising, by following these steps: 1) Set up a Facebook Page
for your business, providing a forum for sharing information, engaging customers and establishing a community. Visit the “Create a Page” link, located on the bottom of the web browser. The layout will be simple to follow. Remember to give the page a custom name and URL, and check the box at the bottom declaring that you are authorized to create a page on behalf of the business. 2) If you are already logged
into Facebook, the page you create will be associated automatically with your Facebook profi le. If you’re not logged in, you will either have to login to your account or
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create the page under a limited business account, by supplying an email address and password (navigation and management are harder using this option). 3) Make
sure to read
Facebook’s “Terms of Use” when exploring all options, to help with making the correct choice and prevent any serious violations. 4) Prepare for the future.
Although it isn’t yet available for business pages, Facebook’s new graphical user interface, called Timeline, will be sure to offer new creative possibilities in personal branding and promotion. Featuring a large banner image with an inset portrait
and a historical
content layout, Timeline could offer new options to small business brands. As branding advice author, Dan Schawbel, suggests, “When Timeline becomes available for business pages, small business owners are well advised to get creative with the larger banner, using it to showcase employees or to highlight a milestone in the business’s history. Businesses should also have more room in the information section to talk about their mission, vision, and brand.” You can use the page as a
platform to publicize contests and giveaways, new product information, special offers and trustworthy brand news. In addition, while you are
making the diligent effort to interact with your customers, how are you letting your customers interact with you? Duncan Southgate, director of global innovations at Millward Brown, a research fi rm, says the World Federation report shows that, “marketers’ gut instinct was right; people are open to engaging with brands.” Facebook’s newest features, “Recommend This Place,” and, “ Community Edit,” allow such interaction to occur. Recommend T hi s
Place: Allows users to submit recommendations for your business. These recommendations are then published to the news feed and displayed to friends browsing your page, and the Recommendations From Friends module. This feature will draw users to the pages their friends prefer, as well as give users a social recommendation to Like the page, once there. Community Edit: This
feature is exactly what it sounds like. The community or other users are given the ability to share knowledge and edit information about Facebook Places (businesses like yours, or locations where users can “check in”). Users will now have the ability to add details about places, report duplicates, and complete empty data fi elds. ■
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