One of the emerging business strategies today is using Facebook marketing and a lot of entrepreneurs and small business owners are using this form of marketing to attract more website visitors.  Plus, this gives owners a direct way of reaching their target market. Although Facebook marketing may sound easy, still there are several important things that must be considered if you want your Facebook marketing to succeed and effectively draw in visitors to your business.

One of the factors to consider when using Facebook marketing is the utilization of a personal profile compared to using a Facebook Fan Page or Facebook Business Page. More often than not, small business owners who are yet to launch their online business often opt to use a personal profile as their business page.

The truth is that there are lots of disadvantages to using your profile page as the landing page in your Facebook marketing approach.  Think about this for a minute “Who is really going to take your business for real if they are landing on your profile page?” Once they land on the profile they can’t even leave a message on your wall until you accept them as a friend. When you try to use your personal profile as your business page, viewers may think that the services or products you are offering are part of a scam. Another major disadvantage of using your personal profile as part of your Facebook marketing is that you will only have a very limited market reach, and most of your possible prospects are probably your friends already. Also, when using your personal profile, you have to remember that you cannot just add anyone because your request will still be subjected to the approval of that particular person. Will they really want to add you as a friend? Only after they accept your invitation to be friends would you have any chance of selling your products or services.  If you have already spent any amount of time on Facebook profile you know people don’t just want selling they want connections.

If you want to start your Facebook marketing it is recommended that you use a Facebook Fan (Business) Page like most experienced online business owners. If you have your own business page, the chances are high that viewers will treat your business seriously, thus making your Facebook marketing an effective strategy to improve your online presence. One of the main reasons why most beginners often ignore creating their own business page is the idea that it can be costly paying someone to create the page.  Did you know you could create your own page? Check out my course. The truth is that having a business page offers a lot of privileges that can make their Facebook marketing a success.

Having a business page as part of your Facebook marketing will also help with creating a brand for your online presence. Many of your prospects and leads are on Facebook….make sure they find YOU!

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About Karriann

Karriann Graf is a Social Media Manager/Strategist for small businesses and real estate professionals. Her focus is to help you learn about the best Social Media methods to connect with your clients and customers and increase your revenue.

Linking your social networks together in one place makes it easier for those who want to know more about you or to follow you to do it with the click of a mouse. It’s easy to do too. For example, you can connect your Facebook Profile to Twitter by adding one of those follower buttons? Here’s how to do it.
1. Go to Twit Buttons and pick out the button you would like to use. There are many to chose from but you may have good reasons for choosing one over another. For example, to be consistent, the button I use here is the same one I use on my Facebook Fan Page.
Once you’ve chosen the button you want to use, you’ll need to put your Twitter Username in the top box so that the code is prepared properly for your Twitter account.

2. Next, go to your Facebook account and, at the bottom of your screen click on the word “applications.”. This brings up another menu. Click on “Browse more Applications,” then, in the “Search Apps” box type in “Extended Info”.

3. Finally, click on the “Extended Info” and a box will come up this is where you copy the code from the Twitter Button that you want to use. Then click on the “add to profile” button and this will save your changes. Then you can return to your Facebook page.

To see how this looks, check out my profile page on Facebook.

You can use these simple instructions again and again. Please feel free to share any comments on my blog.

Would you like to connect your Facebook Profile to Twitter by adding one of those follower buttons?  This is a great strategy for spreading yourself between two networks.  How about if I give you step by step directions…pretty powerful.

1.  First go to Twit Buttons and pick out what button you would like to use.  There are many to chose from….See my button here on top I use that one on my fan page.  Once you have chosen the button you want to use…be sure to put your Twitter Username in the top box so that the code is prepared properly for your Twitter Account.

2.  Now go over to Facebook and at the bottom of your screen it says applications click on it. It brings up a menu then click on Browse more Applications.  In the Search Apps box type in “Extended Info”.

3.  Click on the Extended Info and a box will come up this is where you copy the code from the Twitter Button that you want to use.  Then click add to profile button next save changes.  Go back to your Facebook page.

You can use these simple instructions again and again.  Please share any comments…

You can check out my profile page on Facebook.