03/29/2022
AVOID THESE MISTAKES WHEN POSTING ON FACEBOOK!
By being active on Facebook you have the potential to introduce your business to lot's of potential clients.
If you’re ready to take your company to Facebook (which you should be!), avoid these common mistakes.
𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝗪𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝗪𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓
What’s the message your page is trying to convey?
The content you post on your business page should follow a common theme and remain relevant to your brand mission. That doesn’t mean every post should be about your product or brand, it means that everything you post should relate to your values and community.
-> 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. You don’t need to post daily. Even a couple of posts per week is enough to show visitors to your page that you have a regular presence on Facebook.
-> 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟖𝟎/𝟐𝟎 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞. The majority of your posts (80%) should be content that your community finds interesting. The remaining 20% of your posts can be about your brand, product, events, or campaigns.
If you’re a remodeling contractor, you can share DIY home improvement and design tips with your audience most of the time, and then occasionally self-promote with pictures of a project you just completed, a blog post you wrote, or a reminder of the services you provide.
-> 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. A picture paints a thousand words - be sure you’re including visuals with your posts in the form of photos, graphics, or videos.
𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝗪𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘
If you want your social media efforts to have any impact, you’ll want to create a documented social media strategy.
-What are your business objectives and goals?
-Who is your audience, what are their needs, and what do they care about?
-What is your brand story, values, and mission?
Answer these questions and you’ll have the beginning of your social media marketing strategy documented. Refer back to your strategy when you’re curating content to share on Facebook and when creating new posts for your contractor business page.
𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒
Your organic reach on Facebook may be low but there’s a way to overcome that and get your business out in front of a wider audience: Facebook ads.
There are many benefits to paying to advertise your business via Facebook ads.
Facebook can help you target the right people. Facebook allows you to select an audience based on location, demographics, interests, and behavior when creating ads.
You could choose to share your posts with homeowners of a certain age within your geographic location, for example.
Taking your contracting business to Facebook can be a smart move that can help get you in touch with current and potential customers.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐝...𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 '𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬; 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜.
What you need to be doing is running strategic Facebook advertising campaigns to generate new customers.
So...
Facebook can help you increase brand awareness, cultivate brand loyalty, and increase leads and conversions -- as long as you avoid these rookie business page mistakes.
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