When And When Not To Use Facebook For Your Business

When And When Not To Use Facebook For Your Business

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When and When Not to Use Facebook for Your Business

Should you use Facebook for Your Business? | Too many businesses have blindly followed others into social networking white water. If you have no plan or experience, doing this is simply a waste of time, while a well-planned ‘social use strategy’ will often yield good results.

Let’s take a quick look at both.

Social Strategies Are Key

Toyota launched an advertising campaign where parents would pass down their trusty, well-used Camry to their son or daughter. Simultaneously, the youngest siblings witnessing the tradition begin to daydream of the day when his big brother or sister would pass down the car to them. The message is that Toyota lasts and lasts.
At the end of the commercial, the voice-over says, visit us on Facebook and tell us your Camry story.

Toyota’s ad agency used Facebook to engage consumers personally and is a very effective use of Facebook.

Other examples of successful, socially engaging campaigns might include;
Wine shops announcing wine tasting’s
Non-profits raising community awareness for causes or themes
Political campaign sounding boards for issues
and the list goes on and on.

After the recent tornado outbreaks, a small community in Alabama used Facebook to post personal items found after the storm, which is an important use of Facebook.

The Key Word here is Social.

The most effective use of Facebook is to engage users on a social level. The deeper or more personal the connection you make stimulates the most conversation. Note that this conversation can be heated, negative, positive, knee-jerk, and lively, so be prepared.

Planning is key

Think of it this way. If you are planning on taking a vacation, you will know;

a. Where you are going
b. When you will leave
c. How you will get there.
d. Where you will stay.
e. What you will do once you are there.
f. How much money you will spend.
h. And finally when you will leave.

Don’t set up a Facebook page just because everyone else has one, instead develop a basic strategy of using Facebook and how it fits into your marketing strategy. If you still feel the compelling urge to create a Facebook page, create a personal page, and learn the basics.

To Like Me or Not to Like Me

I shudder and cringe when a client asks me to put a Facebook-like button on their homepage.

What image are you trying to convey about your company?
Should a cancer medical practice have a ‘Like’ button on its homepage?
No.
Should a pizza parlor have a ‘Like’ button on their homepage?
Sure.

The Facebook ‘Like’ button interface does not lend any professional sensibility to a business homepage. And from a search engine perspective, I do not want Google detecting a Facebook link on my homepage. Call me super superstitious, but that’s just me.

Besides, nothing looks worse than having a like button showing six people like you on your business website homepage, like having a Blog with your most recent posting dated Dec 2008. Blogs and social network pages take lots of work.

As you continue to build and manage your online presence on the Web, try to remember the following simple rules.

Google is for searching. Facebook is for socializing.

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