Welcome to Facebook! Hassan Bawab CEO & Founder Magic Logix Phone: Fax: www.magiclogix.com
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Welcome to Facebook! Hassan Bawab CEO & Founder Magic Logix Phone: 214.694.2162 Fax: 972.692.5737 hbawab@magiclogix.com www.magiclogix.com
Old vs. New “In the Last Hundred Years…the way to advertise was to get into the mass media and push out your content…In the next hundred years information won’t be just pushed out to people, it will be shared among the millions of connections people have. Advertising will change. You will need to get into these connection.” -Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook-
Facebook Ethics • Valuable Content- It is important to offer content that is valuable to your customers. The content should not be a sales pitch, spam, or an advertisement it should be a conversation. • Connection- Connect with your current and potential companies on personal level • Relationships- Build long term relationships instead of transactions. By building relationships you are Building Trust. • Interaction- Utilize Facebook as a marketing tool to ask your customers their. feedback in order to mold your business in accordance with their needs
Network Visibility… Facebook Allows Our Connections to Be Visible through an Online Social Network that we may never have seen on a day to day basis.
Facebook Overview… • Add Friends- Add other • Write Notes- Write Notes updating Professionals, Business Owners, your friends on a new product or Clients, Potential Clients, promotion Entrepreneurs, Employees as friends. • Update Status- upload with Links, • Join/Start Groups- Join or create Articles, Photos, etc. niche groups and start discussions • Create Photo Albums- Create • Facebook Marketplace- Free to sign Albums with pictures that represent up! Promote your products and your business and separate them into services. Create Ads targeted to categories or photo albums and share Networks or regions. them with your customers • Advertise Events- Invite your Clients • Facebook Polls- Create, run, and to a tradeshow, speaking event, monitor your polls on Facebook Charity event etc. You can send out • Facebook Applications- Use invitations to all your contacts all at Facebook’s Applications or develop once. your own Apps.
Creating A Profile… • The First Step is to SIGN UP! • It is FAST, FREE and EASY. • Create a Business Profile or a Fan Page • Once You sign up Create Your Profile (Name, Photo, business address, etc) • Add Your Contacts- Clients, potential clients, Employees, friends and families, etc. • Start Connecting!
Adding Friends • Add Your Email Contacts • Add Facebooks Suggested Friends • Search Friends by Name or Email
Facebook Pages Branding • Face book pages were added in November 2007 primarily for Artist to brand themselves as artist and accumulate a fan following • For example if you sign up for a “Music” page if comes with music player, video player, discography, reviews, tour dates and a discussion board. Facebook Page Applications • Facebook pages allow you to add flash to HTML to your pages which is actually called FBML . To do this you have to add a Facebook Flash Player or a Static FBML Application to your Page. Benefits of a Page Viral Marketing – When someone becomes your “Fan” your page is listed on their profile. Can you imagine if you had 2,000 fans how many people would see your logo on a daily basis. Facebook pages are great for Brand recognition and simply. – When people become fans of your Page it will also be posted in the news feed which will give your page more exposure. Mini Websites – Pages are easy to Maintain and Completely Free.
Understanding Facebook Groups • Here is an example of a group called “Web Design.” The Group currently has 8,259 Members. • The Group was created to “Share all the best news about Web Design” • Group administrators chose who can join the group and monitor information that is exchanged. • Group members can exchange articles, start discussions, add resourceful links and connect with one another. • The best part is you can start a group specific to your business.
Facebook Events • Create Events and invite friends through facebook. Your events can be customized and sent to your newsfeed. Invite as many contacts and ask them to RSVP. If your business is having a promotion or an event this is a great way to invite guests, clients, friends and family.
Facebook Notes • Writing Notes is similar to blogging. You can write notes updating your friends about your business. • Notes can be shared and updated through friends news feeds.
Facebook Advertising • On your Ads/Pages tab you can create and add and track your amount of Clicks and Conversion…
Facebook Market Place The “eBay” of Facebook • The market place allows you to sell anything from cars, houses, dogs, clothes, computers, as well as services. • Unlike eBay, Facebook market place allows you to buy from friends or friends of friends. This is where you see the networking really come into effect. • Facebook Makes doing business more personal which means relationships are more important then transactions. • Advertise your Services On Facebook
Facebook Applications • Facebook applications can either be built in and exist on the Facebook Application Page or they can be customized and developed by developers. • Applications can be For Business, For Fun, For organization, for connecting Social Media Networks, for Facebook Mobile, and etc.
Static FBML Application • This is an advanced functionality that where you can add a box to your page in which you can render HTML or FBML (Facebook Markup Language) For enhanced Page Customization • Create Advertisements and Brand your business with customization on Facebook
Blog Promotion Applications • Networked Blogs App-Shows up on your profile in box displaying all the blogs you like to read • Notes (Default App)- You can add your RSS feed and read your friends news feeds then when you post a blog it will also be shown through their news feeds • Social RSS- Can either be displayed as a box or a tab on your profile • Simplaris Blog Cast-Quick and simple way to put the title of your blog post and a link to it into your feed
Examples of Facebook Business Apps Facebook Business Cards, Slide Share and Profile Boxes are great ways to promote your business. The Profile box allows you to enter HTML and customize your profile to present your business.
Facebook Mobile
Facebook Mobile Continued… • With Facebook Mobile, you can use Facebook on the go. Use Facebook Mobile to upload photos and notes from your camera phone straight to Facebook. You can also receive and reply to Facebook messages, pokes and Wall posts using text messages, or use your phone’s mobile browser at m.facebook.com. • The Mobile application page displays mobile photos recently uploaded by your friends and a phonebook that you can use to look up your friend’s phone numbers.
Facebook Developers Facebook enables you to make your website more personalized and social by mixing and matching Facebook’s APIs .
Social Plug-in Integrating Social Media with your website And Blog is a great way to gain traffic to your site but also connect on a social level with your clients and Potential Customers Examples… • Like Button • Like Box • Share Button • Become a Fan Button
Connecting Facebook Facebook Connect is a great way to connect all your networks and social media in order to Save time posting blogs, status updates in each individual Network. This allows you to Share information all at once.
Sign in Other Accounts Using Facebook Facebook is connected with so many types of accounts that if you do not already have an account you can simply sign in using your facebook account. This is a fast and convenient way to expand your network online.
Facebook Contests • You can create contests for your customers to enter to keep them engaged and updated on your Company. • This is a great example of How to utilize the Facebook contest to get Fans engaged and coming back for more. • This are a few examples from Newegg.com who as you can see has created more then one contest. Because the have great prize give always and contests, people continue to stay involved. With facebook it is important to… Be Interesting
Polls and Surveys Creating Polls and Surveys is another great way to utilize social media to your benefit. This allow you to ask for feedback and opinions from customers in order to understand their needs as a client. It’s a great way to connect and build trust. The surveys can be business related or even just fun and entertaining. Either way your customers will notice that you care enough to interact with them on Facebook. Research and Feedback…
Successful Case Studies Coca-Cola Coca-Cola is a great demonstration of how to properly utilize facebook applications to keep customers engaged. They have used • Ad Pages • Fan Downloads • Surveys • Poll Applications • Contest Applications • Videos • Photos • Discussions • and the list goes on an on…..
Conclusion • Facebook is a great way to connect people and networks • Facebook is a great way to generate feedback from customers • Facebook is a great way to develop long term relationships • Facebook is a great way to provide valuable content • Facebook is a great way to Brand your Business • Facebook is a great way to Build Trust • Facebook is a great way to keep customers updated • Facebook is a great way to present your business • Facebook is a great place to have online conversations Conclusion… • Facebook is a great place for your Business…
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