This week we have uncovered some excellent articles to help you achieve your Facebook Marketing goals. Emeric Ernoult has the all the answers when it comes to running a successful quiz on your Page, and Scott Ayres gives some great advice this week on how to handle fans posting on your Facebook Page. Discover the top five metrics from the export files data in the new Insights Dashboard and get creative with custom audiences thanks to Jon Loomer’s expert advice. Why not let us know what you think of this week’s Pulse? “Like” us on Facebook and leave your comments
#1 How to Handle Fan Posts on your Facebook Page?
Author: Scott Ayres, Post Planner
Why read this article?
This is a really informative article that includes step-by-step instructions on how to manage posts by fans on your Facebook Page. Actively managing how fans interact with your brand is essential for all Facebook marketers and this article will help to smooth the road ahead. Scott goes through all of the settings that allow you to decide if fans can post to your Page and if so, what type of content they can post. It then moves through post moderation and active Page management.
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- Big brands may want to block fans from posting on their Page as an anti-spam measure. Smaller businesses could benefit from allowing fans to post on their Page, when properly managed this can help to build a sense of community.
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- Admins can decide whether to approve fan posts immediately or set up their Page so that fan posts require approval before being made public. Edit this in the Posting Ability tab found in the settings menu of your admin panel.
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- You can choose to block profanity on your Page but be careful as Facebook determines what to block by using the most commonly reported words and phrases marked offensive by the community. This may not be the most reliable filter.
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- In order to develop a positive community environment it is vital to reply to comments and to delete spam.
#2 Four Creative Ways to use Custom Audiences
Author: Jon Loomer, Jon Loomer Digital
Why read this article?
Custom audiences allow you to target your customers in Facebook ads, whether they are fans or not. Custom audiences are now available in both the self-serve ad tool and in Power Editor the Facebook ad management tool supported in the Chrome browser. Make use of your customer list and create a custom audience that you can target
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- You can target people on your customer list to become fans of your Page, just don’t forget to exclude current fans when you are setting up your ad targeting.
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- Use your list to target promoted posts. People on your list are more likely to engage with your post and/or to buy your products or services.
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- Use your custom audience to build a lookalike audience, this could improve the conversion rates of your advertising campaign.
#3 How do you Run a Successful Facebook Quiz?
Author: Emeric Ernoult AgoraPulse
Why read this article?
Quizzes work well with all types of audiences, and they are among the most viral and engaging campaigns that you can run on your Facebook Page. Quizzes offer fans an in-depth brand experience and help to increase brand awareness. So back to the question – how do you run a successful Facebook quiz?
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- Quizzes take time and creativity to implement and to manage, make sure that you have the necessary resources for this type of campaign
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- Quizzes do not necessarily require a prize to be successful. Many achieve excellent organic virailty by tapping into people’s inherent competitiveness. Prizes do help to increase conversions but make sure that they are relevant to your brand
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- Use apps with frictionless sharing like AgoraPulse, they will increase the virality of your quiz
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- Make sure that your app allows participants to be identified by I.P. address; this will help you to identify fraudulent entries. Make sure that you ban cheaters.
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- Don’t forget to use mobile friendly URL’s in your posts. 70% of users access Facebook on mobile devices.
#4 Top 5 Facebook Metrics & Where to Find Them
Author: Jon Loomer for Social Media Examiner
Why read this article?
The new Facebook Insights offers some really great metrics to help Facebook marketers measure the success of their campaigns. It is important to look beyond post reach and Page likes to understand how your Page is really performing. Here are some of the metrics you should be analysing and instructions on where to find them.
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- If you want to know how many posts reached your fans then you need to use the export files feature in Facebook Insights.
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- To find out how many fans actually clicked on your content go to engaged fans in column W of the export level report
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- The Post Consumers metric is often overlooked, it measures how many users clicked on a post regardless of stories created. Find this information in column O & P of the export level report
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- An interesting stat in the new report is the Positive Feedback metric. This will help Facebook marketers to identify which posts are really working.
#5 How to Leverage Facebook to Attract Customers
Author: Samantha Gale, 60SecondMarketer.com
Why read this article?
Where does a Facebook Page fit into the overall online presence of a brand? How should marketers leverage Facebook to attract more customers? Discover the best tools and 3rd party apps that use Facebook to drive unique leads for businesses.
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- In order to attract more customers it is important to include plugins that link to your social channels on your other networks such as blogs, websites and emails
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- Likewise it is important to include clear links in your Facebook posts to your brand’s other online platforms
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- Use apps like AgoraPulse to achieve goal such as attracting more likes and generating engagement on your Page.
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