The holidays are coming up fast, so you should have a plan for selling on Facebook. Never fear – learn how to create a helpful calendar here!

Like gating may be over, but Facebook apps aren’t. Here are 6 ways to still get results from them, including some expert advice so you can get it right.

You’re probably already thinking about your next social campaign. Feeling lost for inspiration?
I’m going to help you break out of your creative block with the best examples of REAL Facebook contests from 2014 so you can find your next great idea!

Brick and mortar stores have great potential for increasing Facebook reach and building community with the best fans your Facebook page could want- the customers in your store! Bring Facebook (and your promotions) to the register! Your page’s health will increase and so will your business.
Here are 6 Facebook contest ideas tailored especially for you:

Here are 6 Facebook contest ideas tailored especially for you:

We spoke recently about Facebook contests.
They’re a particularly good way to vary your activity on the world’s most popular social network. And frankly, you should probably run a few.
The trouble is, how do you know what kind of contest to run? There are more than a few. And, like so many things, they’re not all created equal.
Thankfully, we can help. We’ve blogged on the subject before. And now, today, we’re going to compile the top posts for you so you can run the right contests the right way, for the benefit of your bottom line.

There’s more to Facebook marketing than sponsored stories and right-hand column ads. The platform’s more complex than that. It offers more opportunities.
And one of those opportunities – a particularly good one, even – are contests.

At AgoraPulse, we’ve written on Facebook contests as well. Quite a bit, actually.
But we know your time matters to you and you’re probably always running low. That’s why we’re going to compile our 5 best posts on the subject, so you can build contests that really do something for your bottom line. We’ll take you through the entire process, from conception to optimization.
Let’s get started.

As Facebook decided to remove the like gating step, we have to change the way our apps work, and we’ll do it on October 15.
Here’s how!

Our friend and contributor Marcus Ho defines Facebook app contests as “word of mouth contests”. In his recent article 5 effective ways to run your word-of-mouth campaign, he stresses out the value of these campaigns as a booster for your company or organization’s data-base due to their high amount of sign ups.
Here are some campaigns which seem to have taken advantage of the fact that Social media has brought back the word of mouth marketing game in a big way.
Need Facebook contest ideas? Here are some campaigns that have brought back word of mouth marketing through Social media in a big way.

Like gating has been one of the biggest motivations for page owners to install tabs on their Facebook pages for the last four years. There is no doubt about this. Like gating was simply the way to require participants into any type of contest or promotion run via an application to become a fan of the page before they could enter.

That was made possible by Facebook API that allows app developer to “read” Facebook’s information about the participant and see if that person was a fan of the concerned page or not. This ability is going to be removed from the API, making it technically impossible for developers to create a fan-gate mechanism. But more importantly, apart from the technical restrictions, Facebook will now forbids this requirement, effective as of November 5. Let’s have a closer look.

Summer is here! We love summer, it is a great time for promotion. Whether in the travel industry or an animal-rights non for profit organization, this review has something for you! Check out these campaigns and gather great ideas to make the best of your contests on Facebook.