This document discusses strategies for using Facebook to reach customers. It describes a potential target customer profile and notes that she prefers to engage with brands on Facebook. It then provides reasons why Facebook is important, including its growth, ability to interact with customers, and the long-term shift to more user engagement online. The document offers tips on when and how to post on Facebook, such as optimal posting times and using images, as well as how to handle negative comments. Finally, it discusses trends like the Facebook timeline and importance of ads and cover photos.
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Facebook Marketing Guide
1. Would you like this person
as a customer?
• Single Female • iPhone
• 35 Years old • Gardening
• $80K + • Food and Wine
• Home owner • Travel
• Lives & Works • Washingtonian
in DC Magazine
2. What if I told you she prefers to
engage brands on Facebook?
This is a real
screenshot of her
iPhone where she
subscribes to various
brand page feeds
including this one from
Home Depot
5. 1. Why Facebook?
• The long term trend of the web
• Traffic to your website
6. 1. Why Facebook?
• The long term trend of the web
• Traffic to your website
• Interaction with your customer
7. 1. Why Facebook?
• The long term trend of the web
• Traffic to your website
• Interaction with your customer
• Reach
8. 1. Why Facebook?
• The long term trend of the web
• Traffic to your website
• Interaction with your customer
• Reach
• Competition
9. 1. Why Facebook?
• The long term trend of the web
• Traffic to your website
• Interaction with your customer
• Reach
• Competition
• Facebook’s growth and success
32. Remember, it’s “Social” Media
• We tell stories
• We get together
• We share pictures and home movies
33. Remember, it’s “Social” Media
• We tell stories
• We get together
• We share pictures and home movies
• We send messages to each other
34. Remember, it’s “Social” Media
• We tell stories
• We get together
• We share pictures and home movies
• We send messages to each other
• We talk and share experiences
35. Remember, it’s “Social” Media
• We tell stories
• We get together
• We share pictures and home movies
• We send messages to each other
• We talk and share experiences
• We communicate across the world
56. Quick Summary of the
Social Web
• Changed the way customers share
information and connect with companies
57. Quick Summary of the
Social Web
• Changed the way customers share
information and connect with companies
• Broadened the channels available for
obtaining and sharing information
58. Quick Summary of the
Social Web
• Changed the way customers share
information and connect with companies
• Broadened the channels available for
obtaining and sharing information
• Energized a new group of market mavens,
creators, conversationalists and critics
60. Advertising Tips
• Facebook users prefer to stay within
Facebook. Bounce rate and time on site will
fall by 41% and 51% respectively
61. Advertising Tips
• Facebook users prefer to stay within
Facebook. Bounce rate and time on site will
fall by 41% and 51% respectively
• Use an image, make it horizontal, close-up
62. Advertising Tips
• Facebook users prefer to stay within
Facebook. Bounce rate and time on site will
fall by 41% and 51% respectively
• Use an image, make it horizontal, close-up
• The text should tell people why to follow
the ad and set up the expectation for what
to do next or what will happen if they do
65. Engagement Tips
• Post for your fans, not when it’s convenient
for you
• Use images and video, be interactive
66. Engagement Tips
• Post for your fans, not when it’s convenient
for you
• Use images and video, be interactive
• Optimum timing is 1pm-4pm, peaks on
Wednesday at 3pm
68. How to handle
Negative Comments
• Respond quickly and message offline
69. How to handle
Negative Comments
• Respond quickly and message offline
• Be professional, stay cool, keep it short
70. How to handle
Negative Comments
• Respond quickly and message offline
• Be professional, stay cool, keep it short
• Thank them and tell them what you will do
73. The New Timeline
• Depict behind the scenes activity
• Pin your featured content
74. The New Timeline
• Depict behind the scenes activity
• Pin your featured content
• Ads more important than ever
75. The New Timeline
• Depict behind the scenes activity
• Pin your featured content
• Ads more important than ever
• Private message offline to reduce noise
76. The New Timeline
• Depict behind the scenes activity
• Pin your featured content
• Ads more important than ever
• Private message offline to reduce noise
• Use great cover photos
77. The New Timeline
• Depict behind the scenes activity
• Pin your featured content
• Ads more important than ever
• Private message offline to reduce noise
• Use great cover photos
• Check updated analytics
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80. “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay
with problems longer...” - Albert Einstein