Ways to use Facebook to continue to grown your business in 2017. Includes content strategy, where to find ideas for what to share, and the various types of effective Facebook advertising in 2017. Presented by Amy Neumann, Advance Ohio, and Leah Persons, Visia Marketing, July 27, 2017 at the Willoughby Western Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Ohio.
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Facebook Strategy and Advertising for Business 2017
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How to Continue to Grow Your Business with Facebook
Amy Neumann (Advance Ohio)
Leah Persons (Visia Marketing)
July 27, 2017
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• Why Facebook?
• Who’s using it?
• What works best?
• What makes good
content?
• Common questions
• Overcoming common
challenges
• Making sure the right
audience gets your
messages
• Q & A
Agenda
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Join the conversation
Social media is word-of-mouth
marketing in the digital age. Social
media activity reveals what customers
want, need and expect from
businesses.
Connecting with customers to improve
your social presence is important:
• It can help build your brand
• It can improve your reputation through
regular engagement with a network of
current and potential customers.
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"The goal is not to be good at social
media.
The goal is to be good at business
because of social media.”
– Jay Baer
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Where to Get Ideas
Borrow inspiration from people already doing a good job –
ask your friend Google for suggestions like:
• Best blogs on x topic
• Case studies best content on x topic
• Case studies best social media for x
industry
• Industry leaders for x topic (or industry)
Who’s popular for that topic or industry on Twitter?
Pinterest? Facebook? LinkedIn? What do they talk about?
What content gets the most interaction (retweets, likes,
etc.)?
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Reaching the Right People
• Paid social media advertising is not
optional, if you want to reach the right
people
• Paid social media ad spend expected to
exceed $30B in 2016
http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Social-Network-Ad-Spending-Hit-2368-Billion-Worldwide-2015/1012357
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What’s Next?
• Two Key Strategies:
– Build Brand Awareness
– Drive Targeted Traffic to
Your Website