Step 1: Make sure you fill out your page completely

It’s important to make sure that your face is filled out as completely as possible before you start promoting it. Not only does this help them see that you know what you are doing (even if you don’t), it helps show them that it’s a valuable resource they can’t live without. Two very important sections to focus on are going to be the Profile and Cover Photo, as well as the About Section.

• Profile Picture and Cover Photo – This allows you to start branding your business right away. Want to sell yourself as a local company so they know you aren’t some fly by night company? Use some local landmarks as your cover photo. This is also a great place to put a picture of you or your staff so they know who they are working with.

• About Section – This will help people get to know your business and the services you offer. This section will include your website address, phone number, and physical address if you have a local office. The long description section is a great way to not only let potential customers know what you do, but also add keywords that may help Facebook users find you. This can include insurance policies you specialize in, for example.

Step 2: Invite Your Facebook Friends

The best source to start mining Facebook fans is through your current friend’s list. You can do this by clicking the three dots next to your “Message” button, and selecting “Invite Friends”. This will allow you to see your list of friends and click the grey Invite button next to their name. This sends a notification to them saying that you have suggested they like your page. It’s an easy way to ask and an easy way to get your page out there! If your page is filled out completely before you start inviting everyone, it will increase the likelihood that they will actually like your page to get your updates.

Step 3: Promote your Facebook on other networks and your email

• Tweeting your Facebook URL to your twitter followers is a great way to get some instant exposure. Be sure to include a catching call to action that will make them want to click on the link.
• Shoot a mass email to your contacts. Make sure you add some value as to why they should like your page; everyone wants to know what’s in it for them. You can also use the “Tell Your Fans” option under the Marketing section of your Facebook to upload a list of contacts or link up your Gmail to have Facebook send out a message for you.

• Add your Facebook link to your Instagram description. this will help funnel people from that account to your Facebook.

Step 4: Optimize your site with Facebook Like and Share buttons.

Be sure to incorporate the Facebook “Like Box” on your homepage to pull through your latest posts and give people easy access to like the page directly from your website. You can also put share buttons on your product pages to give visitors a seamless way to share your great content to their friends.

Step 5: Use Facebook ads to promote your page

Facebook has great targeting options that let you get in front of your target audience. This allows you to select everything from the geographic are to the age group you think would be the most responsive. You can run ads for as little as $5 per day, and run multiple ads with different target audiences to let you tailor your message accordingly. You can also use their re-target code to show your ads to people who have already visited your website.

Wow that was a lot of information! It may seem overwhelming at first, but you will soon get the hang of it and be a Facebook marketing pro. If you follow each step one by one, you will be on your way to success and generating a great audience to promote your services to. Once you have a good fanbase, you can use their loyalty to grow your email list and drive traffic to your website.

Still don’t know what to do next, or haven’t even started the process of setting up your Facebook page? 220 Marketing offers everything from marketing consultations to complete social media set up from top to bottom to get you going!

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While most inbound marketing strategists are skilled at creating great content on Youtube channels and drafting lead nurturing email campaigns, they have the tendency to only focus on conversion when designing landing pages and overlook simple tweaks that will make people abandon a page. 

Below you will find seven tips to make your landing page more powerful and prevent people from instantly leaving as soon as the page loads.

1) User Action-Oriented Language

When creating a landing page, it is crucial to have action verbs of what filling out this form will help them accomplish. If you are creating a landing page for a free ebook, let them know in three seconds what they will be able to do after they read this book so they will feel compelled to sign up to receive it.

For example “Drive traffic to your website from Facebook” is more effective than “Website traffic comes from Facebook”. Putting action verbs on the page in a bulleted list will help the client identify easily how they will be able to make all of these things happen after filling out the form on the landing page instead of leaving it in someone else’s hands.

2) Use Value-Oriented Language

The value of your content is going to be letting the clients know why they should fill out your form. This will let them know that the minimal time they spend on this will give them a big reward.

Implementing headers that directly point out what they will get is a good way to do this. Put a header that says something like “Fill out this form to:” with a list under of everything they will get in return. For example, if you are advertising a loan program, let them know what terms they might qualify for with terms that will catch their attention—No money down! Low down Payment! and so on.

3) Use Reader Keywords

Instead of using keywords that the search engine will pick on, make your verbiage something that clients will understand without too much thinking. Confirming that the page they landed on matches the information on the link they just clicked on will make them more comfortable and more willing to fill out the form to get the information they were looking for in the first place.

When writing the content for your landing page, included exact or similar phrases as those that you used in the ad campaign that got the client there and make it easy to see when the client quickly scans the page. This will pass the test for the client and drive them to take that next step and fill out the form.

4) Write Using the Second Person

Writing in the second person will make the page more relatable to your reader. Instead of saying I, let them know what they will be able to do by filling out this form. Using terms like “you” and “your” will help them visualize what they will be able to do with this information and make it sound like less of a sales pitch.

5) Go for Clarity Over Creativity

When creating content for a landing page, it’s best to act like you are under a time constraint and have a limited amount of time to finish your project. What would you say if you only had three seconds get your message across? It may have helped you in school when you added fluff words to fill a page minimum, but your clients aren’t looking for fancy language, just the facts.

It’s a good practice to read what you’ve just drafted and cross out any terms or words that aren’t absolutely necessary to convey your message. This is easily achieved by citing statists or facts.

Trying to promote merging all insurance policies to one company? Let the client know how much the average person saves by bundling their accounts together.

6) Format

Making sure that your format is pleasing to the eye is just as important to the content that you put into it. Breaking up the text of a page so that one section is never more than five lines is a great tip to keep in mind.

Breaking up everything using different header formats for each section also draws attention to each set of information. Adding bullet points, check marks or bold text will help draw attention to the most important areas.

It’s also imperative to keep in mind that the client won’t read every line of text, so put the important sentences at the beginning of each group.

7) Proof for Consistency

Once you have written all of the content and proofread each section individually, go back and make sure that everything you’ve written is consistent and matches your core message.

Make sure that all of your grammar is correct as well as spelling as this will prevent any distractions that may come from simple errors. If you are using special terms such as ebook, make sure that it is spelled the same way through out your landing page as the dictionary will not be able to help you achieve consistency.

Double checking your facts is also crucial, as you don’t want to present anything that is not correct information.

Creating a consistent, easy to follow landing page will allow you to get a better return on your investment. Sometimes taking those couple extra steps to make sure everything is understandable from a consumer standpoint will make a huge difference.

Once you’ve created the landing page, try experimenting with a couple variations to get a better feel of how to format and word your future landing pages to make them the most successful they can be.

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Pinterest is a way to organize and share images that people find inspiring, interesting, or important. Once these images are shared, they become known as Pins. These Pins you can place on a customized Board that a person can create for any topic desired. The catch is, that if you want to give Pinterest you have to be invited to do so, similar to Google + when they launched their product.

Why would a person want to use Pinterest? Typically you have to have a specific purpose for it to make sense to use. For example, a striving artist wanting to showcase their portfolio to potential Art Schools, or a bride to be taking her “Bride Planner” to a virtual version. Parents might want to keep an organized list of Christmas gifts their children asked for, or a cook might want to keep an online recipe box. Whatever the case might be, there is more of a purpose behind sharing images online that just for the sole purpose of posting them.

How to Pin? Easy. You simply use the Pin It Button with the drag and drop browser option. When you find an image you enjoy, just click the button and select the photo. Assign the Pin to the Board and add any accompanying text. For iPhone users, uploading and sharing photos is even easier using the mobile app. Take pics on the go and use the app to Pin to the Boards or RePin from other users.

The social angle to Pinterest is simply that Pinning is more fun when you do it together. You can find other Pinners by filtering through Boards using the drop-down menu. When you see a good Pin, leave a comment, like it, or RePin it to one of your own Boards. You can also share Pins on Facebook, or tweet them on Twitter to help expand your network.

Most Pins are photos, but you can pin videos, too. Hit the Videos button at the top of the page to see everything from movie trailers to sewing tutorials to the latest viral videos.

Included is also a Gifts menu, you can Pin with prices associated with ideas and to find something within your budget.

Small business owners can use Pinterest as a way to promote their business. However, just like most social media, it is frowned upon to span your Boards with nothing but your own products or projects. Simple fix: contribute more to the community other than just your own products or projects to remain it its good graces. Connect with other Pinners and spread the word about yourself and your business. It can most certainly be useful, just be careful you use it creatively.

220 Marketing specializes in Online Marketing and Management for industries such as Insurance Marketing, Real Estate Marketing, and Mortgage Marketing.

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