Facebook Marketing Strategy - And Your Online Networking Connections
Although Facebook is one of the Internet's most popular social media sites, it is quickly gaining ground as a premier outlet for social marketing.
Using Facebook for business is getting easier with the numerous applications available that allow its users to link online social networking sites for integrated content syndication and sharing.
Here are some of the top sites available for Facebook integration through its applications: LinkedIn.
Facebook offers several useful applications that connect your Facebook account to your LinkedIn profile.
A couple of apps that may be of interest to those who are serious about using Facebook for business include: * LinkedIn Contacts.
View and share your LinkedIn contacts through your Facebook profile.
As you cross-reference your friends, you improve your chances of expanding your networks and increasing your audience reach.
* My Company's Hiring.
As the number of unemployed workers increases, the need for a dependable job search site grows as well.
The Facebook app "My Company's Hiring" allows you to take your LinkedIn company information and post available positions through your Facebook account.
Making social marketing work for you involves some effort on your part.
Take advantage of the applications available by using Facebook for business and drive traffic to your professional site(s).
Blog RSS Feed Reader.
For those who see believe in using Facebook for business, the RSS Feed Reader is the perfect tool for directing traffic toward your selected blog posts.
Add either your own blog or your favorite blogs to the RSS Feed Reader app and let your friends know where to go to find the latest information of importance to you.
Twitter.
Facebook's Twitter application allows you to duplicate your status updates without logging in to other social networks.
Should your online social networking circles not necessarily be overlapping, you have covered all your bases with one update.
WordPress.
To enhance your social marketing efforts, take advantage of this app that comes with a dual purpose: share your blog posts with your friends while you have access to your friends' blogs.
Here are a few other advantages to adding the WordPress app to your Facebook profile: * Updates.
Select portions from your last five posts and last five comments of your blog are posted to your Facebook profile through the app.
Both the posts and comments are updated each time they are posted to your WordPress blog.
* Links.
As one of the most important features for your Facebook marketing strategy, posts to your WordPress blog are added to both your news and RSS feeds with direct links to your blog updates.
With the WordPress.
com Facebook application, your friends are able to stay updated with your latest blog posts without having to leave their Facebook page.
Although the online social networking applications made available through Facebook are not created or supported by Facebook, they are helpful additions to your Facebook profile.
While no application is the social marketing panacea for driving traffic to your homepage, it can help increase your number of contacts and improve content syndication.
Using Facebook for business is getting easier with the numerous applications available that allow its users to link online social networking sites for integrated content syndication and sharing.
Here are some of the top sites available for Facebook integration through its applications: LinkedIn.
Facebook offers several useful applications that connect your Facebook account to your LinkedIn profile.
A couple of apps that may be of interest to those who are serious about using Facebook for business include: * LinkedIn Contacts.
View and share your LinkedIn contacts through your Facebook profile.
As you cross-reference your friends, you improve your chances of expanding your networks and increasing your audience reach.
* My Company's Hiring.
As the number of unemployed workers increases, the need for a dependable job search site grows as well.
The Facebook app "My Company's Hiring" allows you to take your LinkedIn company information and post available positions through your Facebook account.
Making social marketing work for you involves some effort on your part.
Take advantage of the applications available by using Facebook for business and drive traffic to your professional site(s).
Blog RSS Feed Reader.
For those who see believe in using Facebook for business, the RSS Feed Reader is the perfect tool for directing traffic toward your selected blog posts.
Add either your own blog or your favorite blogs to the RSS Feed Reader app and let your friends know where to go to find the latest information of importance to you.
Twitter.
Facebook's Twitter application allows you to duplicate your status updates without logging in to other social networks.
Should your online social networking circles not necessarily be overlapping, you have covered all your bases with one update.
WordPress.
To enhance your social marketing efforts, take advantage of this app that comes with a dual purpose: share your blog posts with your friends while you have access to your friends' blogs.
Here are a few other advantages to adding the WordPress app to your Facebook profile: * Updates.
Select portions from your last five posts and last five comments of your blog are posted to your Facebook profile through the app.
Both the posts and comments are updated each time they are posted to your WordPress blog.
* Links.
As one of the most important features for your Facebook marketing strategy, posts to your WordPress blog are added to both your news and RSS feeds with direct links to your blog updates.
With the WordPress.
com Facebook application, your friends are able to stay updated with your latest blog posts without having to leave their Facebook page.
Although the online social networking applications made available through Facebook are not created or supported by Facebook, they are helpful additions to your Facebook profile.
While no application is the social marketing panacea for driving traffic to your homepage, it can help increase your number of contacts and improve content syndication.