Hacks to build facebook community

February 4th, 2014

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if people can share what methods if any have others used to grow an online community on facebook. If you manage a page on facebook, what hacks have you used to get more likes ?

Is number of likes even a meaningful metric to track?

I read an article that going forward Facebook is going to show less content from pages and more from friends in a user's feed. With such changes to facebook, would you still recommend using facebook as a good platform for building an online community ?

At what point should I consider hiring a marketing agency or buying a tool to make this process easier ?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Dennis Franczak President and CEO, Fuseideas

February 4th, 2014

This is a very difficult question to answer.as a marketing person and someone who runs an agency that does this for clients, it's important that you have an understanding of what you really want from social media. Is it for PR or awareness or is it to actually help drive sales? Getting likes is not a useful metric at all unless it's tied to something larger. It also depends on what you are selling. Facebook may not be the place for you to be at all. DENNIS FRANCZAK CEO [cid:image001.png@01CDB1F6.B35F4990] O: 781.897.4801 M: 617.504.4572 EMAIL: dfranczak@fuseideas.com BOSTON / NEW YORK / ATLANTA / PRAGUE / PORTLAND FUSEIDEAS.COM Please consider the environment before printing this email.

Leena MBA Content & Publication Manager at NetApp

February 4th, 2014

I agree with Dennis 100%. I just read an article, not too long ago, showing how social media in general has not been linked to an appreciable percent of conversions when it comes to sales. I have heard that blogging and other methods are more effective. If I find the article I'll post it here.

There are a bunch of articles like this one, however:

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131125033630-3154163-social-media-doesn-t-drive-sales-but-that-s-not-the-point

Daniel Ice

February 4th, 2014

I would recomend the book Jab Jab Jab Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk. It really explains how to use social media to market. He covers all the major networks including facebook. It also includes case studies so you can see the principles that matter.

Patrick Hooft Vice President & Director of Operations at Uniglobe Travel British Isles

February 4th, 2014

Thank you for your e-mail. I'm currently out of the office attending the Business Travel Show and have very limited access to e-mails, and will return on the 6th February 2014. For any urgent matters please e-mail Region@uniglobetravelbi.co.uk or call 0845 257 0332 Patrick

Climb Lean Climb Lean School of Starting Up

Last updated on June 8th, 2018

If one is working on building a community first time, it helps to have similar minded people around who are also trying to do the same. And, community building for a complex product, you need tools that have capabilities more than Reddit or Slack or just a simple FB group. Since this is a collaboration between you and your target audience, you need tools that would enable this productively and effectively.

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