I have a Facebook page called Dementia Support, to educate and communicate medical news and updated info on this dreadful disease. Do you have any suggestions on how I can get more ”likes” or fans to this page. My audience is worldwide.
Thank you for any advice you will share. I am not on Twitter with the Facebook postings.

Hi Joe.

I agree with Gregory. Content is key and it will drive the right people either to your facebook page or website (whichever’s your goal).

I find it important to activate fan-gating on the Facebook page as this will almost “make” people click on the Like button of your page to access the rest of the content (although in reality they can just jump to the page’s Wall). Sometimes people like the content displayed on your Wall but forget to click the Like button.

I use the free version of Woobox http://woobox.com/ for my customer’s pages and am really happy with it. It has fan-gating, form-gating and friend-gating features. There’s a few more tools that will allow you to do this as well.

If none of this sounds familiar let me know and I’ll try to explain it in a bit more detail.

Hope this helps.

Alex

@joepascal Hi Joe

I look after a Facebook page for White Wreath Association, which is a small charity who helps and gives advice to those with depression and families of suicide victims.

It can be hard to to run a Facebook page like this, and while information is great, you might want to try making the site a friendly, light, fun place to visit.

These topics can be quite dry and I find making the page more community-orientated, with discussion around topics other than directly about the subject matter can really get people to keep reading and visiting (and learning).

You want to build a community around the page, so you will need to “entertain” not just inform.

Hope that helps.

Email me if you want to chat about it further, Joe.

Russell Allert

@alexandrevicente How can I add a second FaceBook page to my profile? I have 5 Star Real Estate listed, and I’d like to add Dementia Support as a second FaceBook Page. Your assistance would be valued.Joe Pascal

@joepascal I have gotten new fans by sharing, conversing on other pages with related topics as my page. So post as your page with valuable information, questions, or answers and people will check your page out.

@joepascal Hiya Joe. I believe you’re limited to listing only one Facebook Business Page on your profile. I’d have a word with the Club leader Andrea Vahl (@andrea-vahl) about that. I think it could be useful to be able to add more Facebook Pages.

Hope this helps.

Alex

You are correct, @alexandrevicente – there is only one space for a Facebook page link but I would also post the link in your description if you have multiple Facebook pages, @joepascal
What @kathypop was referring to is using your Facebook Page to post on other Pages.  I have a blog post on how to do that here:  https://andreavahl.com/facebook/how-and-why-to-like-other-facebook-pages-as-your-page.php(If you haven’t met Grandma Mary yet, she does the demo here  

It’s a great way to connect with new audiences by showing up in the conversation as your Page on other Pages.  Hope that helps!

@joepascal Hmm… I am an active member of 2 medical support pages / groups on FB. I am a member of others that I do not participate in. I participate in these 2 because I feel they offer the ‘best I have found’ information and support – one for a condition in my family, one for a condition a dear friend has. There are a lot of support groups and – sorry to put it so bluntly – but just as if it was a business, do you have a differentiation (even  within a geography ) and / or a niche? If you do, and you are adding content they cannot get elsewhere, you will attract the people within that niche.