Social Media Examiner | Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/feed/ Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:54:47 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40432<![CDATA[Kim Olive replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40432 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:45:36 +0000 Kim Olive replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Are you wanting the LIKES to make your page look more important or for interaction and hopefully, more business?  Of course, the latter is better, but not always easy to do.  I know Linkedin offers a couple of […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40341<![CDATA[Pooja Gandhi replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40341 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:50:33 +0000 Pooja Gandhi replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook This post has given great user engagement ideas, but in India probably the users think is different. I have run contest for movie clients as well as brand. As we all know brands are a little difficult to promote […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40209<![CDATA[Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40209 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:30:24 +0000 Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Great information I can use for my clients too. Thanks @trina-wambach for asking this question and everyone for their input. Cheers!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40164<![CDATA[Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-40164 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:24:41 +0000 Denise Rubright replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Great information I can use for my clients too. Thanks @trina-wambach for asking this question and everyone for their input. Cheers!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39790<![CDATA[Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39790 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:04:54 +0000 Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook   @easypromos - thanks for the suggestion...I was thinking along those same lines with this first sweepstakes, to keep it simple for them by only having them enter name, email, like our page and accept terms.  […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39753<![CDATA[brian replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39753 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:34:33 +0000 brian replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @trina-wambach  (any relation to women's soccer?)
What you are doing is great:
Promotion + Newsletter. 
Just one suggestion: for your initial promotion action, i would start with a very simple sweepstake, where […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39730<![CDATA[Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39730 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:58:11 +0000 Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @easypromos - currently our goal is to get the hundreds of past clients who we have worked with (first time home buyers, refinancing customers, etc) to get to our facebook page and like our page so that we can […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39705<![CDATA[brian replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39705 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:12:18 +0000 brian replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Hi Trina,
I may be echoing a few of the above comments.
Success will be a factor of how few hoops you put your participants through to enter your contest and the quality/attractiveness of the prize. 
Your mortgage […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39539<![CDATA[Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39539 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:46:28 +0000 Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @trina-wambachyes, what I'd do is1 - create a promotion (sweepstakes/contest/whatever) and use fan gating2 - add it to your page3 - publish a post and link to the promotion to have your fans see it and make it a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39538<![CDATA[Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39538 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:35:48 +0000 Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @Milan-Steskal - seems like all we need to do is get our past clients to go to our FB page, click like, then have a contest displayed that they can engage in for a chance to win.  correct?

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39441<![CDATA[Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39441 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:52:11 +0000 Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @alexandrapotora That's what I'm mena by "adding more entries for sharing". Exactly as you said, the best way is to reward for bringing users to the app
@trina-wambach You can't reward users just for liking […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39437<![CDATA[Alexandra Potora replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39437 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:41:29 +0000 Alexandra Potora replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook @trina-wambach you will have access to that in the analytics of the app. @milan-steskal I think It’s against Facebook policy to directly reward a user for sharing. You may use Facebook apps to reward referrals […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39433<![CDATA[Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39433 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:32:34 +0000 Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Thanks everyone for your help! As I get into this more and more, I'm realizing how much I still need to learn!  As I mentioned in my original entry, I work with a couple of mortgage loan officers and their goal […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39432<![CDATA[Raquelle Dickerson replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39432 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:32:25 +0000 Raquelle Dickerson replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Check out a site that I manage it's 
https://www.facebook.com/halfpriceutah
Our company develops apps to and offers customized promotion strategy. Let me know if I can help in anyway! 
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39430<![CDATA[Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39430 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:17:20 +0000 Milan Steskal replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Hi guys,
just one thing. You can't add 'more entries' for sharing the contest or for any use of social channels. You have to find another way. One of the best is using open graph. Imagine that every person, who […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39426<![CDATA[Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39426 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:34:53 +0000 Trina Wambach replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase ’Likes’ on Business Page in the club Facebook Thanks for all your feedback! One question I had @alexandrapotora - how do you keep track how many times one person shared the page so that you reward them with more entries?  Also, does anyone know if you can run […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39368<![CDATA[Alexandra Potora replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39368 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:52:55 +0000 Alexandra Potora replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook Hi @trina-wambach @russellallert made a great comment. In addition to fan gating, I'd also consider promoting 'additional entries' per share. This way you're encouraging fans to share/invite/tweet the app in […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39311<![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39311 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:53:42 +0000 Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook I've also run many contests on Facebook for different clients and they have all been very successful @trina-wambach
It may depend a bit on how dormant your audience is just like @russellallert said.  Are you […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39301<![CDATA[Raquelle Dickerson replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39301 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:54:24 +0000 Raquelle Dickerson replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook We run these types of promotions all the time! They are super successful. We did a People's Choice Utah's Most Admired Companies contest for Utah Business Magazine and they gained over 18k likes in 3 weeks. The […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39295<![CDATA[Russell Allert replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/facebook-contests-to-increase-likes-on-business-page/#post-39295 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:39:22 +0000 Russell Allert replied to the forum topic Facebook Contests to increase 'Likes' on Business Page in the club Facebook @trina-wambach Hi TrinaAs a start, have a read of my blog post on running contests on Facebook, and also the simple version of Facebook's promotional guidelines (very important!) More specifically, it will […]

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