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PICTURES OR TEXT….. (17 posts)

Topic tags: content, engagement, posts

Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
every day when i post i have to decide to go with pictures or text….im starting to think the   less seen pictures   are   better because thats what my followers really like…buti dont want to lose any followers…
..BUT THEN i get an email from my best customer of the year!!! who said she never sees my feed anymore,   she found me on the internet and came   from a long way and bought   a huge truckload of furnit;ure from us……. so i know my   messages arent getting out like they used to , even to ones who   want to see,,,,IKKK
any new proof or theories out there? what   are YOU   doing on this subject?
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Mac said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
why do you feel that you have to do one or the other? Why not post the picture and later int he day the corresponding text. Or split test it out. see which works better at different times of day.
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Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
yes, thats kind of what im doing now….messy tho…and not quite that easy…
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Claudia Poeckl said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
I still put the text with the picture but every now and then (more than in the past) I just post text. Like this I hope to reach the fans that I don’t reach when posting pics.
What does not work for me at all are questions and events. So when I create an event, I post the details text only a few days later. And when asking questions I won’t use FB’s question tool anymore. I get almost zero reach with it!
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Mark E Tennant said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
Hi Ann…..pictures and video…..it’s been proven to me time and time again. More engagement, more people Share. I would never post anything to my page or a client’s FB page without a pic or video, period.
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Mark E Tennant said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
Also, back link to your web site when you can with FB posts….
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Russell Allert said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall Hi Ann
Always mix it up. Variety works better than any one form in the long run.
Russ
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Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
my page was built on almost all pictures….. but things have changed …for the worse.imho….. @russellallert so thats why im using text more now….. i like links too but they dont seem to work very well….also contests dont work so far….mostly they just want to see what s going on at the store….a window picture got 1000 views today….better than usual almost like the old days a few months ago..
. @claudiapoeckl im doing what you describe..what else can we do? …my events are good but they arent really facebook events…facewbook helps market them tho……
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Russell Allert said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall With links, Ann, use a URL shortener with some analytics (like Bitly.com) to track clicks as I find a lot of people click on the links but they tend not to like or leave a comment on Facebook.
So, while you may not think they work, people are noticing and clicking on them.
Russ
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Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
i mainly link to my website and my info there tells me how many came….its ok but nothing too big….also i read on a link here that links we NOT popular for facebook……im going to put a link to my christmas board on pinterest on my facebook page tonight,,, later…
.i just put a picture of some exciting stuff im getting on and getting good interest…….abouit 20 likes and comments in the first half hour…
…i love the pictures… they are so easy and that really counts….
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Andrea Vahl said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
We post three types of posts every day at Social Media Examiner, @annfurnivall A couple of photos, a link, and a text only. I think it helps to hedge your bets!
I think you should keep posting a lot of pictures since that’s what your audience responds to.
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Kathy Bernard said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
I try to always do an image along with my blog text, but would love to get to a place where I have videos to post as well.
Kathy Bernard
Getajobtips.com
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E N Brown said
5 months, 2 weeks ago:
Hi @annfurnivall —
Not to be off-putting for your FB involvement but do you put out a daily or weekly newsletter? That’s the smartest way to stay in contact with your good customers.
FB is great but with the changes they’ve been making it is not so good for local biz.
.02
Eileen
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Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 1 week ago:
everybody.s different….facebook is sure good for OUR BUSINESS….. its not an either or situation …….we do a lot besides facebook…  …but i like my website too and my email list and my snail mail list…and my pinterest….   to me its a nice messy web…but   right now facebook is THE KING….   when it   stops   being that hopefully i will know and do something different..
a business has to be tough and flexible , there is   going to be change that you cant control……but why miss out on a great marketing opportunity; going on right now?   for us that has been and still is   facebook….  if you get retail clients    please let them try it!!! it can work like a charm….
we do put out a monthly   email newsletter…. our database is over 4000, most from sign ups in our store….i think daily or weekly would be overkill…for us…. i dont want them to get sick of seeing us …
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Holly Wade said
5 months, 1 week ago:
I used to always go with text and a picture, and I ALWAYS post a picture when I’m posting a link, as that is what many people recommend (including Mari Smith). However, over the past few weeks I have backed away from pics a little and done more straight text and those have gotten better reach, so I’m not completely sure. But, I would agree that it’s important to mix it up.
In the end, test and see what works for your audience. I know it’s not the most helpful answer, but it’s the truth.
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Jules Webb said
5 months, 1 week ago:
Hi @annfurnivall
I came across this article today and since I know you’ve posted several threads relating to this this topic I thought you might be interested in reading it.
Facebook Text-Only Posts Beating Photo And Link Posts On EdgeRank
Evidently your interpretations of how your facebook posts have been doing are pretty spot on.
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Ann at greenoak said
5 months, 1 week ago:
@juleswebb thanks jules…. good info…..its so twisted… more views with text but we know they like pictures better….im trying to look at the insights and understand them better…im doing both text and pictures… for sure…
i sure dont want to count on my viewers to have to do anything to get my posts!!!lol…. dang, they already liked me…
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