Facebook Marketing for Small Business: What You Need to Know
Is your business on Facebook?
Are you wondering how a small business can benefit from Facebook marketing?
To learn about the opportunities for small businesses, I interview Ramon Ray for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast.
More About This Show
The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner.
It’s designed to help busy marketers and business owners discover what works with social media marketing.
The show format is on-demand talk radio (also known as podcasting).
In this episode, I interview Ramon Ray, the author of The Facebook Guide to Small Business Marketing. He’s also the founder of Small Biz Technology and the guy behind a great event called Small Business Summit.
Ramon shares his tips and techniques when it comes to Facebook marketing.
You’ll learn how to grow a larger following on Facebook and turn Facebook engagement into sales.
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Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages: 2012 Winners!
Small businesses can stand out in a big way with Facebook.
If you’re looking for some creative examples of Facebook pages from the small guys, look no further!
More than 1,800 nominations came in from our contest. These represent over 500 small businesses.
Our panel of Facebook experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing their landing pages, engagement, reader involvement and creative use of promotions (among other things).
None of these businesses have huge budgets, yet they all have achieved amazing success. The following are the winners of Social Media Examiner’s Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages for 2012:
Nominate Your Favorite Small Business Facebook Page: Top 10 Contest
Social Media Examiner is accepting nominations for its second-annual “Top 10 Small Business Facebook Page” contest.
Do you have a favorite small business Facebook page? Keep reading to learn how you can nominate it.
The winners will be promoted in our 164,000-reader newsletter and announced here.
How to Nominate
Please make a single nomination by leaving a comment below and include why you like the page (only your first nomination counts).
Be sure to include a link to the Facebook page you’re nominating.
To make the cut, a Facebook page must be (1) owned by a small business and (2) receive at least two nominations.
13 Tools to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing
Are you looking for tools to simplify your social media activities?
Many businesses feel overwhelmed when implementing their social media marketing.
Sometimes the solution is to focus on the right social media tools for your business.
We asked social media experts for their most valuable tool for small businesses using social media. Here are 13 tools to help you execute your social media strategy effectively.
#1: Crowdbooster
Amy Porterfield @amyporterfield
Crowdbooster is my tool of choice to manage social media activities on Facebook and Twitter.
This tool does many things to help me save time and streamline activities.
For example, it auto-posts on both my Facebook page and Twitter, tracks my new fans and followers, and gives me stats on how many times my content has been shared and retweeted.
Social Media Trends for Small Businesses
In this video I interview Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and BizSugar, and author of Visual Marketing.
Anita shares how social media impacts small businesses. You’ll discover which small businesses are slow to adopt social media and where social media brings the best results.
Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
9 Small Business Social Media Success Stories
Are you curious what small businesses are doing to achieve success with social media marketing? Look no further.
This article highlights nine small businesses of various sizes and industries that have transformed their online presence with innovative social media marketing practices.
You’re guaranteed to find inspiration for your social media marketing efforts here.
These tactics will work for just about any business—from solopreneur to multi-employee manufacturer. So let’s dive in!
How Small Businesses Should Adapt to Social Media
In this video I interview John Jantsch, founder of Duct Tape Marketing and author of the books Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine.
John shares great tips for small businesses to get more out of social media. He also identifies the key social media trends to focus on to make your marketing simple and effective in bringing in more money.
Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video. Also keep reading to learn how you can win private coaching with John.
