How to promote your site on Facebook

As we hit 100,000 likes, we take a look at how you can make the most out of Facebook

Yay. Thanks to all our lovely users, we now have over 100,000 likes on Facebook.

We’re not here to brag though. In fact we thought it was a great opportunity to take a look at how social media can be used to promote your website and business.

For instance did you know that 74% of consumers rely on social media to influence their purchasing decisions? Or that 81% are influenced by their friends posts when buying?

See, playing Candy Crush and finding out which character you are in Friends is pretty cool, but there could be a better use of your favourite social channel.

Here’s some guides we prepared earlier:

How to: Use Facebook as a Business – An Introduction

There are a number of key differences between personal ‘Profiles’ and ‘Pages’ on Facebook and it’s important to get to grips with these so you can make the most of this powerful opportunity (avoiding any potentially embarrassing faux-pas while you’re at it).

How to: Design your Facebook page

With its set layout and pale blue colour scheme, you might think there isn’t a great deal you can do with the design of your Facebook page. And you’d be right. What you can do, however, is bring it to life with images that show off who you are and what you do.

How to: Create a Facebook shop in 7 easy steps

If you own a business, you probably already have a Facebook page for it, but have you considered using it to promote and sell your products and services? Here we explain why it’s a savvy move and how easy it is to create one using your Moonfruit website…

How to: Use social media dashboards

Do you have numerous social media profiles? Are you finding it difficult to keep on top of them all? Cue social media dashboards. Here’s how to use them.

How to: Run a Competition on Facebook

Fancy running a competition on your Facebook page? It helps that you no longer need to build an app to do it. Find out how it’s done in our step-by-step guide.

Handling customer complaints on social media

A good reputation can be lost in the blink of an eye when customers get vocal on your social media profiles. Follow our guide to prevent it happening to you.

Did you know you can embed a Facebook feed in your website?

And finally. Here’s how you create a Facebook news feed and ensure your followers are always in the loop.

So, ready to take Facebook by storm?

“Wait, what about promoted pages?” you cry.

Ah, well, that’s a another story.

To be continued…

How to promote your site on Facebook