How to do Facebook marketing?

[Hazel]

I read an article that said you can make money from facebook marketing, how does this work, maybe im dumb but i dont understand where or when financial gain comes into it

this is what it said'8.Facebook marketing

Our goal is to make a popular fan page on a niche topic. First you need to setup a new Facebook account. You don’t want to lose you actual account if this goes wrong, so make a new one. Add a nice looking picture as your profile of someone who looks real. Now you need to add as many friends as possible. There are methods to speed up this process but the goal is to get a few thousand friends. Lots of people are vein with facebook friend numbers and want to look like they know lots of people, so will happily add you if your normal enough looking. Once you have a good amount of friends, you setup a fan page about your niche topic. Something like weight loss is good, or acne if you have lots of younger friends. Title your page with a catchy title that has good keywords, as it will show in facebook search. Now suggest your page to all of your new friends. When someone “likes” your page, a link goes in their newsfeed saying they like your page. If you get enough likes things can go viral here and it can grow pretty fast. Once you have a good amount of likes, you start adding regular content relating the niche to your page.…”read this great inspirational weight loss story” etc. Every now and then put an affiliate link to a CPA offer that relates. Content you add to the page gets added to their feed, so it will get looked at by many of them. If you have a good amount of followers you can make good dosh using this method.'

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Here are nine tips for effective facebook marketing as followed:

Complete the Info Page
When you create a Facebook page for your business, fill in the Info tab completely and check it for accuracy. A vital rule of marketing is to provide customers and potential customers with multiple ways to reach you. Enter your phone number, email address, physical address and the names and direct numbers of people in your organization, if applicable.

Interact With Customers
Facebook is all about being sociable, so businesses should interact with their customer base as much as possible. When someone posts a question on your Facebook page, answer it promptly and accurately. Customers view your answer as a sign that you put a high value on customer interaction.

Cross Promote
Promote your company's Facebook page in several ways to draw in potential customers. Cross promotion with Twitter is important if you use Twitter, but if not, include your Facebook page's URL on your company's website and business cards and in the email signatures of your employees.

Share Content
When you post photos, videos and other updates to your page, set your privacy settings so followers can share it. Every time someone shares something related to your business, that information is exposed to another potential customer base. When you allow others to share your content, they're helping you market your business.

Sponsor Contests
Many businesses use contests as a way to draw people to "Like" their Facebook pages. A contest can be as simple as a giveaway to every 100th or 1,000th person to join your page or as complex as a monthly drawing for a substantial prize from all the people who like your page.

Update Regularly
A website or Facebook page needs to be updated regularly to keep the customer's interest. If the information on your page is stagnant, customers might visit a competitor's page. Post several times a week, but don't post so frequently that customers feel you're spamming them.

Add Multimedia
Adding photos and videos to your Facebook page is useful for most types of businesses. If you're a manufacturing business, for example, upload short videos that demonstrate and explain the manufacturing process. Photos of your store, warehouse, company events and even customer-uploaded photos of your products are also ideal.

Be Different
If your business has many competitors, each might have a Facebook page. Strive to give your customers content that makes your page and your business stand out from the rest. Content depends entirely on the nature of your business, but think creatively. Monitor what your competitors are doing and do something different.

Place Facebook Ads
Facebook allows businesses to create small advertisements that appear on the right side of pages that are chosen by criteria the advertiser specifies. These ads are available for a wide range of budgets and take only minutes to create. They can link directly to your website or your Facebook page.