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Facebook is the leading social community online. With currently over 500 million registered users, Facebook is a social networking website which allows members to make a profile, submit pictures, post information and keep in touch with family and friends. Now, that is a lot of potential customers which you cannot dispute!

Members are able to produce pages for their business, organization as well as fan pages and there has never been a better way to maximize your exposure, and get your message seen by a huge customer base.

Facebook has developed into an extremely popular media to display a business, web page, products and services as well as yourself. Facebook marketing has become another technique for marketers to use to promote and market their organisation, product or service.

The first step in Facebook marketing is to create your user profile. Your user profile allows others to interact with you on a personal level. Always add a photo to your profile, even if it is for an organisation. Visitors need to know there is a real person guiding the business and that provides the business with credibility as well as character and a bit of personality.

Ensure your ‘wall’ (the section where you upload information) includes only relevant information. Be respectful when you upload anything and when you comment on another person’s post. Only post things that are based on your subject matter. Always remember that whatever you post and send you message away into cyberspace, it will stay there forever.

Within the information section of your Facebook page is the place the real Facebook marketing takes place. Enter your business web address and a proper business contact. Also, put in your actual business address so people know where you are located.

Whenever advertising your business in other media, always publish that you can be located on Facebook. If you have a business website, include your Facebook link.

Encourage your Facebook supporters by awarding them with badges and commendations. Maybe post a quiz occasionally and the first one to post the correct answer receives a special badge.

Facebook marketing is all about having your information in front of as many people as possible. The greater number of friends you have, the more friends of friends will see your information and choose to become your Facebook friend. Then, everytime you send out a message about your products or services, lots of potential customers will see it.