WHAT ARE Facebook Business Pages?

Also known as Facebook Fanpages

Marketing your business could very well be the most essential thing you can do to keep your doors open.

There are only two ways a business survives, bring in new customers to your business, or make money on the customers it already has.  Having a Facebook Fanpage, or Official Business Page, can help you with both.

As a fellow business owner, you already know that marketing is important for business growth and in today’s climate that’s especially true.

More and more, your prospects are turning to social networking websites like Facebook to locate businesses in their own backyard, or to ask their “Facebook Friends” for product and service recommendations. When it comes to marketing and communicating with your customers, the worldwide popularity of Facebook has had a direct impact on how you should market your business.

The benefits of reaching people all over the world to share your business with has caused many businesses to ride the social networking wave and get their business on the hottest social networking site in the world, Facebook.
The opportunity for your business to take advantage of the low cost of having a fanpage created to promote your brand or product is one of the many advantages of using a Facebook Business page.The ability to get really creative with your fanpage by using a variety of applications is a very popular trend.  You need to take advantage of every opportunity to get people talking about your business.
A great way to do this is by adding coupons, sweepstakes, interactive videos, polls, etc.The creators of Facebook understand what people want and need in a social network and they are continually updating and adjusting Facebook’s many user functions and constantly adding fun touches and great new ways to connect with others and enhance the Facebook experience.

For the millions of Facebook users who log on each day, Facebook is a part of their daily routine, and catching up with friends on the other side of the globe in an instant is just a normal part of their everyday lives.  Facebook has revolutionized how people network, communicate and interact, and life on and offline will never be the same.

When it comes to activity, check these Facebook stats:

• There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
• Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
• Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month

• More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.

With statistics like this, you should now understand why

“Facebook is a BIG Deal”

So, to recap, IF you are wondering if your local business can really benefit from Facebook fanpages and the resounding answer is YES!

Dragons Net Solutions strive  to give you a clear understanding of what “Facebook Fanpages” are used for and why it’s something you should care about.