Facebook Strategy

[prince]

Originally Posted by Jim Bryant

What I've done is try to post a photo a day or write a blog. This seems to attract folks to like my page and become followers and they in turn share the link with their friends as well. Good marketing!!!!!!!!

I am trying that as well to keep the FB page as well as my blog active. Unfortunately I don't have a flow of clients to keep that going.. I guess it's a catch 22..

Originally Posted by Biomech

Blogs take a lot work, I'm planning on scrapping mine. It really devalues your product when the last entry was 6 months ago (or in my case...oh I've already taken the link out lol... last post was April anyway.)

I agree I have also thought about just using a blogsite.. not having a separate blog and website..

Originally Posted by CarlyRocksPhotos

This has been touched on above, but you have to really utilize your social media on a very personal level, or you lose people. . .
Good luck!

Thanks Oh yea.. if you are just posting sales pitch on your blog or social media than people are going to ignore you..

Originally Posted by Biomech

Thing is, all competitions on facebook now have to be run through a 3rd party or you stand the risk of having you page removed

Facebook

Yea FB has got a lot stricter and unfortunately everyone is on there.. gotta be careful..

Thanks for your inputs everyone.

[Xposurepro]

Facebook is a social network ... are you actually being social? Most photographers fall into what I call the LOOK AT ME category. This is what I'm offering. This is what I want you to buy. This is what I took pictures of today. This is what I want you to do. Me Me Me Me Me.
Be social. Interact with your target. Comment on their pictures, updates, etc. Post something funny and interesting (that has nothing to do with selling yourself) Most importantly worry less about Page Like and more about Profile Friends ... the FB page platform is one of the worst business concepts I can think of. It's main flaw being it's lack of communication with potential clients.

Oh and as far as Facebook Rules Paranoia goes .. pay attention at how many major corps don't bother following the rules. If you follow every single rule they have there's honestly no point in using Facebook as a marketing platform in the first place. Use common sense .. don't spam .. don't tick people off. Facebook doesn't blow their profits paying a massive workforce to just surf around all day monitoring photographers profiles to make sure they don't post an update saying "Check out my special offer." They pay to respond to the reports of the people who try sending 1000 BUY ME BUY ME sale pitches to people they have never attempted building a relationship with.