Blogging Tips: 5 Tips to Make the Most of the New Facebook Timeline to Gain Exposure for Your Blog
- ARTICLES |
Being active on Facebook, which is a daily destination for 500 million people around the world, is an effective way to gain lots of exposure and traffic for your blog. On your Facebook page you can create a sense of community with your blog readers, and you can attract new readers as well.
Let's look at these five tips for leveraging Facebook's timeline for pages to get you some valuable exposure for your blog and your brand.
1. Make the most of your cover image
The new look of Facebook timeline for pages features that fabulously, huge cover image that you can use to visually depict your brand image. You can choose one image for your cover, or change it up every week or when the mood strikes you. Use that space to publicize events, contests, challenges or upcoming book or product launches. Be sure to follow Facebook's cover image guidelines: https://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=cover+guidelines
2. Maximize the Apps on your timeline
Whatever you had as a 'tab' in the old layout now appears as an 'app' in the timeline layout. You get as many as 12 apps per page, but only four are displayed at a time, and the first one is always photos.
Milestones are part of the chronological flow of the new timeline. If you've got an existing page with old content, you can go back and add backdated posts at significant points in the history of your blog.
Marking your milestones allows your visitors to learn more about you blog and it could encourage them to engage more with you and your community.
4. Use or do not use the new message feature
Part of the new design is the message feature, which allows visitors to send you a direct message without posting it publicly on your wall. You can also send messages to your fans. If you don't plan to use this feature, then you might want to disable it. It really wouldn't look good for a visitor to send you a message and you didn't see or respond to it for a few days.
5. Utilize Interest lists
On the left navigation panel, scroll down a bit until you see, 'Interests,' Click on that link and you will be able to subscribe to different interest list feeds, or you can create your own. Creating an interest list is an effective way to gain exposure for yourself and your blog within a specific topic. Once you've created your list, post an update letting your followers know about it occasionally.
Now, here's a cool little tweak that you can do as a page admin. This tip comes from Dorien on the More in Media blog. You can add Pages to Your Facebook interest lists by clicking on the down arrow to the right of the 'Message,' button below your cover image. Be sure to occasionally remind your fans to add your page to their interest list.
There are some lists that have 10,000 or more members who have all expressed an interest in that topic. What a great way to build credibility, gain exposure and meet lots of people?
The new timeline for pages has lots of features that allow you to really brand your blog and tell your story in a visual and chronological way.
For more social media marketing tips and blogging tips and strategies for building your online business, visit http://mcreasite.com/blog today.
Let's look at these five tips for leveraging Facebook's timeline for pages to get you some valuable exposure for your blog and your brand.
1. Make the most of your cover image
The new look of Facebook timeline for pages features that fabulously, huge cover image that you can use to visually depict your brand image. You can choose one image for your cover, or change it up every week or when the mood strikes you. Use that space to publicize events, contests, challenges or upcoming book or product launches. Be sure to follow Facebook's cover image guidelines: https://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=cover+guidelines
2. Maximize the Apps on your timeline
Whatever you had as a 'tab' in the old layout now appears as an 'app' in the timeline layout. You get as many as 12 apps per page, but only four are displayed at a time, and the first one is always photos.
- Create a custom image for each app
- Use a unique URL to drive traffic to a specific app
- Create branded landing pages linked to each app
Milestones are part of the chronological flow of the new timeline. If you've got an existing page with old content, you can go back and add backdated posts at significant points in the history of your blog.
Marking your milestones allows your visitors to learn more about you blog and it could encourage them to engage more with you and your community.
4. Use or do not use the new message feature
Part of the new design is the message feature, which allows visitors to send you a direct message without posting it publicly on your wall. You can also send messages to your fans. If you don't plan to use this feature, then you might want to disable it. It really wouldn't look good for a visitor to send you a message and you didn't see or respond to it for a few days.
5. Utilize Interest lists
On the left navigation panel, scroll down a bit until you see, 'Interests,' Click on that link and you will be able to subscribe to different interest list feeds, or you can create your own. Creating an interest list is an effective way to gain exposure for yourself and your blog within a specific topic. Once you've created your list, post an update letting your followers know about it occasionally.
Now, here's a cool little tweak that you can do as a page admin. This tip comes from Dorien on the More in Media blog. You can add Pages to Your Facebook interest lists by clicking on the down arrow to the right of the 'Message,' button below your cover image. Be sure to occasionally remind your fans to add your page to their interest list.
There are some lists that have 10,000 or more members who have all expressed an interest in that topic. What a great way to build credibility, gain exposure and meet lots of people?
The new timeline for pages has lots of features that allow you to really brand your blog and tell your story in a visual and chronological way.
For more social media marketing tips and blogging tips and strategies for building your online business, visit http://mcreasite.com/blog today.