Facebook Fanpage Marketing

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Does anyone know how to do the 'like to unlock' or 'share to unlock' on Facebook Fan pages?

Or any other handy tools to gain fans apart from paid ads as they are bit too costly for me at the minute.

Thanks

Jamie
#facebook #fanpage #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Cameron Fulton
    Hi there. I am not a facebook marketer at all at this stage, I am learning a lot about facebook at the moment as well.

    But to my understanding a year or so ago facebook removed the ability to do the whole "Like to unlock" thing, They also put a thing in their TOS stating something along the lines of "no content can be restricted and you cant force people to like and page"

    Then again their might be some sort of underground method but just a word of warning, be prepared to be banned if you use underground methods.

    Building fans can be quite tricky you just have to be consistent and If you want to do it faster then buying facebook ads is your best bet.

    Hope this helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Mensah
    Originally Posted by Leeds Man View Post

    Does anyone know how to do the 'like to unlock' or 'share to unlock' on Facebook Fan pages?

    Or any other handy tools to gain fans apart from paid ads as they are bit too costly for me at the minute.

    Thanks

    Jamie
    I know you can put that script on your wordpress site with problems but check with facebook TOS to make sure its ok. Seen some wso's that offer apps that can content lock your fanpages.
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    • Profile picture of the author DeterminedMom
      There are several "Fan Gate" software providers, but if you don't have the money for ads, you probably don't want to spend your money on the software.

      You can comment on similar fan pages using your fan page and gather some interest if your content is really good. Contribute to the discussion, don't post a link to your page. In other words, don't spam other people's pages --- they will block you.

      When you post on your page, make sure to ask for the like and for people to share the post. You can grow your page organically that way, but it will be slow at first.
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  • Profile picture of the author brutecky
    Originally Posted by Leeds Man View Post

    Does anyone know how to do the 'like to unlock' or 'share to unlock' on Facebook Fan pages?

    Or any other handy tools to gain fans apart from paid ads as they are bit too costly for me at the minute.

    Thanks

    Jamie
    You can do that for free:
    https://apps.facebook.com/static_html_plus/

    Also the above poster is correct you really need an ad budget if your going to do this to direct the people to your tab
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  • Profile picture of the author Leeds Man
    Thanks for all your answers.

    The Fangate thing looks good. I'm going to watch a few tutorials on it to see how I can customize the welcome page most likely. Either that or purchase a product that does it all for you. Anyone tried any?

    Regarding traffic - I can generate that already from my authority in this local niche. I just need to engage the visitors to like or share the page.

    I will be kind of siphoning traffic by using other peoples content (with permission) to scale the page.

    I will also be using the same tactics to then send these fans to opt in to my list/membership forum

    If anyone's wondering, it's a music fan page for mostly underground/non commercial music but people tend to trust me beyond music. I figured it would be best not to waste that reputation and authority and keep pursuing my hobby and learn how to leverage it whilst also doing IM.
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  • Profile picture of the author ethne_hunt
    Originally Posted by Leeds Man View Post

    Does anyone know how to do the 'like to unlock' or 'share to unlock' on Facebook Fan pages?

    Or any other handy tools to gain fans apart from paid ads as they are bit too costly for me at the minute.

    Thanks

    Jamie
    Hi,

    Their are many free like to unlock wordpress plugins are available.

    WordPress › Like to Unlock lite « WordPress Plugins

    This is a free plugin and should do the trick for you.

    If you are looking for some advance features such as Redirecting a user to a optin page once they click the link button and many more then you can check out WordPress Facebook Like Redirect Plugin

    Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author yusufshembah
    you can use a script which allows visitors to download after they click like on the fanpage tab.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wishpond
    You really don't want to be crossing a fine line with Facebook. Before you do it, make sure the wordpress plugins discussed here are cool with FB rules.

    Better yet, get more likes on your page by posting engaging content.

    Promote your Page on your website, Twitter, and any other social sites you're on.

    Go on to underground music forums and social sites, and take part in the community, and develop relationships - hey you might even really make some cool friends. Tell them about your Facebook page.

    Connect with other bloggers and Facebook pages to cross-promote your Page.

    Set up cool engaging content like contests, sweepstakes and group offers. For example - in a group offer, you could "like-gate" your Page, and offer free music to everyone who enters once you get say 100 new likes. This can make you look pretty cool, and it gives your Fans incentive to get their friends to like your Page too. It's pretty easy to set up social promotions, and they're really not that expensive: http://wshe.es/1aI6kBC

    Post other like gated content on your Page. Make a tab, for example, to some like-gated videos, or music samples.

    Have fun!
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