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Facebook Groups

by hrbweaver
8 replies
Has anybody ever used Facebook groups to find new friends/business
associates?

Apparently the best way to do this is to find a group in your niche
area and look for the group administrator. Then send out a friend
request to the administrator.

Always leave a brief message when you send out a friend request,
as this will separate you from everyone else. It seems that hardly
anyone takes the time to do this.

It also makes you look like you know what you are doing and not
amateurish.

Thanks for reading.
#facebook #groups
  • Profile picture of the author SpaceAge
    Social traffic is becoming more & more important these days, especially in terms of creating 'social proof'. So it certainly is a good idea to have a strategy to use FB, even more so taking into account the amount of traffic it nowadays gets...
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  • Profile picture of the author scortillion
    Originally Posted by hrbweaver View Post

    Has anybody ever used Facebook groups to find new friends/business
    associates?

    Apparently the best way to do this is to find a group in your niche
    area and look for the group administrator. Then send out a friend
    request to the administrator.

    Always leave a brief message when you send out a friend request,
    as this will separate you from everyone else. It seems that hardly
    anyone takes the time to do this.

    It also makes you look like you know what you are doing and not
    amateurish.

    Thanks for reading.
    What's your goal to get the admin to promote offers for you?
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  • Profile picture of the author hrbweaver
    I believe the goal is to get as many productive FB friends as possible. Although FB only allows 5000 friends, you never know, one day one of those group administrators could become a customer, business partner, jv partner. The key is to treat them as you would wanted to be treated.
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    • Profile picture of the author skibbz
      Originally Posted by hrbweaver View Post

      I believe the goal is to get as many productive FB friends as possible. Although FB only allows 5000 friends, you never know, one day one of those group administrators could become a customer, business partner, jv partner. The key is to treat them as you would wanted to be treated.
      some admins have millions of friends on their fan pages and you would have to give them something really worthwhile for them to be interested enough to blast an ad to their fans in your behalf
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    i think there are plenty of people like that, i just found few friends from facebook groups..
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyheaven
    Facebook groups is a great way to provide social proof.
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  • Profile picture of the author flowers4love
    This is wonderful advice. Indeed when it comes to using Facebook and other social media for marketing then it's not enough to have many friends, it's also important that your friends should be relevant to your niche. This also adds to your image as someone professional who knows other professionals.
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  • Profile picture of the author lotsofsnow
    Facebook groups are great, but I have had much more success with creating Facebook pages.

    You can create a "fan" page for any product and you do not have to connect that page to your Facebook profile.

    It can be really annoying for your friends and family if you are testing several different things. That means a Facebook page works better, at least for the things that I try to achieve.
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