Driving Traffic through Facebook

by jRad
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What I'm trying to accomplish is this.

I have a Facebook page (fan page). I'm a musician. I do covers and write originals and post them to youtube, linking them to my Facebook fan page or personal page. I get a fair amount of people clicking the like button, and I know the more likes and comments I get on a video, the higher the video ranks in the 'top stories' in the news feed, which is good too.

I'd love if there was a way, a code I could somehow implement or plugin where this happens - every time I post a video on Facebook, and a person 'likes' that video, it not only shows up in the news feed but sticks the video to their profile.

I notice whenever I like anything on Facebook (like a music fan page, movie fan page etc), it sticks to my profile saying "this guy likes this movie".

Is there a way that I can get the same result when people click my videos on my fan page? That would help me out so much. I hope a way exists.
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  • Profile picture of the author Noel Cunningham
    I don't know of any plugin that will do that for ya jRad - would be fantastic if there was one out there. For now maybe place some links to your FB fan page in the youtube description with maybe some type of offer on the other end.

    Maybe offer a free download if they Like your fan page??
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  • Profile picture of the author Nikolas
    You should probably try to ask your fans to share your videos in their timeline. The only automated way to do that is actually create an application that will, but I am not sure why a fan would use that.
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    • Profile picture of the author Manie Amari
      Originally Posted by Nikolas View Post

      You should probably try to ask your fans to share your videos in their timeline.

      Yes I have to agree with this. You need to engage your fans first and then give them an incentive to share your videos. The most powerful tool on a Fan Page is the share button. If you can increase your shares you will effectively increase your back-links back to your page and increase your fans and push your video outside your circle of fans.
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  • Profile picture of the author shmerns
    The reason that when you "Like" something on facebook and it says it on your profile is because your account settings are set up that way.

    For those who have this same setting on their account, people who like your videos will show that they liked it as well.

    The Facebook user has the ability to choose what they want to see and can regulate their own settings.

    As far as "sticking" the video to the profile, I have a software system that used to do this, but since Facebook is constantly changing, I believe this feature was disabled, but I will try to find out.

    Hope this helps

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    • Profile picture of the author thriftgirl62
      Originally Posted by Nikolas View Post

      You should probably try to ask your fans to share your videos in their timeline. The only automated way to do that is actually create an application that will, but I am not sure why a fan would use that.
      That's exactly right - it's all in the application and what you're allowed to access through permissions. Some [not all] have to be manually approved by Facebook first depending on what your application is for. 800 Million users just wanna have FUN, NOT get bombarded with affiliate links or cookie-cutter Stores with automatic Amazon and eBay feeds.

      Facebook is all about making people HAPPY. Like with your music - people you're looking for WANT to be found - that's why they fill out their profiles in the first place. You have to let people know what you have or nobody has any fun.

      I just posted information on the Facebook Marketplace under "services" that you might be interested in. I'm using "Get Now" instead of "Buy Now" buttons. I think I'll finish it up today and see what happens so let me know and I'll hook you up!

      P.S. Happiness is more than pleasure - it's a Victory! I read that on a fortune cookie!!
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  • Profile picture of the author officer_iron
    If you build a community of fans that truly like what you offer and what you are giving them, they'll be happy to share your video. Don't be afraid to actually ask them to help you spread the word by clicking on the share button.
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