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Is Facebook still a good traffic source?

by Isaack101
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I have been a Facebook marketer for over 5 years now, and I have seen Facebook evolve from selling penny clicks to selling $10 clicks like GOOGLE. The main reason I decided to do Facebook was because I was running away from the big G (Google). Now, it looks like Facebook PPC is just as bad as Google's PPC, if not worse... lol

Anyway... I just happened to find a stealthy way to get valuable penny clicks from Facebook all over again. Here is how I figured it out... Well, we know that Facebook doesn't like it when you send traffic outside of Facebook and as a result, they punish you and make your clicks expensive. Then when you build a Facebook page and try send traffic to it, they make you per less per click, but it is still high at about 50-60% less the dollars you pay for driving traffic out of Facebook.

I then started experimenting with Facebook likes and it was a gold mine. I had to be very strategic to get penny clicks from Facebook likes which finally started generating free organic traffic on Facebook for me. If you are interested in this method I use, just check out : visionignitionpro (dot) com
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  • Profile picture of the author Hemantkumar
    Hey Isaack..
    Yeah Facebook is still a good or we can say best traffic of soucre but it only works if you are connected to the people under your niche on Facebook groups and pages..
    If you use facbook daily to promote your posts and you have pretty awesome followers which are intrested in things you post then definitely it will help you out... !!
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  • Profile picture of the author Josiah NEY
    Yes, there are many people in the groups under the niche you are in, but how many are interested in what you have to offer. People may give a like on your post but at the end of the day, there are very very little clicks, what more subscriptions.
    What's worst, you start out new, with no money to invest on ads. Only using the 'FREE' way which is to join relevant groups and advertise there. In addition, there is a limit to how much you can post in a time frame. Otherwise they ban the account, considering it as spamming.
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    • Profile picture of the author angelap999
      Originally Posted by Josiah NEY View Post

      Yes, there are many people in the groups under the niche you are in, but how many are interested in what you have to offer. People may give a like on your post but at the end of the day, there are very very little clicks, what more subscriptions.
      What's worst, you start out new, with no money to invest on ads. Only using the 'FREE' way which is to join relevant groups and advertise there. In addition, there is a limit to how much you can post in a time frame. Otherwise they ban the account, considering it as spamming.
      This is an excellent point. If you don't have money to advertise, you are stuck with the FREE way, which can get tedious and tricky (as you don't want to come off as a spammer).

      In a nutshell, here are some free ways I built up my fanpage with likes, engagement (meaning comments and shares), and sales on my site:

      1. Building a rapport with the admins and members of the groups.

      2. Formed joint ventures with successful, talented people in my niche. I had to get to know them first of course and it has to be genuine. Meaning, you should really like what the person does.

      3. Host CONTESTS. These are a must for building up your fanpage and gaining loyalty. But the keys are to ask for permission from admins in relevant groups to share it there first.

      4. You don't necessarily need to shelve out money to do contests - I have had people co-host with me and they gave away awesome things free. All I had to do was sit back, enjoy the entries, watch the likes roll in, and announce the winner.

      In sum, in life (and business) there is a Give and Take Balance. If you are always just asking people to help you only (not saying you do - I'm speaking generally btw), that's not going to work. There needs to be balance where you take abundantly, but also give abundantly. You need to exchange things. And get creative it does not always have to be money based. I'm sure there is a service or knowledge, or just, believe it or not - great conversation that delight people. Or genuine compliments or suggestions on something they are having trouble with. There are many of ways and will depend on your niche but the theme is the same. Help people first (not necessarily monetarily) and you'll get it back, probably twice fold without trying.


      I go into more detail about these things in my book, but these might be easy to overlook when you get involved in the process
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  • Profile picture of the author mint0405
    For me, Facebook is still one of the best marketing platform to increase your site's audience online. It is because most people are using facebook whether its for business and personal. It is also one of the easiest method to promote your products and services.
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    no it is not, please do not use it, as I do not want more competition. LOL.

    and to be on a more serious note....I think facebook, now gets more darn traffic than GOOGLE right?

    Can someone confirm this?? yes?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sara20
    As for me, I think that FB is one of the best networks to increase your traffic and get backlinks! A million people all over the world using FB, and it is a great possibility to advertise your product!
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  • Profile picture of the author saurabhthakur12
    For me, Facebook is the best platform to increase the audience. A large number of people use it so it is a good way to show your service/product across the peoples.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ivana Adnium
    Facebook has 1+ billion users so I'd say yes it's still a good traffic source! You just have to harness your traffic by segmenting and narrowing down your niche
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  • Profile picture of the author Funtobesocial
    The cost ppc is rising that's for sure. That's why it's more & more important to be strategic & really test and monitor ads.
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    • Profile picture of the author saba yaseen
      off course facebook is a good source of traffic .Simply by posting and sharing your post to other groups and commenting on pages with your link helps to increase your traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Perry
    As for me FB is still one of the strongest social sources to get traffic, to increase audience. FB remains powerful platform in affiliate marketing!
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  • Profile picture of the author DavidGWelch
    Yes, its a very good source of traffic, perhaps the best if you now how to use it, the key is to have a good content strategy that attracts your audience to your website,
    You should also think about having a good landing page, otherwise when people get to your website they might get disappointed if you haven't make a fine job on that.
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  • Profile picture of the author nikhilsonu44
    Facebook traffic is one the good source to make money online but the problem with your campaign. I think is that u dont Use good tracking system for your campaign to make good profits.Better use prosper202 for tracking system of your all campaign and try using 7search or bing etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author angelx
    FB is where all the people are. No matter f the game changes, you can always do something with that amount of potential traffic IMO
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  • Profile picture of the author samuelbreezey
    Facebook is great! You can truly target your specific niche right down to the bone!

    For me like you mentioned 1) Aim for more likes through your ads 2) Make your ads more engaging and CLICKABLE, 3) Target your audience EXACTLY - by that I mean the more you can narrow your ads down the better.
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  • Profile picture of the author ddev
    It's a good source of traffic (with the proper targeting) but it's becoming more.... and more expensive every day (if you want to target people who have money to spend)...
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  • Profile picture of the author jamescanz
    If only you knew the types of numbers people are currently doing on FB

    Answering your question: YES
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  • Profile picture of the author indabaa
    Yes, Facebook is still best way to get good traffic, but you need to get connected with more people under specific niche. Try posting on regular basis and find the best time to post your content.
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  • Profile picture of the author kirtiraj
    yes facebook is good for getting a fast and relevant traffic. this is my personal experience for facbook Ad.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hearn
    How can you generate traffic by getting page likes? The organic reach is so low, I don't see how you can do this without awesome posts.

    Also if you don't want people to leave Facebook to get to your offer you can use apps to integrate your salespage into your tabs. It also works with squeeze pages.
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  • Profile picture of the author deepikadsaxena
    Ofcourse, Facebook is still one of the best source to increase traffic. Here you can share in groups, increase your likes, by making pages and more interesting things to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author tryfasocial
    of course facebook is most popular social networking site so you can get good traffic from it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Freedom4rmUrJob
    I agree that FB clicks are rising and I left Google PPC for that reason as well, but I get more targeted clicks with FB and makes my conversions a little more effective. This is dependant upon my niche though.

    I believe the problem is for those who do not have any money and are trying to get super cheap clicks from FB. In that case, Houston we have a problem
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