subject: Why You Should Use Facebook For Marketing [print this page] Why You Should Use Facebook For Marketing
Facebook is ruling.That is absolutely right. With Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's declaration that the social networking giant is aiming to reach a billion users in 2010, you now have an idea where you need to be if you're an online marketer: positioning yourself right in front of Facebook's worldwide users. Definitely, Facebook for marketing is in!After reaching the 500 million user mark, the young founder had this to say about hitting 1 billion users: "it is almost a guarantee that it will happen". Needless to say, with Facebook's global dominance almost complete, you know you need to be riding in its great wave of success.Well to date, Facebook is down to just four countries where they are not the top social networking site -- Russia, Japan, China and Japan. Considering Facebook's huge online traffic and increasing number of users, it definitely stands out as a great marketing opportunity for everyone!Facebook for marketingCEOs, marketers, salespersons and bloggers alike talk about "tightening their belts" as a way to signify cutting back on essentials. But one area you definitely do not want to miss and cut back on is marketing.It is the very same thing that supports your sales efforts, so when marketing budgets are cut down, you can almost immediately see a very extreme decrease of leads and sales count.But with a free online tool such as Facebook that's seen to be the next internet superpower in the next few months, your marketing efforts and budget don't need to suffer or even go to waste! When you are in front of millions of users, you are bound to reach a huge portion of your target market! This is why it is very essential to use Facebook for marketing.Why? Because that is where they hang out.Previously I wrote about Facebook vs. Google and how online marketers should pay a lot of attention to the former. If you missed this one out, you can read it here.Facebook is very huge, and it's just getting even better. It's ready for global domination, and we have to be there when it happens. If you are already marketing on Facebook now, well that's good for you!As for the those of you who are just starting out on this, take advantage of the enormous power and dominance of this social networking giant.It is bound to give you a very GREAT and positive results.
