subject: The Benefits of a Custom Facebook Fan Page [print this page] The Benefits of a Custom Facebook Fan Page
Facebook is the revolutionary new social networking site that changed the face of online social networking completely. A far cry from the basic chat' and scrap' services that other social networking sites used to provide, it used a potent mix of the best from every social networking site, added a few of its own ingredients and voila! The site was an instant hit! The popularity of the site can be judged from its sheer numbers if Facebook was a country, it would have been the 3rd most populous country in the world' - mentions a survey! That is mind boggling considering the amount of number and information crunching that the site does every second!
Facebook is also one of the major sites which are contributing to the internet's ever growing unique information database. Its users are the single biggest contributor of unique information to be found anywhere else on the earth!
A Custom Facebook Fan Page
Tapping the huge resource of members that the website currently enjoys, it has morphed into a business model that seems to overtake every other business on the internet. The interesting point to notice is that the website is used by others to generate revenue, do business and increase sales. And all of the world's top companies and corporate giants are on Facebook today this is revolution being talked about here! Thus when you want to tap the power of the huge traffic generated on the site, a custom fan page is a must. Before moving into the benefits of the same, you must know how to create a fan page on Facebook.
Just create you page with the tools given on the site; the instructions are so easy that even a 3 year old child can have a fan page of his! The fan page is a bit different from the regular user page. It is designed to attract more people and further business. After creation of the page, starts the most important step of invitations. Send out as many invitations as possible. Little by little you'll find that your fans are the ones who are the contributors of the success of your fan page! Add links, videos, photos, announce contests and soon enough, you'll have such a huge fan base that you'll find it difficult to manage it all on your own!
Another important area in a fan page is the place where advertisements are supposed to be placed. Right placement of the advertisements will help you get the right amount of attention. These things are of course, best learned from experience and experimentation. Continue with your experiments and you're sure to hit a goldmine in a few weeks hence! The number of likes will decide your popularity on the page. Likes' also help your fan page to grow indirectly because most of the people who have liked' your page will have friends wanting to go a bit further to spread the word. This is indirect marketing and promotion and that is what a Facebook fan page is all about!
