subject: Top 10 Facebook Plugins to Promote Your Business [print this page] Top 10 Facebook Plugins to Promote Your Business
Facebook is one of the top social networking sites and can be used effectively to promote your website and increase website traffic. Owing to its popularity with users and businesses alike, the use of Facebook plugins and buttons can have a huge impact on your business. Here are the top 10 Facebook plugins that you should know about.
1. The Like' button - This button allows users of Facebook to share pages of your website with just one click. Adding the Facebook like' button to your website is simple and must be on the top of your list if you want maximize exposure on the Internet.
2. Recommendations - Recommendations are personalized suggestions that appear on the user's page. Based on the Facebook user's social interactions and links, it displays links to websites and businesses that they may be interested in.
3. Open Graph Protocol - Open graph protocol allows you to establish tags, URL and information describing your web page on Facebook, making it similar to a Facebook page. This allows users to find your website in Facebook searches and, once they click on the "like" button on your page, it displays your webpage under the "likes and interests" section of Facebook users.
4. Activity Feed - A user, who enjoyed reading your article, can share it on Facebook, whether or not he or she is logged in. When you use the recent activity plugin, all such activity related to your website gets displayed under your recent activity list.
5. Facebook Live Stream - A must mention in the list of top 10 Facebook plugins is the Facebook Live stream. With the live stream plugin, users visiting your website can share comments and other activities on Facebook. Facebook Live Stream is great if you want to live stream your content or any other event on your web page.
6. Comments The comments' plugin allows users to add comments to the content on your web page, and post it to their Facebook wall where it can be viewed by the user's friends. This is the most efficient way to increase your exposure, but to use and maintain this plugin on your website, you have to be listed as a developer.
7. Facepile - The facepile' plugin displays profile pictures of a Facebook user's friends, who also login to your website. The number and dimension of these pictures displayed on your website can be customized to fit your website's design.
8. Login Button When you have a login button plugin, users can directly login to their Facebook account from your web site and also look at their Facebook friends who have already registered on your site.
9. Status Updater Whenever a Facebook user comments on your Wordpress pages, the status updater plugin automatically updates their status on Facebook and other networking sites like Twitter and Myspace. This saves them a lot of time and allows them to quickly update their friends and followers.
10. Fotobook With the Fotobook plugin, users can use Facebook's photo uploader tool' to post or share their Facebook photo albums on their website or blog.
Besides these top 10 Facebook plugins, there are many others you can consider for your marketing strategies. Businesses are adapting their online marketing strategies to the current trend of reaching out to potential customers through social networking sites. There is no doubt about the powerful role Facebook can play in the success of businesses.
