subject: Discussion board on Facebook – a great application for business [print this page] Discussion board on Facebook a great application for business
Facebook is the most exploited social media-marketing tool for sponsoring products and generating client base. Unfortunately, there are only few Facebook applications that is utilized by organizations in the merchandize endorsement process, thus restraining their effort gravely. Amongst the most underutilized but otherwise effective marketing application of facebook is a "discussion board".
Regular Facebook users use "wall' to express their opinion and views regarding any merchandize. However, for an organization this option is not apt as wall is for informal conversation. For a venture, looking out for increased product traffic "discussion board" is great!
You may access discussion board application from the search option on facebook. Once linked to the discussion board, add it to a selective page on facebook. If you are a beginner, you might start your discussion by clicking on the tab "starts a discussion", feed in the desired information and click on the "post" option thus creating your own forum.
Discussion board enables creation of different groups as per your desire. You might have a public group wherein all fans of your page can see and participate in all the discussions and posts on this tab. In private group, only approved members can participate. The other fan page users cannot access this page. The last group can be a secret group that is invisible to the fan page users but is accessible to the selected group members.
The registration of members is through e-mail addresses. However, be cautious not to enter the names, as there might be discrepancy with innumerable people of the same name. There is an "info" tab on the discussion board option wherein basic information of the group can be provisioned as well as picture uploaded thus creating more specification for the group.
Discussion board enables creation of different groups as per your desire. You might have a public group wherein all fans of your page can see and participate in all the discussions and posts on this tab. In private group, only approved members can participate. The other fan page users cannot access this page. The last group can be a secret group that is invisible to the fan page users but is accessible to the selected group members.
Discussion board is the right Facebook application to introduce new feeds repeatedly and to usurp the interest of the users thus creating more traffic towards your website.
