[Free Tut] 14 Ways to Promote UR Facebook Fanpage, Contest or Sweepstakes [No Opt-In]

Summary:

Here are 14 fantastic ways to build your list fast, get branding fast and
really rocket into PROFITS...we used the following tactics to build a list of
1,400 in less than 30 days!

Article:

1.Use Your Existing Personal Profile To Persuade!

Using your personal profile you can encourage friends from there to join your
Fanpage and enter whatever contest, sweepstakes or event you are having
there.
Don't have a personal profile yet? Create one! It's FREE...then you create
your facebook fanpage too!

Just make sure you either Tag the Fanpage in your update or include a direct
link to the Fanpage or specific Tab within your Fanpage so your friends know
what where to go and what you want them to do.

Using the the Extended Info application on your Personal Profile you can
promote your contest in the sidebar of your main profile page.

This will create a widget that will remain intake with a link on your sidebar of
your Personal Profile page until you remove it. The cool thing is that sidebar
is visible to your friends and to people who are not friends of yours. Basically,
people who may have just been checking out your page can still click the link
and become a fan and/or enter to win.

2. Use Twitter To Create Your Traffic Magnet!

Twitter is an awesome tool to direct more traffic back to your Fanpage and
to your Contests.

Various different automation tools that are provided right within the
framework of Facebook and through third party tools such as Hootsuite,
Ping FM and Social Oomph can help set up automation and integration that
will guarantee that viral effect to drive traffic even while you sleep!
Don't forget that your Community on Twitter can help you to spread the
word about your Fanpage and your contest also!
People want to share good stuff with their own friends and communities!

3. Promote with Your LinkedIn

LinkedIn is another great Social Media platform to be part of and to use to
get expose for your Fanpage and your contests. You will often find that
different people connect with you in different places on the Internet it is
important to be everywhere!

4. Bank Traffic to Your Fanpage via Blog Posts

Create blog posts about your Fanpage and the Contests, Sweepstakes or
promotions you are running. Make sure you have your automation and
syndication tools in place so once you hit that publish button the
Information goes viral!

5. Promote With Press Releases

Create a Press Release to announce your new Fanpage, your contest, sweepstakes or promotional event. Watch how fast a well “SEO” done Press
Release can hit Page One of Google!

6. Go Viral to your Facebook Fanpage via YouTube

Youtube is another excellent place to promote your Fanpage or Contest.
Using the appropriate keywords in the title and links in your description can
add additional value to your overall Marketing Campaign.

Another idea is to ask you Fans to create a video for you!
People love to help out and with a great incentive you can create lots of
traffic to your page and social proof for your new fans.

7. Promote In your Signature of your emails or Forums you are a member of.

You tell me...which is easier to tell others about and remember?
And...it's short n sweet so you can put on flyers, biz cards, postcards if you want
to REALLY ramp it up via a direct mail campain!

8. Banners on Other Peoples Websites or Blogs

You can create Banners, badges, widgets and even have your own graphics
designed to get to other people that may want to help you promote your
Fanpage or your contests.

What's in it for them? Expose for one thing. Backlinks is another
advantage. But, the most important incentive is building the KLT Factor
among different communities that will develop in cross promotions and
helping other out.

9. In a Newsletter or Email Blast to your List

If you currently have a list make sure to let them know you have a new
Fanpage or that you are running a contest, sweepstakes or promotion on an
existing page. Don't assume that your list knows about your Fanpage...tell
them about it!
If they are active subscribers that means they have chosen to connect with
you via email and will very likely be happy to connect on your Fanpage!
Make sure to give them a reason to join and share content that they would
not otherwise get through the email list.

10. Facebook Advertising

Facebook Ads are created right through Facebook and can be a very
effective way to promote your Fanpage and any type of promotions.
These ads are not free but can be designed strategically to be made visible
by very targeted audiences based on information they provide to Facebook!
Can't get better than that!

11. Word of Mouth or at Live Events

Make sure to add the link (once you have your Unique Username) to your
Fanpage on you business cards, company letter and brochures. Invite
people to join your community and get involved in any promotions you are
doing via your page!

12. Other Social Networks such as through Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit, Friendfeed, etc.

13. Blogtalk Radio

14. Craiglist and other classified sites

You can simply put up under the 'announcement' section of Craislist or
backpages.com a FREE classified ad back to your fanpage...
And that is also cool for a great backlink to your facebook fanpage
too!

This is just a short list of ways you can promote your Fanpage and your
Contests, Sweepstakes and Promotional events that will guarantee success and
FUN for everyone!

 

I request the mods to move this to the Facebook section of the website.

 

Really an informative article.
Thanks

 

good simple tutorial... some people say that future marketing is in facebook, not in google anymore