So, am I correct in understanding that a request to Like a FB Business or Company page can only be sent directly to those in the page Admins Friends list? In other words is this the only way to send a targeted request to like the page? Im certain it is but just want to be sure.
Also, in general, what do folks here use i.e fan/local biz/company page etc to promote a Business?
I guess FB doesnt make it particularly convenient to promote a biz this way, in the hope you'll pay for one of their advertising campaigns.
Im interested to hear of folks genuine experience here.
Yep your right - The only way to send a direct
BLUCK/ALL 'suggest' message on facebook now is as the admin on the page. Up the top right of the page there is an option to 'suggest to friends'. When Facebook introduced it's
New Facebook Page Upgrade they disable/removed
'suggest to friends' so that
users could not use this feature. IMO this is why - Suggest to Friend used to be one of the most FREE powerful/popular/kindaspammy/annoying ways to promote a page. For example I user 'Glen Quinn' 'Like Page "GQ Marketing' and 'suggest' this page to ALL my friends & they couldn't really do anything about. & I'm sure we all had loads of stupid pages to like that our friends suggested.
Users sharing rights are limited in terms of mailing one friend, sending to a group of friends, on a friends wall or just posting to everyone in the newsfeed.
The Game has changed both from the User & Business Point of view (users can't spam/annoy friends & business have to be a bit more creative to build up there presence/likes) users are restricted to 'Sharing' - when they like a page they can
share & the share ONLY goes into their friends
NEWSFEED, (or as mentioned above). IMO - this is why it's gone, 1) the spammy aspect 2) Facebook want to create more revenue via advertising.
When building facebook pages 'offpage marketing' is a very important, This is a good marketing strategy for getting likes -> get the page owner to tell all their existing friends on facebook, Suggest to Friends, install the
facebook social plugin box on the website, e-mail campaign focused on facebook page, run a
share competition (
northsocial.com) & CPC ad's while the comp is in progress. (It's very cost affect & effect).
Seems as your web designer I'm sure you could do some nice work using iFrames
search 'static iframe' in the search bar on facebook for the app. (free).
Personally I've only created Business Pages so I don't have much experience with the other types BUT I wouldn't worry too much about it becasue lets say you create 'Brands & Products' Page. Your not totally restricted to it anymore (you were in the past) you can change your page type in your admin settings
For example if you created a 'Brands & Products' Page you can change to 'local business' what happens is the information settings change - Diff pages have Diff info settings (& features I think) ie: for local business you'll be given the option field to add in hours of work/opening hours.
Great source of info for all things related to facebook ->
thefacebookforum.net (not associated with facebook).
Here's links to 2 images
1)
http://glenquinn.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/suggesst-to-friend.jpg
2)
http://glenquinn.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/catergory-change.jpg
Hope that's what your after