101 Ways to Get More Likes on Facebook – Chapter 3

This chapter explores ways that you can use the Internet and online communication to get more Facebook likes for your brand page.

Both paid and free methods are found in this chapter and strategies are shared to show you how several different tools and tactics can help you take your Facebook likes to the next level.

Do An Email Marketing Page Promotion

If you do email marketing you can send a broadcast email to your subscribers and let them know about your fan page.

To get the best results from this offer a free digital gift (eBook, Mp3, etc.) to people when they like and join your page.

If you do not have an email list yet I strongly recommend you start building one, and one way that you can get both likes and leads is by buying a “Solo Ad” from another newsletter publisher.

I have bought successful solo ads in the past from internet marketers on the webs largest internet marketing forum, The Warrior Forum.  Make sure to do your research and find a solo ad seller that has plenty of positive feedback.

Buy Likes

An effective way to get more likes for your Facebook page fast is to buy them.The service that we recommend if you want to buy likes for your page is Spike My Likes.

Link to Your Facebook Page From Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn gives every user three slots for links to whatever you’d like right on your profile.

You can make the anchor text of these links whatever you like, so I recommend using a call to action such as: Join my Facebook page.

Link to Your Page in Your Email Signature

Every email you send is an opportunity to link to your Facebook page.

Check out the email signature tool wisestamp for a creative way to link to your social profiles.

Create a Short URL for Your Facebook Page

Creating a redirect to your Facebook fan page is one way to “presell” the people who click it on joining your page.

Using the link shortening service bit.ly you can shorten any Facebook link into a shorter on.fb.me link.

For example, I used bit.ly to shorten http://www.facebook.com/GarinPeterKilpatrick into on.fb.me/Garin.

Do the same for your page and it makes it much easier to share your page on Twitter and elsewhere on the web.

on.fb.me links also have built in analytics; if you want to see how many clicks an on.fb.me link has gotten simply add a + to the end of it.

Get Your Customers to Like Your Facebook Page

If someone likes you enough to buy your product then there is a good chance that they will like you on Facebook as well.

Setup your post order “thank you” page with a Facebook like box and you’ll be good to go!

Write a Guest Post

Even if you don’t have a blog of your own you can easily gain notoriety and likes for your page by writing posts for other blogs.

Running a blog is hard work, and most people and companies welcome well written posts to give them a break.

If you do score an opportunity to write guest post, link to your blog if you like, but be sure to link to your Twitter account as well.

Want to learn more about guest posting? Check out these ten great guest posting tips.

If you are interested in writing a post for this blog contact us and let us know your idea for a post!

Host a Webinar

Webinars are online seminars, and can be a powerful way to build your brand and get more likes for your Facebook page.

A Webinar is a perfect medium to get more likes fast, since you can talk about and link directly to your Facebook page during and after the webinar for attendees.

If you plan on hosting a Q&A session ask people to like your page and post their questions to your timeline.

Not only will this get you immediate likes from the participants, but their friends will also see the questions being posed to you as well, and this can lead to more followers.

The software I use to host my webinars is called anymeeting and it is free to use up to 200 attendees.

Send Your Fans to Your Blog

Let your fans know when you publish new content and get them to check out your website when you publish new blog posts.

If your blog promotes products or services this can actually make you money when you post about new blog posts on Facebook.

On my websites Facebook is consistently a top traffic source. Google sends me visitors daily as long as my content is ranking, whereas how much traffic Facebook sends me is largely dependent on what I post.

Create high quality content and you will be creating a win/win situation since epic content can pull traffic from Google, Facebook, and across several other social media websites where your visitors share your content!

Make sure your blog is equipped with Facebook Like buttons and other social media buttons so your fans can easily spread your content and bring you more free Facebook traffic and likes.

Set Up an Instagram Profile

If you own a Facebook page Instagram offers an awesome opportunity for you to keep your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Flickr updated all at once!

Publishing photos, and now videos, through Instagram can give your brand a cutting edge over your competition and enable you to attract new people to your business and content.

To maximize your Facebook results include a link to your Facebook page in the URL spot of your Instagram profile.

Link to Your Facebook Fan Page in Forum Signatures

If you are active in any forums you will have the option to attach a “signature” to every post that you write.

Throw a link in your signature to your Facebook page, and it will be clicked.

Do your best to add value and answer questions with your posts, and people will be more inclined to click your link and join your page.

A link with a call to action is more likely to get clicked than a link alone, so go with Join my Facebook Page: fb.com/garinpeterkilpatrick instead of simply the link: fb.com/garinpeterkilpatrick.

Launch a Podcast

A podcast is an awesome way to get your brand out onto the web, and into iTunes.

Not only can you convey plenty of information with audio, you also add a personal touch that people can connect with.

If you upload your podcast to Soundcloud you can easily add them to your website and provide an interface that integrates quite well with Facebook, and can generate extra exposure for free.

For best results make sure that your podcast includes a call to action for people to like your Facebook page!

Include an Annotations Link in Your YouTube Video

YouTube now enables you to include outbound links, but to use them you will need to verify that you own the domain you are linking to.  Although this method will work if you use a redirect there is an easier way if you are embedding your video onto another website.

The free tool LinkedTube makes it possible for you to link to your fan page directly over top of your video.

Here is a snap shot of the widget builder, which is fully customizable.

Leverage Your Other Social Media Profiles

Link to your Twitter profile from your other profiles across the web. YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc.

On YouTube you can link to your Twitter profile in your bio, and in the description section for videos.

You can also mention your Twitter username in your videos, or watermark it as text on top of the video.

Give Away a Free eBook

Few things say “I’m an expert” like being an author.

eBooks like those for Kindle and other e-readers are gaining popularity and can be distributed to an unlimited amount of people for free once you have created them.

Being sure to include a link to your Facebook page in the eBook to enable your readers to connect with you on Facebook.  For maximum visibility include your link in the footer of every page of your eBook.

For an example of how to do this check out my FREE Facebook eBook 50 Powerful Facebook Tips.

Blog Commenting

Leave insightful comments on blogs and in the website section use a link to your fan page.

Strive to write helpful, detailed comments, and these will attract more attention and get more people clicking through to your Facebook page to subscribe for more.

Create an Infographic

I have seen many Infographics go viral.

If you have some design skill you can take stats about any topic spin them into a cool image, and then sit back and relax as your infographic is shared all over the web.

Make sure to include a url to your website within the infographic so that you can still get credit and traffic when your infographic is re-blogged elsewhere on the web.

Once you have you  infographic created make sure to upload it to as many infographic directories as possible, and link back to your original page on your website with the infographic for SEO.  My favorite infographic resource is visual.ly.

Add Your Facebook Page to Page Directories

The two page directories that pack the most punch from my point of view are the page finder and like this fan page.

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