[GDwindowcleaning]

Hi just trying to find out some success stories for facebook...

[Simon Gerrard]

We use it, but to be honest I can't quite get my head around how it is supposed to work from a marketing perspective, perhaps one of the guru's could explain in plain English.

[Colin Day]

I get at least 6 jobs from FB. It won't make me as successful as Lord Sugar, granted!

I ask my friends to "Share" my status which has an attached link to my website. I have also put my friends oop north in touch with carpet cleaners I'm friends with on FB and from CIU and WOC. For networking, it's fantastic...

People I'm not even friends with get in touch more often than not and more and more say they got me from FB.

It's pretty easy to manipulate FB and well worth it, cos it's FREEEEEEEE!

[Simon Gerrard]

Colin,

So explain it in some detail, if you don't mind.

Simon

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

I have set up a business facebook page and I would appreciate it if you would 'like' it.

http://www.facebook.com/EssexCarpetCleaners

Can you experts please recommend the best way of going about it and I can learn as I go along.

Simon set one up and I will like it for you!

Cheers

Doug

[Jamie Pearson]

Sticking up a page with a link to your site isnt enough.

First think about this:

What do you hope to gain from the page?
Who is your ideal audience?
What actions do you want?
What feelings, actions or behaviours do you want your audience to experience?

I am up for helping someone develop a page over the Xmas/New Year holidays.
Was going to do our own but I am on holidays so if I do someone elses its not technically working.

Any takers?

[Simon Gerrard]

Douglas,
I've had one for ages, I've like yours

Simon

[Colin Day]

Colin,

So explain it in some detail, if you don't mind.

Simon

Simon

It's hard to explain TBH. I have about 650 friends on FB, about 150 or so are past/regular customers. The others are people I don't like

[fitz2kleen]

Sticking up a page with a link to your site isnt enough.

First think about this:

What do you hope to gain from the page?
Who is your ideal audience?
What actions do you want?
What feelings, actions or behaviours do you want your audience to experience?

I am up for helping someone develop a page over the Xmas/New Year holidays.
Was going to do our own but I am on holidays so if I do someone elses its not technically working.

Any takers?

Got one but have no idea if it is set up correctly to achieve all that it should.
i know it could be better and am open to advice

[ian harper]

respects

[Jamie Pearson]

Hi just trying to find out some success stories for facebook...

Not carpet cleaning related but a Facebook success story none the less.
When John Bryden did the initial launch of www.kirstyskids.org I managed their Facebook profile spending 15mins in the morning, at lunch and early evening updating the page with content John sent from his smartphone and dropping links, replies and photos.

In 4 weeks we had 635,000 views from 265,000 people and raised £11,000.

I should say there were other fantastic contributions from Robert Saunders/Alltec, ourselves (CleaningSystemsUK) and Stephen "Dusty" Roberts however all us used facebook to leverage activity and donations.

[Jamie Pearson]

As Ian said its about being helpful.

My son recently started primary school.

 There was a huge amount of activity on my partners Facebook from Mums in regard to removing dry wipe marker from the kids polo shirts and jerseys. I knocked up a quick video of removing the stain, stuck it on the school Facebook group and sold 2 cases of Solvex. (Hairspray would have worked....shhhhh)

[Simon Gerrard]

social marketing is hard work. you have to be helpful and not salesman. getting into groups like mums, pet owners is hard work but if you can its a gold mine.

Ian,
Can you flesh that out a little?

Simon

[derek west]

90% friendly banter 10% business posts. easy as that.

facebook isn't quite here yet for the casual user but it will be, and as my mate dale winton would say, you have to be innit to win it darlings

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Thanks for the likes, more welcome!

If you want me to like just ask.

How do we actually turn this into money/

Cheers

Doug

[robert meldrum]

Doug

I think Google have a big say in that as they place  " paid for " advertising in Facebook presumably matching individuals apparent / likely preferences............but that's just guessing  :

[AshWhite]

Doug

I think Google have a big say in that as they place  " paid for " advertising in Facebook presumably matching individuals apparent / likely preferences............but that's just guessing  :

Actually, Facebook have their own version of "adwords"

[Colin Day]

My wife was making these little soft toys for her brother's gift shop in St Ives, Cornwall.

As the end of the season approached he was left with loads of these as stock and dumped them back on the wife

"What the hell do I do with these?" she says...

Well, she started a FaceBook shop up and sold out within a day. She has had to make many extra "Sock Monkeys" at £8.50 each + P&P, but they sell out as soon as they are posted on her shop site. She literally can't keep up with the demand.

What happens is, she posts up the new collection and her friends "Share" the link, my wife gets orders from friends of friends of friends......

Her brother, meanwhile, is seething. We advised him to open up a FB shop but we were met with "I hate FB, what a load of crap!" Now, my wife won't be able to supply him with as much, if any....

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Day-Dreams/306867806004218?ref=ts

[robert meldrum]

How come when I clicked on that link I went straight to my facebook page which is practically non existent as I've done nothing with it.

[Bob Robertson]

I watched this the other night and it expains how facebook works... worth a watch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017ywty/Mark_Zuckerberg_Inside_Facebook/


Bob