Want a quick and easy way to generate more followers for your Facebook business page?
Invite your list of contacts to follow you on Facebook. If you use an email service provider like Constant Contact, you may find a template already created with a Facebook graphic that you can use. As a Constant Contact partner, I can attest to this fact. They have several Facebook templates, including ones that say “Find me on Facebook.”
Let’s Connect on Facebook
Here’s a tip – Don’t use “Find me on Facebook” as your subject line. Imagine you received an email like that. Most people’s reaction may be, “so what?” A better strategy is to use the phrase, “Let’s connect on Facebook.” It’s more social and appealing!
In the body of your email, keep the message short and sweet. Tell your contacts in one sentence WHY they should connect with you on Facebook. I sent out this type of email the other day, and it only included two paragraphs. The first paragraph explained what type of content I feature on my page. The second paragraph invited my contacts to post questions on my Facebook wall. Here’s what the email looked like:
And of course, at the end of the email, I included a “Like me on Facebook” graphic that linked directly to my Facebook page.
Here’s the beauty of this email – my open rate and click through rates were much larger than normal. And just about everyone who opened the email, and wasn’t already a fan of my page, became one.
Try this strategy for yourself, and let me know how it works out for you in the comments below. Or better yet, become a fan of my Facebook page and share your results on my wall. 🙂
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An awesome post. I am going on a Facebook for business course tomorrow, it will be interesting to see if they talk about anything like this. Thanks so much.
Thanks for the feedback. If you learn anything interesting in the class, please share it!