Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight

For the more than 1.8 billion active monthly users on Facebook, scrolling through the feed and catching up with the latest news is easy enough. But for the social media managers and marketers managing successful Facebook pages, there’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes – Making it a challenge to keep up with all of the new features they’re rolling out on a daily basis.

That’s why it’s important (and fun) for us to share all of this useful Facebook marketing information so that we can create a better experience for our audiences. Because at the end of the day, it’s all about the user.

In the spirit sharing, here are 10 hidden Facebook marketing features and hacks for social media marketers to try today!...

As the worlds largest social media network, Facebook is a competitive and crowded landscape for a social marketers to navigate. Facebook does not like businesses promoting too much content on their branded pages for free, and they have updated their algorithm to penalize brands with you is what Facebook considers to be manipulative tactics.

Facebook is too big for brands to ignore but it is no longer the easy, free ride it once was. Here are six ways to get the most out of your Facebook marketing strategies. ...

According to John McDermott at Digiday, Instagram is conducting a test (yes, for now it’s just a test) with Mercedes-Benz that allows them to target Facebook users who previously saw one of its Instagram ads. While this development is eye-opening in and of itself, as it gives hints into Facebook plans on returning their $1B investment, it also shows Facebook’s commitment to transforming how advertising not only can coexist with social media, but thrive and break into new levels of adoption.

What stands out the most to me is how inherent behavioral characteristics seen on both Facebook and Instagram are being aligned with their natural fit in the conversion funnel. As noted by McDermott, Instagram’s product naturally promotes behavior more conducive to the top of the funnel, where brand awareness comes into play. If Instagram is committed to preserving the user experience that allowed them to break 200 million users, it behooves them to preserve this characteristic of their product and not to “forcefully” incorporate more direct-response elements like call-to-action buttons, etc....

Facebook offers great opportunities to attract, engage and convert would-be customers, but building a high-converting Facebook page has been elusive for many organizations.

It's important to know the elements of a successful Facebook page; it's even more crucial to recognize the reasons your Facebook page is failing.

If you want your ideal customers to "like" your page and follow you, you have to continually reward them with great content and build an engaged community. This means employing a content strategy that works for your business both culturally and operationally.

You also have to incorporate Facebook ads to promote your content, increase clicks to your website and turn fans into customers.

Is achieving consistent engagement and conversions on Facebook a struggle for your company? Here's a list of 10 reasons why your Facebook page is failing, along with tips to make it work for you rather than against you: