As the years pass us by, we see new and newer methods of web promotion, some more successful than others. There are also hundreds of sites that pop up on a daily basis, but go down on a daily basis. We can do everything to promote our content, we use Youtube, MySpace, viral marketing and the others, but we just aren’t bringing in the subscribers/traffic. We’re going to have to change that if we intend on making money in this vast internet. The answer to getting out there? Facebook.
Yep you heard it again. It seems everybody who’s anybody is on Facebook, hell even HavocDynamics Is On Facebook. Yes I’m sure that you have figured out how to make a ‘Like’ Page for your blog/website, and you have suggested it to all of your friends. But is this the limit of using Facebook? Nope. Not by a long shot. Let’s Dive into Facebook’s diverse field of options for promotion via Facebook.
1. The Like Button
There’s even an App (Plugin
) for that. Using the many plugins that WordPress has to offer you can easily integrate this into your site. This allows you to Like individual pages/articles on your blog, sending it to all of that person’s friends. The more Likes an article has the more people will see it. At least they see a link.
2. The Activity Feed
The Activity feed shows you the most recent activity for the site, what the users have been sharing, view, Liking etc. You can select to split the box in half and show the users friends who are current performing actions on facebook.
3. Recommendations Box
It also shows the current user recommendations from within your site. It shows the most liked, and recommends new articles to read. A nifty feature that keeps users browsing your site.
4. The Like Box
This shows an Activity Feed for your page, and it allows users to Like your page. Just Like HavocDynamics on the sidebar.
5. The Login Box
This allows the user to sign up for your site, and shows the users friends who already signed up.
6. Friendpile
This shows the friends of the users who have signed up.
7. Comment Box
Allows users to comment using their facebook profiles.
8. The Live Stream Box
The Live Stream Box works best when you are running a real-time event, like live streaming video for concerts, speeches, or webcasts, live Web chats, webinars, massively multiplayer games.
You can use the Javascript SDK to enable all this on your site, without having to copy and paste code.
You can integrate many of these into your site to produce an amazing interactive site. That is the goal. The more interactive your site is, the more you will have users staying on your site and page.