This is a guest post by Sam Bakker. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
I remember the first time I witnessed the true viral nature of Facebook. I was surfing through my news feed as usual, and found one of my friends had subscribed to a particularly funny fan page. I opened it in a spur of leisurely curiosity. What really caught my attention though, was the amount of people who had joined the page since its opening 24 hours ago; 100,000 fans. I continued to watch this page over the following days and quite frankly I was astonished by the amount of activity that was occurring and the rate at which it was growing.
It’s no secret that Facebook is the major hang out for the majority of the internet’s population. With over 400 million members, Facebook will continue to move forward, setting itself up as a goldmine for internet marketers. I refer to Facebook as a goldmine because although it’s still in its infancy, its systems are much like Google’s Adwords when they first started off. Very easy to produce an ROI and gather traffic to profit.
So how do we use Facebook to drive traffic to our websites to make money online?
There are a number of ways, but none can contend with the viral and profitable nature of a Facebook fan page. They can be setup within seconds and because of their association with Facebook’s systems, they have the potential to grow at an incredible rate if enough people join it early on.
A Facebook fan page goes viral because it utilizes the Facebook “News Feed”. Each member on Facebook has their own news feed which allows them to see their friends’ most recent activity. What this means is that if you “Like” a group called say, “Laughing at random things”, all of your friends are able to view that activity on their news feeds. If they also join, all their friends will be able to view that activity on their news feeds too. Thus, we get a snowball effect which sparks viral growth you can use in order to add exposure for your website or other promotions.
Fan pages are the way to go if you want viral traffic. In my earlier example of a viral page, it had – within just seven days – managed to increase its fan count to over 1.5 million. Imagine having the ability to get that much exposure? It has the potential to transform almost any website, and at that rate of growth, Facebook is the most viral marketing platform online right now.
About Author :
Sam Bakker has been making money online for the past 7 years. If you would like to get a free copy of Sam’s new Facebook marketing report visit his Internet business website now.
About Lee Ka Hoong
I think it helps if you have a funny sounding name like “People who like to go barefoot”. Those tend to get people to follow simply cause it is funny. I know I have joined a few just because of the funny concept behind it.
Melinda@ Finding The Humor recently posted..Gaming with the kids
Nice post Sam. We are having good luck with posting about community events on our blog, then announcing the event on our Facebook page then linking back to the blog post for further information about the event. What it does for us is garner those folks who are interested in the event, AND might be in the market to use services such as ours.
Colleen@Kennewick Homes recently posted..Tagaris Winery to Conduct First Annual Vineyard Trip to Wahluke Slope
We can only get the traffic from Facebook when you have a lot of fans on your fanpages. The only thing we should to follow that building your fans for fanpages, as much as possible. But take care about some blackhat because it can make your account get suspend.
Tony @ Android recently posted..Toshiba Canvio Plus 640GB hard drive has shipped to consumers
Yes, Facebook can really drive a lot of traffic to our website. But we need to have a nice and attracting topic in order to urge people to read about it. I used to submit a link to my Facebook after i post a new blog post.
Kok Siong @ Cancer Research recently posted..Trephine Biopsy Bone Marrow Examination
Hey sam, thanks for your content. Really facebook driving a good amount of traffic for me. Facebook has an many applications for bloggers. Hope will check the sam’s facebook fan count report.
Vijay recently posted..Hostgator webhosting all time 1 cent coupon code
Hey everyone,
Thanks for all the possitive comments. Facebook really is where it is at at the moment in terms of marketing. It seems like you all agree also.
The link in the article is not quite right as I just changed where by book is hosted. You can get a free copy of my facebook marketing blueprint at http://networkquakeblueprint.com.
Sam
Sam Bakker recently posted..Learn the secret to making money over Facebook
If you are willing to pay, facebook has pretty good advertising program too. At least for me they are cheaper than Google Adwords =)
I have been thinking about how can I drive 1% from Facebook 500m users.Thanks for your great article.
that mean you will like 5 milion users :))
Hieu Martin@Blog Tips recently posted..5 Ways to Make Money Blogging
5 million? LOL
Colleen@Kennewick Homes recently posted..Kennewick On Top 10 List for Best City to Raise a Family
Yes…Facebook is really hot chick and able to drive traffic to your website/blog…as most of the people really read facebook for info always and get connected with frens…
Pet recently posted..想做的事就去做
Hi Sam,
Nice post you’ve here. Facebook can be considered as a very new tool for internet marketers. Now I’ve seen quite a number of marketers are revealing Facebook secrets. However, I’m the one still finding this sort of information. Great tips you’ve given me.
Jeen Hao | Earn Money Online recently posted..What Make a Super Affiliate Become a Super Affiliate