How to Turbo Boost
Your Blog Traffic
with Facebook!
How to Turbo Boost
Your Blog Traffic
with Facebook!
Presented By
Mari Smith
Presented By
Mari Smith
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Facebook facts & stats
See:
http://bit.ly/fb_infographic
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Facebook integration
2M+ websites integrated Facebook
250M+ people a month engage with Facebook on external
sites.
200M+ active users access Facebook via mobile devices – is
your blog mobile friendly?
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your blog mobile friendly?
Washington Post: 280%⬆referral traffic year-over-year
from Facebook.
Sporting News: In 5 months, Facebook <1% to #1
source + avg daily re-sharing 65%⬆
Source: http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/443
Why Facebook for bloggers?
Drive fans from your Facebook Page to your blog.
Increase subscribers.
Increase exposure, visibility.
Crowdsource content.
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Meet your audience where they are.
Build greater community.
Build a greater social graph of your readers.
Drive potential fans from your blog to Facebook.
Part I –
Your Blog ON
Part I –
Your Blog ON
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App vs. manual?
Studies show manual gets better EdgeRank (News
Feed Optimization)
Test engagement with apps vs. manual
(Apps = any third party app that allows you to
publish content to your fan page)
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publish content to your fan page)
NetworkedBlogs app
“Blog” tab
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NetworkedBlogs:
update tab only
Set to update the app (Show on Tab Only)
Uncheck Publish to Wall & Show on Tab
“recommended, best distribution” = not accurate.
Test for yourself!
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RSS apps
Try importing your blog feed via an app other than
Networked Blogs
Social RSS
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RSS Graffiti – Wall Paper
Other feeds:
Twitter Favorites
YouTube
Google Reader
Shared Items
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Shared Items
Content publishers
HootSuite
Sprout Social
Objective Marketer
Argyle Social
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Argyle Social
Awareness Social Hub
Postling
Shoutlet
See: http://bit.ly/22smtools
HootSuite - schedule
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Facebook Page strategies
ProBlogger (Darren Rowse) [19k+ fans]
NetworkedBlogs app auto-publishes all
blog posts + posts links, updates, polls,
questions + personal engagement.
Brian Solis [11k+ fans]
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Brian Solis [11k+ fans]
Posts links to blog posts (manually posted)
+ photos + personal engagement.
The Rise To The Top (David Garland) [3k+ fans]
Notes app auto publishes blog posts + posts
links, questions + personal engagement.
Facebook Page strategies
Social Media Examiner [28k+ fans]
No apps. Posts links to blog posts (manually
posted) + OPC + Question of the day +
Expert Friday + high engagement.
Mari Smith [30k+ fans]
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Mari Smith [30k+ fans]
Networked Blogs tab only. Posts links to
blog posts (manually posted) + photos &
videos + OPC + high engagement.
Facebook Page strategies -
HuffPo
The Huffington Post (~200k fans)
Wall turned off for fans
Only Links to all blog posts (manually posted) –
short narrative, almost always a question
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Add personality!
Make your page inviting,
warm, personable. It’s a
community!
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News Feed “EdgeRank”
88% of fans interact in the News Feed.
[Source: Jeff Widman, BrandGlue.com]
Post before noon.
Highest engagement: Photos, Videos, Links, Updates
See: Anatomy of a Facebook Post by Vitrue:
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See: Anatomy of a Facebook Post by Vitrue:
http://bit.ly/anatomyfb
Engagement: Facebook vs. blog
The same readers who engage on your blog may
also engage on your page.
Experiment with various times, e.g.
Blog post published at 7am EST
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Shared on Facebook (manually) at 8am EST
Tweeted at 9am EST and again at 4pm EST
Calls to action
To increase engagement:
Start with a question
End with a question
Ask if they read the post?
Direct fans to leave their comments ON your blog
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Direct fans to leave their comments ON your blog
Crowdsource
Ask your fans for input, questions, etc.
Fodder for blog posts
Incentive with a mention
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Share inside Facebook
“Share” option always shows when you post a
Link, Photo or Video
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Encourage fans to share!
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Post to profile
The more your content is shared inside Facebook,
the more visibility, the better EdgeRank
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Tracking metrics
Unique page views
Top referring domains
New Likes (fans)
Active users
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Engaged/viewed your page
Per post impressions + feedback %
Total number of times a story is rendered in the
stream + number of likes/comments
Facebook Ads
Laser targeted
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Test, test, test
Advertise fan page…
vs. blog vs. offer page
PART II –
Facebook ON Your
Blog
PART II –
Facebook ON Your
Blog
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Facebook social plugins
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http://developers.facebook.com/plugins
Social plugins – Like button
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http://bit.ly/21waysfb
Like button for Fan Page
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Recommend button
Use in place of the
Like button per post
And/or add above the fold
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And/or add above the fold
for visitors to Recommend
your blog/page!
Share on Facebook button
WordPress plugin
Sexy Bookmarks, AddThis, DiggDigg
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Wibiya Toolbar
http://bit.ly/8socialshare
Link (add to emails!)
http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=yourURLhere
Like box
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Comment box
www.wchingya.com
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Networked blogs widget
Add to your blog
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WordPress Facebook plugins
http://bit.ly/FBwp_plugins - 640 plugins!
Facebook Like Button
Facebook Comments Importer
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See tutorial at http://bit.ly/2waysFBwp
PART III –
Advanced Facebook
PART III –
Advanced Facebook
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Publish to “Likers”
Facebook’s Open Graph: treats your blog (or any
URL) as a “permanent object,” e.g. a Facebook Page
Add code to your blog
Create an “application”
You can then:
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You can then:
1. Publish to the Facebook stream of “likers”
2. View Insights
3. Your blog placed under Info section of users
See: http://bit.ly/fbpluginguide
Facebook subscriptions
Allow visitors to subscribe
to individual authors,
bloggers, commentators,
topics!
Granular subscriptions
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Granular subscriptions
See:
http://rww.to/granularsubs
Publish to Facebook
Stream story and hovercard shows web page:
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Publish to tag “Likers”
WordPress plugin – “Facebook Like for Tags”
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View other blogs on Facebook
Bonus tip - create Friend Lists!
Can add fan pages
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