Chapter 1

Using Facebook as a Marketing Tool

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using Facebook pages

Bullet Setting up your Facebook presence

Bullet Making the most of likes

Bullet Using Facebook events

Facebook is the world’s most popular social network, where people of all ages, professions, and backgrounds gather to stay in touch and share cute cat photos with friends, present and former colleagues, old classmates, and family.

Having billions of people gathered in one place is the perfect opportunity for any brand to raise awareness and grow a community of customers and advocates. If you’re not on Facebook already, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity. Simply put, Facebook is where the people are — and you have to be where the people are if you want to succeed in business.

In this chapter, we explore how Facebook pages work and how you can make them work for your brand.

Tip Facebook has become one of the most robust social media platforms for marketing, but we can only cover a fraction of the functionality in this book. ...

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