Ok, so let's say you've got a fantastic looking facebook page up for your business. You're ready to connect, share and build relationships to start bringing more customers your way. That's great, except that no one knows about your facebook page and you have no fans. Sad day.    So what do you do? You could spam twitter and try and get fans, put a link on your website. But there's an easier way.

So, think about the people that are most likely to support you and become fans when you're first setting up your new facebook business page...    Hopefully your friends and family come to mind. Even if they don't really know much about what you're up to in this new entrepreneurial endeavor of yours, they'll probably become your fan if you ask nicely.  In my experience I've have about a 50% success rate, which is pretty good if you already have a lot of facebook friends! Most of my friends on facebook aren't people that I actually know in person, like, I've never met them or talked to them. But many became fans of my facebook page when I asked them.

So how do you nicely invite all these people to be your fans without spamming the crap out of the social webosphere?

First, you'll need to go to your page and find this little "more" link on the left hand sidebar of your page. I didn't notice it for a loooong time so don't feel stupid if you're about to have a 'duh' moment and slap your forehead :)


After clicking that more link you'll see a handy dandly new menu appear with another link that says "Suggest to friends". Click that!

Now all you have to do is sit back and see which friends really love you! The ones that do will become your fans. Now, these may not be people in your target market or people likely to buy products from you in the future. Friends usually expect you to give them stuff for free, "hook-ups" if you will. This is just the way things are. However when you do start marketing your facebook page to potential customers, you won't be embarrassed to send them to your page because you only have 1 fan and it's your mom :) This is building the appearance of having a social presence on the web. No one likes to be the only one at the party, so don't make future customers feel like that's what they are.
 

So, your mission for tomorrow is to invite all your friends to be fans of your facebook page. Make sure you've got some interesting content on there too! Get a great pic of yourself and post some interesting articles and such on your page. That way your friends don't think you're totally crazy :)

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