Wednesday, 26 September 2012

6 Must-Have Facebook Applications For Your Business

If you are not using the Facebook marketing to promote your business online then you are letting so many chances of making money gone with the wind. You are making your competitors take potential customers away from you by just sitting in one corner only waiting for customers to come to you and not the one who shows yourself to potential clients.


But if you do have already one, but you do not know how you are going to make the most out of it so that you'll convert the first time visitors into clients immediately then you have to use Facebook application which will sure boost your business' online presence. Surely you are not the one who are not using these apps but do not count yourself in with them rather step out and start using Facebook apps today to help your business gain more profit.

●Your Welcome Page

First thing you'll do is to set up your business welcome page to say "hello" for your new fans. It will also be your way to encourage people to visit your page and like it. This way, you are getting closer to the people who has the potential of being your next business clients.

Example Apps:
iFrame (https://www.facebook.com/iframe.apps)
Welcome by Word of Social (http://apps.facebook.com/woswelcome/)
iwipa (https://www.facebook.com/iwipa)

●Your Business Profile

Your business page will be your professional business card that will be in charge to tell the Facebook community about your skills and experience and publish a short summary about yourself just like in LinkedIn. Potential people of your niche as well as ordinary people can easily check what kind of person is behind the business because of your business profile page.

Example Apps:
My LinkedIn Profile (http://apps.facebook.com/linkedinprofile/)
Professional Profile (http://apps.facebook.com/professional_profile/) ???
Business Profile (http://apps.facebook.com/businessprofileapp/)

●Your Business Contacts

When you set up your Facebook page one of your goals is to build more connections and one way to found more new connection is by your Facebook page. You can have a good information contact form which includes all your contact information like telephone numbers and email address. Some applications allows install in both personal and business pages.

Example Apps:
Email Signup (https://www.facebook.com/EmailSignup)
Mail Chimp (http://apps.facebook.com/mailchimp/)
Constant Contact (https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=219441374737099)

●Your Customer Reviews And Testimonials

Reviews are very crucial when it comes to business. Keen people who would like to transact a business with you would always take the effort to search for reviews of your past clients regarding your product and service. To help those people who have experienced dealing business with you, Facebook apps on customers' reviews are essential. This will be a big help to convince future customers to work with you too.

Example Apps:
I Endorse (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=19116507496&ref=s)
Review Widget (http://apps.facebook.com/reviewwidget/)
Reviews (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6261817190)

●Your Blog Promotion

Through this Facebook applications, your can promote your latest blogs in line with your field. This will notify your fans if you post new article on your blog site.

Example Apps:
Networked Blogs (https://www.facebook.com/networkedblogs)
Tumblr (https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=48119224995)

●Your Other Social Networks

Because Facebook is not the only social media network you have, you can still integrate your other social media accounts into your Facebook page. Useful links from Twitter, YouTube or Viddler and from Flicker are posted to Facebook via its apps. This will save your time and effort posting updates from different social media while you can post an update in a click and all your social media channels are sync.

Example Apps:
Youtube (https://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=87741124305)
Viddler (http://apps.facebook.com/viddler/)
Flicker (https://www.facebook.com/FlickrOnFanPage)
Twitter (http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/)

Facebook does not only design an application where you can grow different crops on a virtual farm or solve crimes by an imaginary identity and answering quizzes suggested by friends to know who is your greek mythology god counterpart or like but many applications are developed for useful applications most especially for businesses - big or small. With an Alexa rank of 2 (August 2012) and with 955+ million active users (June 2012) today, is undoubtedly a tremendous help for brand promotion when use and optimized well.

Majority of applications are free and the perfect opportunity to enhance your business page, brag your portfolio and build new contacts. It is a great place to market your products and services plus connect and find new customers.


About the Author

Al Gomez is the man behind the success of Dlinkers SEO services. As an SEO Consultant, he has handled various sites of different for over 4 years and always passionate for achieving quality results. He gained much knowledge about the complexity and structure of SEO. Consolidated and analyzed information are posted in his blogs.

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