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Making your Facebook Wall Post Pop! Five tips to get more likes and comments

Submitted by on August 29, 2011 – 9:37 amNo Comment

Rules of Engagement 

New study builds the case that focusing on your news feed can facebook like buttonget you Facebook engagement and visibility.

The recent Comscore  and Facebook study found that:

“Users are 40 to 150 times more likely to consume branded content on news feeds than visit an actual branded page.”

So how do you make your Facebook wall post pop? Here are five great examples from popular Facebook accounts:

#1 Sharing exclusive content: make your fans insiders.

Great example over at Georgetown Cupcake, that shares a secret flavor (not-on-the-menu) daily:

#2 Creating compelling content – Great content gets you likes and comments.

Whole Foods constantly creates fun or useful content to get engagement. Here’s an example of a Gluten free cooking video that they produced:

 #3 Ask fun questions: Make it fun and easy to engage on your page with polls, fill-in-the-blanks:

Intel polls fans to get the conversation started on their page:

#4 Use images to get attention: interesting images can get you attention.

You can use images to stand out, and even use them to communicate promotions.

#5 Make it rewarding to like you: Offer coupons and free products

Pantene and Secret offer a monthly Freebie Friday to reward their fans.

The best approach for your wall post will depend on your business and your target. It’s helpful to start by seeing what others are doing in your industry and take a look at some of your favorite brands to get new ideas. Mix it up and try new things!

What wall posts work best for your business?

 

 

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