Facebook For Business - 5 Reasons Why You Should Create A Facebook Fan Page For Your Business

Chances are your business is either not on Facebook, or you recently create a Business or Fan Page for yourself. If you're not on Facebook yet, here's why you need to be:

The Viral Nature of Facebook

Facebook finally provides, through Fan Pages and Advertising, a viral community for business to engage in and contribute to. Facebook's ability to allow users to comment, share, and spread the word gives your business a fantastic opportunity to grow. A fan page, used correctly, will grow the community of followers behind your brand, and will give everyone a place to meet where they can talk about and share information around your market. We all know how quickly things can spread on Facebook, why are you using this to your advantage?

Thousands of Fans is Attainable

When I created my first business fan page about a baseball training company I started, I spent 6 months trying to grow my fan-base and engage with my current fans. Needless to say, it was frustrating and did not do much for my business. But when I finally learned the tricks of the trade, the "facebook effect" came into play and my fan page grew from 300 to 11,000 in 8 short weeks. My fans are engaging with me, telling me what product they'd like next instead of me launching new products and hoping for the best. Facebook is new grounds for most companies, and it's completely possible to jump ahead of the pack and snatch up thousands of fans that will be begging to snatch up your products.

You Can Build Your Email List

If you an internet marketer, business-owner, or entrepreneur, chances are you know how valuable an email list can be to your business. What most people don't realize is that Facebook allows you to create custom web pages inside of your Fan Page. So, you can embed an Email Opt-In Form right into your page! This is so powerful because your prospects are already within the comfortable environment of Facebook and your company or brand appears that much more trusted.

You Can Sell Right From Facebook

Facebook and Fan Pages provides business the chance to promote and sell their products without selling. With all the sharing going on, a simple promotion or content can get thousands of people promoting your product for you! How much more powerful is that over you blasting your fans with buy buttons?

It's Where Your Customers Are

You might be asking: "Are my prospects even on Facebook?" Well, with over 500 million current users, the chances are pretty darn good. If you're customer are between 30-55 years old, that age range is actually the largest group and fastest growing group on Facebook. Targeting teens? This demographic couldn't be more excited to click your "Like" button or interact with you on your page. Simply go to facebook and perform and search and prepare yourself to get pretty excited at the potential number of people you can reach that are already interested in your market.