Fairport-Perinton Chamber of Commerce
Facebook Presentation – Next Steps
March 29, 2017
Importance of Facebook to Chamber Members
- increase local search results landing on your website
- increase business visibility
- increase your Chamber connections to events and members
Session Preparation
- visit Facebook.com/FPChamber and click “Like” (upper right quadrant). After clicking, you will see “Liked.”
How to Engage with the Chamber Page
- Review the posts and COMMENT and SHARE
- click down arrow on the far right of the top blue bar and select who you want to use the page as (repeat (business/personal) - go back and choose another user role)
- click COMMENT and SHARE
- try to include additional Chamber business names in the post when applicable; if they have a Facebook page, the name should pop-up as you type – click it
- include keywords to attract search engines
- use a relevant url
- Engage with posts on the Events page (far left column)
- check your planned attendance
- list whom you have invited by name and business (type and click the revealed name)
- after attending, return to COMMENT
- reflections
- photos
- video
- Send information to fairportperintonchamber@gmail.com to post on all communication channels
Facebook Best Practices
- Profile Photo – logo space – click to add a description with keywords
- Cover Photo – click to add a description with keywords
- include a url with every post possible
- About - optimize (increase search results) your page with complete information, using keywords: product/service; locations
- include longevity in About
- add Events
- rearrange the tabs on the left in Manage Tabs/Edit Page, placing the most important on top
- video earns the most views; photos next – add descriptions
- check Notifications, respond, and check Select All and Mark All as Read
- review customer and organization pages of importance and COMMENT & SHARE from See Pages Feed on right side of Page
- boosted posts
- review Insights
- publish in Publishing Tools
Facebook Tricks
Clean up your post for easy reading. When you include a link, once populated, erase the link from the post.
Have a photo and also want to share a link? First, add the photo, then add the link.