How To Get SMS Facebook Likes WITHOUT Being Obnoxious

SMS Facebook Marketing

I don’t know about you, but when I get a marketing message via text message I usually don’t respond. Not only are they intrusive and unwanted, but the offering is always something along the lines of a potential loan or other poorly targeted cr–stuff.

So much to my surprise I discovered that “likes” can be text messaged to Facebook business pages, and best of all, it’s super easy to do! To explain this process I’m going to tell you a story about the imaginary small business owner, Sally.

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How To Avoid These 4 Social Media Land Mines

Social Media Pitfalls

In the past 5 years social media has exploded onto the Internet marketing scene. This huge sensation has completely changed the way businesses of all sizes interact with leads and current customers. But is it all it’s cracked up to be?

According to a recent article by Gizmodo “3% of adults had gotten into a physical fight with someone based on an experience they had on Facebook”.

Social media is still a relatively new form of communication. And this shocking study conducted by Pew shows that users are still trying to figure out its role in their personal and professional lives.

In light of this and numerous other startling tales of the web, we’ve developed a plan to avoid 4 serious problems when trying to promote your business with social media.

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Increase Fan Chatter With Facebook Photos

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Thanks to the web a picture, now more than ever, is worth a thousand words.

With tools like social media, websites, and web directories many small business owners can make a first impression with potential customers for little to no cost.

To help small business owners better utilize the power of images, we’ve developed a 4 part series on what you need to know about Facebook photos. In part 4 of the series, Cierra gives some tips on how to get more comments out of your fans with photos.

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Strategic Facebook Tagging Tricks

Thanks to the web a picture, now more than ever, is worth a thousand words.

With tools like social media, websites, and web directories many small business owners can make a first impression with potential customers for little to no cost.

To help small business owners better utilize the power of images, we’ve developed a 4 part series on what you need to know about Facebook photos. In part 3 of the series, Cierra explains some tagging tricks you can use to help promote your business.

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