Hey you! For bloggers, there seems to be constant confusion when it comes to social media platforms. In this post, we'll look at Pinterest vs Facebook because the question is being asked almost every day.
Every business, blogger, entrepreneur or mompreneur create an online presence with the ultimate goal to drive traffic to these online properties to increase revenue.
In a previous blog post, I addressed the whole topic of blog post ideas and knowing what questions your audience is asking that you can answer.
One of the popular questions being asked is one I have heard quite often, 'is social media good for business?'. I can address this another time in a broader sense.
Another popular question I get is which is better Pinterest vs Facebook? I am going to focus on this question in this blog post.
1. Facebook Basics
The best way to answer this question is to first understand the basics of each platform and the way it works. So let's take a look at Facebook.
There are two main Facebook platforms that we will address which is the personal side and the business side. The personal side is where the typical consumer will log in and create a profile.
To this profile, the person will add details about themselves. Their name age, date of birth, photo, etc. They will then send off friend requests to their friends.
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With a personal Facebook account, you can like pages and express interests. Joining groups and communities and confirming your attendance at upcoming events is also available.
Most importantly, you can engage with other peoples content and express emotions on that content. You also have the ability to share your own content with your friends.
As an advanced user, you can go and create pages, groups and communities if you need a private area to share your passion.
2. Is Facebook Good for Your Business?
As a business, blogger, entrepreneur or mompreneur you may also be interested in creating a space to grow your audience. Facebook pages, groups and communities are great for this kind of relationship.
You will need to decide if this platform is the best place to grow your audience. The best thing to do to help you make this decision is by first understanding your audience.
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Here are a few questions you need to consider;
* What is the age range of your audience?
* Who are they?
* Are they searching to resolve pain or pleasure?
* Compile a list of their interest?
* What problem are they trying to solve?
* Is your business a B2B or B2C?
* What product or service you offer?
* Why will they join your group or page?
* How can you deliver the product or service?
* Where else do they hang out on FB?
As you can see from the questions you really need to have a good understanding of your audience before deciding if Facebook is good for your business.
3. Facebook Page Insights
If you ever created a Facebook page and managed to amass 100 likes or more then you are probably aware of Facebook Insights.
It basically gives you a behind-the-scenes view of the performance of your page as well as the engagement of each post. Likes, views and clicks are common enough analytics to track.