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Donné Torr Donné is Hootsuite's Strategic Content Writer. She focuses on Case Studies, Guides, White Papers, InfoSheets, HootTips, Client Success Stories and other secret projects. Irene Sanjaya Irene is just a strategic planner in a brand, markeCng and communicaCon consultant. November 2014 Wri0en by Prepared by

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Donné  Torr    Donné  is  Hootsuite's  Strategic  Content  Writer.  She  focuses  on  Case  Studies,  Guides,  White  Papers,  InfoSheets,  HootTips,  Client  Success  Stories  and  other  secret  projects.  

Irene  Sanjaya  Irene  is  just  a  strategic  planner  in  a  brand,  markeCng  and  communicaCon  consultant.    

November  2014  

Wri0en  by   Prepared  by  

In  2015,    Facebook  is  changing  the  way  the  News  Feed  works  for  its  users.  These  changes  will  specifically  affect  brands  and  the  way  they  conduct  Facebook  markeCng  campaigns  through  their  Facebook  Pages.      These  changes  can  affect  your  company’s  social  media  markeCng  plan,  so  to  help  your  business  adjust,  we  have  outlined  some  common  quesCons  and  their  soluCons.  It’s  Cme  to  prepare  for  the  Facebook  changes  in  2015  and  develop  a  Facebook  markeCng  plan  to  expand  your  reach.  

Common  ques:ons  about  how  Facebook  marke:ng  will  change  in  2015  

Ques:on  #1:    What  are  they  changing  in  the  Facebook  News  Feed  in  2015?  

Have  you  started  noCcing  that  your  Page  posts  aren’t  showing  up  in  News  Feeds  as  much  anymore?  Have  your  company’s  engagement  levels  decreased  on  your  Facebook  Page?  This  is  because  Facebook  is  implemenCng  a  change  intended  to  improve  the  News  Feed  experience  for  users.    According  to  the  recent  announcement  on  Facebook’s  official  blog,  Facebook  is  going  to  start  reducing  the  number  of  overly  promoConal  page  posts  in  users’  News  Feeds.    

“As  part  of  an  ongoing  survey  we  asked  hundreds  of  thousands  of  people  how  they  feel  about  the  content  in  their  News  Feeds.  People  told  us  they  wanted  to  see  more  stories  from  friends  and  Pages  they  care  about,  and  less  promoConal  content.”  

Ques:on  #2:  What  do  these  changes  mean  for  small  businesses  that  don’t  have  the  budget  to  spend  on  Facebook  adver:sing?  If  you  don’t  have  budget  to  spend  on  Facebook  adverCsing,  here  are  few  suggesCons  to  help  you  move  forward.  

•  Evaluate  your  Facebook  markeCng  strategy  and  create  content  that  will  be  seen  on  Facebook.  This  type  of  content  needs  to  provide  value  to  your  audience—content  that  they  can  learn  from,  share,  and  engage  with.  Use  the  correct  link  format  when  posCng  links  on  your  Facebook  page  instead  of  burying  links  in  photo  capCons.  

•  Use  a  social  media  content  calendar  to  organize  posts  on  Facebook  

Pro  Tip.  Timely  posts  get  rewarded  with  a  higher  place  in  people’s  News  Feeds    

•  Run  a  Facebook  posCng  test  to  see  what  kind  of  posts  gets  the  most  engagement.  For  example,  many  of  Hootsuite’s  audience  are  social  media  managers  and  small  business  owners.  Instead  of  posCng  more  general  stuff  like  “Happy  Thanksgiving!”    we  try  to  post  content  that  contains  valuable  advice  related  to  the  occasion,  such  as:    “Did  you  know  that  during  Thanksgiving  small  businesses  can  increase  sales  by  doing  this…”  

•  Post  images  and  videos  on  Instagram  and  cross-­‐post  to  Facebook  

Facebook  marke:ng  :ps    to  expand  your    Facebook  Organic  Reach  

1.  Know  your  Facebook  audience  Use  Facebook  Insights  to  find  out  the  demographic  breakdown  of  your  audience.  This  data  is  useful  as  it  gives  you  insight  about  content  that  resonates  the  most  with  your  audience,  and  what  communicaCon  style  your  audience  responds  to  the  best.  

2.  Don’t  focus  on  selling  on  Facebook  One  of  the  main  reasons  why  Facebook  is  changing  its  algorithm  is  because  more  and  more  businesses  are  posCng  sales-­‐driven  content,  as  opposed  to  resourceful  content  that  will  provide  value  to  their  audience.  Facebook  is  trying  to  steer  away  from  this  model,  as  they  want  to  make  Facebook’s  user  experience  more  enjoyable.    

 Therefore,  if  businesses  are  prompted  to  change  their  

Facebook  markeCng  strategy,  there  will  be  more  valuable  content  given  to  their  audiences.  

3.  Post  your  best  content  on  Facebook  Facebook  wants  people  to  see  only  the  best  content  on  their  News  Feed.  Which  means  that  in  order  for  a  business  to  see  engagement  on  their  posts,  choose  content  that  has  been  successful  on  other  social  media  channels  or  your  business’  content  markeCng  plaborm.    

 Content  that  has  the  most  retweets,  clicks,  and  traffic  will  

more  likely  also  do  well  on  Facebook  (and  remember  the  golden  rule:  the  best  content  is  the  content  that  provides  your  followers  value).  

4.  Empower  your  employees  to  engage  with  your  Facebook  page  One  of  the  simplest  way  to  increase  your  Facebook  organic  reach  is  to  empower  your  employees  to  engage  with  your  Facebook  page.    

 The  more  engagement,  likes,  shares,  clicks,  your  

Facebook  posts  receive  the  more  you  can  increase  your  Facebook  organic  reach.  

5.  Don’t  forget  to  respond    If  you  want  to  receive  engagement  on  your  Facebook  Page,  you  need  to  also  engage  with  your  audience.  If  you  receive  a  comment,  reply  to  that  comment;  if  you  receive  a  post  on  your  business  Page,  reply  back  to  that  post.    

 Adding  the  human  touch  can  help  your  Facebook  

presence  drasCcally.  

And  that’s  a  wrap!