Six surefire SEO tips to get real Facebook followers

You sign up on Facebook, build a Facebook page and expect that your page will automatically garner likes, thus providing a great boost to your business? Yes, while you certainly can dream, you also need to make sure you are doing the necessary things to get you right there on top. Fans will not magically appear to give you that added boost.

You need to lure people to your page on Facebook. While there are loads of ways you can go about doing this, there are some things you absolutely need to know. Here are a few surefire tips which will definitely go a long way in helping you to get more Facebook followers.

1. “Inviting all your friends using the “Suggest Friends” option is very important” – this is a BIG MYTH.
While it may be important, it is not a very important strategy, and certainly not the most important. You can choose to skip this step without putting much thought to it. Why? Because this strategy might backfire. Here’s why:

- Facebook allows users to “Like” a maximum of 500 pages. Your friends might want to be selective.
- Users tend to overlook fan page suggestions/requests, and with the increasing number of pages being created, your page has a huge chance of going unnoticed among the pile of page suggestions.
- You really cannot expect all your friends to like your page, and you certainly cannot pursue them to join your page even if they have no interest in it. It is totally counterintuitive to the ethics of social media.

So, you might as well give this option a miss, and look at the other options you have on hand. Which are:

2. Embedding Facebook widgets on your website/blog

You can choose any of the Facebook Social Plugins and display them on your personal website/ blog. Generally, the “Like” button widget works best. That way, people who visit your website can “like” your Facebook page from the site itself.

3. Make a gripping Welcome video

This is one of the best – and most creative – ways of attracting your target audience. All you need to do is create a striking landing page with an equally eye-catching video, explaining exactly what your page is about, who you want on board, and why they should be your fan. Gradually, you will see a conversion from visitors to fans.

This is one of the best methods possible for helping you to buy targeted Facebook fans.
4. Place ads

Using Facebook’s Advertising feature, you can advertise your fan page. This can be done on a nominal budget, and will not burn a hole in your pocket. Your ads will be shown alongside users’ news feeds, and they can like your page right from their news feed itself. Additionally, Facebook also displays a list of how many of your friends have already liked the page, thus providing social proof.

5. Link your Facebook account to Twitter

Whatever you post on Facebook will automatically get posted on Twitter, thus doubling your chances of increasing your fan count! You can choose yourself which of your posts gets posted on Twitter.

If you are wondering about the 140 character limit that Twitter has, as opposed to the 420 character limit Facebook imposes, Twitter simply truncates a long post to its 140 character limit and inserts a link that will redirect anyone who clicks on it back to your fan page. Simple enough, right?

6. Share your page

Periodically – and especially when you think you have added prospective fans to your friend list – go to your page, and make use of the humble “Share” button. Add an interesting comment mentioning any exciting updates, news, incentives, etc…

Thus, by making use of all these strategies, you can increase your follower base on Facebook.