4 Annoying Facebook Habits to Avoid
Do you have a Facebook page you’re trying to grow? The truth is, you may be seeing disappointing results on Facebook because of bad habits you could easily change. These bad habits could be annoying your fans and even damaging your brand.
Here are 4 annoying habits you need to change right now.
1. Tagging too many people or pages
Make sure when you tag somebody in a post, that the content relates to them and you’re not just tagging lots of people or pages to boost your reach. This applies to your Facebook profile and any Facebook pages you manage.
It’s important when building relationships online to consider the feelings of the person on the other end and their privacy concerns.
Tagging users in posts that have nothing to do with them is a great way to lose Facebook friends and destroy relationships you worked so hard to build.
2. Condescending for engagement
Engaging with your Facebook fans is critical but there are right ways and wrong ways to get fans to respond. Instead of posting condescending rubbish, ask your fans relevant questions that spark interesting conversations.
Test different updates on your page to determine what calls-to-action get the most response from fans. Definitely try questions, fill-in-the-blank posts, trivia, etc.
3. Ignoring fans who comment on your posts
If you’re posting regularly and at the right times, engagement on your page should increase. Fans will leave comments and people will like and share your posts.
Since fans are likely to comment on your page, view what’s being said so you can respond. Make sure you check daily so you don’t keep fans waiting when they ask a question or need a quick reply.
4. Posting ONLY about your business
Social media is like a phone conversation — it must go both ways. You have to create great content for your page but you also don’t want to be the business that only talks about itself. These businesses lose fans and the pages usually take a hit.
But how do you avoid this? It’s easy! Just share content from a variety of sources. For example:
- Share content from fans
- Share updates from online sources (breaking news, infographics, events)
- Share inspirational quotes and images (memes) from around the web
- Share updates from other pages
This is all great but you still need to drive traffic to your website. Otherwise, what’s the point of having a Facebook page?
Increasing sales should be your top priority, so driving traffic from Facebook to your business website is key. You’ll generate that traffic by doing this:
- Creating blog posts and infographics for your website
- Making videos for your YouTube channel
- Writing blog posts with your opinion about different industry-related topics
- Creating blog posts and infographics that answer fans’ questions and provide tips
- Writing blog posts about breaking news in your industry
- Making how-to infographics
The list of content ideas is endless. That’s why it’s helpful to build a content calendar to make sure you always have original material high on your Facebook page.
SOURCE: Post Planner
