5 Tips for Optimizing Your Facebook Page for Product Sales

As people continue to spend more of their time online directly on Facebook, it makes sense to provide a variety of ways for your target customers to interact with your business on this platform. The specific interaction we want to focus on in this post is selling products directly through your Facebook page. Whether you’re already getting some sales but want more or are new to the idea of this type of selling, we’ve got five actionable tips to ensure your page is optimized:

1. Be Sure You Have the Right Page Type and Category

Facebook provides a variety of page templates for different types of businesses. Their current options are services, shopping, business, politicians, venues, nonprofits and restaurants & cafes. Choosing the category that best matches your business will give you a template that Facebook has optimized based on the incredible amount of data the platform collects. While the services and shopping templates already include a shop section, you can add this section to any template by clicking Edit Page, scrolling down and then clicking the Add a Tab button.

2. Optimize Your Call to Action Button

The call to action button you use will directly affect how potential customers interact with your Facebook page. You can choose from a wide variety of CTA buttons. As a rule of thumb, if the analytics data from your website shows that many customers buy after just one or two visits, it makes sense to use the Shop Now button. But if you have a higher-priced product that tends to require some consultative selling, Learn More or Get in Touch are the two best options for getting people into your sales pipeline.

3. Fill Out Your Shop

Just as an empty website isn’t going to do much for your bottom line, you need to have your Facebook shop fully filled out for people to take notice. You’ll want to do this by taking the time to add multiple photos for each of your products, along with having a great description. The other decision you need to make is whether you want customers to check out on your website or Facebook. While many businesses default to the former, it’s worth at least running a test to see if letting customers check out directly on Facebook has a positive impact on your conversion rate.

4. Regularly Tag Your Products

One of the really cool things about selling through your Facebook page is you can tag photos with the product they feature. Since this is a great way to drive people to your store, be sure to make tagging a standard part of your workflow.

5. Let Customers Leave Reviews

Social proof is one of the most important elements for establishing the level of trust that someone needs to make a purchase from you. Letting customers leave reviews directly on your Facebook page is an easy and effective way to get this social proof. If you don’t currently have many reviews, you can build them up by emailing some of your top customers and asking them to leave a review directly on Facebook.

If you want expert help implementing these tips or would like additional guidance with your Facebook efforts, be sure to take a look at our social media marketing services.

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The Newest Social Media Marketing Strategies to Know

2017 is set to be another big year for social media. Since this is a space that continues to evolve at a very rapid pace, we want to share a few ideas that will help keep your business ahead of the curve:

1. Go Live

Video was a major driver of social media activity throughout 2016. Thanks to significant efforts by all the major social platforms, video is no longer limited to pre-recorded content. Instead, live video is an area that continues to gain more traction. From Facebook to YouTube to Instagram, users are interacting with each other through live streams. In terms of what a business can do with this form of social media interaction, there are a number of avenues to test out. Whether it’s a Q&A or behind the scenes tour, the main thing to keep in mind is live video’s all about authenticity. So even though good audio and lighting are important, the best way to figure out what works best is to jump in and try a few streams.

2. Messaging

More social media activity is moving from the traditional platforms and into messaging apps. This behavior is one of the reasons that Facebook was willing to pay so much to acquire WhatsApp. While the personal nature of messaging may seem like it will exclude businesses, that doesn’t have to be the case. Most of the big messaging apps and platforms are making it possible for businesses to offer customer service. Businesses can even take this activity a step further through the use of chatbots, which are one of the hottest areas of tech in 2017.

3. Pay to Play

There was a lot of uproar last year when Facebook made changes to their algorithm that reduced organic reach. But because the pace of social media activity only continues to accelerate, this isn’t something that will change any time soon. However, what businesses often overlook is the very affordable nature of social media advertising. By taking time to experiment with paid social media activity and looking into other platforms like YouTube or Pinterest, businesses can achieve a very desirable return with only a minimal investment.

4. Social Commerce

Because there are only so many hours in the day, social media platforms want to keep their users around for as long as possible. One way they’re doing this is by enabling social commerce. Keep in mind that this activity can extend beyond products and into things like services, which is why businesses across all sectors should think about how they can utilize the latest social commerce features.

If you want help with staying on top of these social media marketing strategies and any others that may work for your business, be sure to take a look at our social media marketing services. You should also check out the social media certification and social media training courses we offer.