Facebook launches new business guide

Facebook has launched a new guide for entrepreneurs on how to make use of the site, as the competition with Google+ for small business users heats up.

 

 

The “educational program”, called Facebook for Business, explains the basics of using the social networking site to promote a company or brand.

A video rolled out by Facebook highlights the different business uses of the site, such as creating a page, building polls, targeted advertising and sponsored stories.

 

The video states that Facebook is now an “essential” part of customers’ lives, with social media able to “empower customers to spread the word for you. The world has gone social – be part of the conversation.”

 

The creation of Facebook for Business follows the social networking site’s move in March to allow users to migrate their personal profile into their business page.

 

“Facebook allows small businesses to create rich social experiences, build lasting relationships and amplify the most powerful type of marketing – word-of-mouth,” a Facebook spokesperson told GigaOm.

 

“We created Facebook.com/business to make it even easier for people to reach these objectives and grow.”

 

Facebook’s attempts to ramp up its business presence comes hot on the heels of the launch of Google+ which is anticipated to provide the first serious competition for the site in recent years.

 

However, Google+ appears to have plenty of work to do to catch up with Facebook’s business-focused apps.

 

The site, which launched in June, has so far restricted itself to personal profile, advising business users to use individual pages to represent whole companies.

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(1888PressRelease) August 01, 2011 – Matthew Loop, who is an in-demand marketing consultant specializing in the profitable utilization of the most powerful social media platforms on the web, has announced that the local business marketing service that he’s developed with Dr. Len Schwartz, Automated Social Networking, has recently been upgraded and is driving traffic, leads, and customers to client websites by the droves.

Automated Social Networking was created to give busy professionals, business owners and others an unfair competitive advantage by using the most potent social networking, marketing, and customer acquisition strategies on the Internet.

Loop observed. “There’s no other service in the world like Automated Social Networking, that offers such a strategic and multi-layered approach. We’ve found that this turn key, fully automated service offers amazingly powerful business growth benefits. And unlike a social networking expert you could employ in your office, it works 24/7 and much faster.” Loop added. “When someone uses our service they can then focus on what they should be doing – running their business. Yet, now they’re able to use every part of the Internet to effectively generate a steady flow of leads, traffic, and sales.”

Just a few years ago the primary goal for everyone using the Internet to generate business was to simply push people towards their website, hoping someone would be converted. But now Google and other search engines are more interested in substance and if a business is able to engage various social interactions, create quality content, backlinks and connect with the potential customers numerous times a day.

The Automated Social Networking service connects businesses to all of the important social networking sites and brings into play every marketing tool by using various types of media, including video, audio, images, press releases, articles, Google Places, and ppc advertising. With more than 1.5 billion people on the Web and close to 200 million websites, a local business needs all of the help it can get.

“Every business can benefit by using Automated Social Networking,” notes Loop. “And we’ve made it very affordable with a three-tiered plan. Whatever level of service someone chooses, they will see great benefits.” Loop advises, “Although the Better and Best tiers of our service provide more features such as Facebook Ads PPC, Google Adwords, and submission to over 100 top search engines, our Good plan offers a major amount of exposure that includes videos, Facebook marketing, press releases, Podcasts and professional article submissions. All tiers are competitively priced.”

There’s just a phenomenal amount of marketing power on the Internet and accessing it all is daunting. With the Automated Social Networking service, any business can utilize YouTube, the most visited site on the web; Facebook, whose members grow everyday; and Twitter, keeping people informed 24/7. Plus, there is always some new option, service or tool to be mastered and then used.

This service efficiently employs each and every aspect of cyberspace that defines it as a massive marketing tool and virtual meeting room. If a business has Automated Social Networking doing it’s work, they possess the most advanced and deepest advancement available in advertising.

To find out more about Automated Social Networking, you can go to http://AutomatedSocialNetworking.com …. There you’ll find a complete explanation of the service, including how it works, the premium benefits, in-depth comparison chart, and how you can lock-in your zip-code.

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