Web 2.0 Mar­ket­ing Tip #23: Get Closer to Fans with Your Face­book Fan Page

If you want to es­tab­lish cus­tomer loy­alty, then it is es­sen­tial that you keep close and con­tin­u­ously in­ter­act with your cus­tomers. You must en­gage them and let them air their thoughts. Only through this way can your busi­ness flour­ish and only through this can you ac­quire a lot of new cus­tomers every time.

Giv­ing a Be­hind-the-Scenes Tour

You can gain a lot of ben­e­fits from freely in­ter­act­ing with your cus­tomer base. Some of them are:

  • You can col­lect im­por­tant in­for­ma­tion, which you can use to ad­just your mar­ket­ing plans or prod­ucts as well as cre­ate new prod­ucts or services.
  • You can eas­ily give them an up­date about your in­ter­net business.

Now, the ques­tion is: How do you en­gage your customers?

There are var­i­ous meth­ods you can em­ploy. How­ever, one good strat­egy is to use your Face­book fan page to of­fer a be­hind-the-scenes look at what goes on with your busi­ness on a daily ba­sis. Ba­si­cally, what you do here is:

  1. Post sta­tus up­dates to an­nounce the var­i­ous stages of your prod­uct launch, an­nounce new prod­uct ideas, or present changes you are plan­ning for your website.
  2. Pro­vide pho­tos, screen­shots, or videos, if possible.
  3. Al­low your cus­tomers to share their thoughts, com­ment, or share their own stories.

If I do this, what ben­e­fits will I ex­actly get?

If you are ask­ing this, then here are the answers:

  • It will in­crease cus­tomer en­gage­ment by ex­pos­ing them to your thought process and daily busi­ness happenings
  • It will show them how much thought and work goes into the prod­ucts you cre­ate. Even­tu­ally, they will grow to ap­pre­ci­ate your brand and ef­forts in con­nect­ing with them.