Web 2.0 Mar­ket­ing Tip #27: Give Free­dom with Your Face­book Fan Page

If there is one thing about Web 2.0 that make it sooo great, it will be the fact that users are given more free­dom to ex­press their thoughts. Some mar­keters think that this is a dis­ad­van­tage since cus­tomers can give neg­a­tive feed­backs. How­ever, you must look at the bright side in­stead. If you al­low your cus­tomers to air their thoughts, your busi­ness can prosper!

Make Your Cus­tomers a Real Part of Your Business

One of the most im­por­tant func­tions of Web 2.0 is that it al­lows busi­nesses like our to re­ceive and ac­tu­ally en­cour­age feed­back from cus­tomers and vis­i­tors. These feed­backs are very valu­able. Why? Be­cause you can use feed­backs to de­velop your busi­ness. You can use it to:

  • Es­tab­lish cus­tomer loyalty
  • Pol­ish ex­ist­ing prod­ucts or services
  • Cre­ate new prod­ucts or services

But, how can you eas­ily col­lect feed­back from your cus­tomers? One of the best way to is by us­ing your Face­book fan page. These are the meth­ods you can employ:

  • Post an up­date, sin­cerely ask­ing vis­i­tors to post or send you a story about how they’ve used your product
  • Hold a con­test where the per­son who wrote the best story gets free prod­ucts or dis­count coupons from your on­line store
  • Open a dis­cus­sion thread and let cus­tomers air their thoughts