Weekly Success Tip

More Facebook and Free Traffic

Last week we discussed how to set up your profile, photo and URL in Facebook. Admittedly, these were some very basic steps to get started, but you'd be amazed how many people get these simple things wrong.

Now that you've created your profile, you'll want to start inviting all your friends to connect with you so you can build a large group of like-minded contacts. This is a constant process and is worth setting goals towards. For example, I know people that aim to add, say 20 people per week as friends. Ultimately, the more friends you have, the more powerful your network will be.

Currently Facebook has a 5,000 friend limit, so why not make this your long-term goal? There are currently less than 1,000 people worldwide that have reached this limit... but there's strong rumours that Facebook is planning to remove this cap (or may have already).

A simple strategy is to go through your address book, database and email contact lists and manually enter their names into the search function on Facebook. When you find them, you can send them a request to be your friend. It's also good etiquette to send them a quick message at the same time, so they know who you are or where they met you. You may also like to email your contacts and let them know you are now on Facebook, plus you can also add your Facebook name to your signature at the bottom of your emails.

A faster way to accumulate friends is to use the ‘Find Friend’ function on Facebook. It will automatically find all of the email addresses you have emailed to and give you the option to message them, saving you a bundle of time!

Now that you've got friends, be sure to be active. Post interesting things about yourself and what you're up to. Be sure to add great content too via text, photos, video etc. A great technique is to include URL's in your status update, so people can click and access more detailed information.

Just on this, it is good etiquette to put up URL links you find valuable from time to time, that aren't directly related to yourself or your business.

The whole point is to be active and get involved. Be sure to post some activity every day or so, where possible. Oh, and finally, while you're there be sure to check out the Facebook help menus, there's literally hundreds of moving parts to this facility.

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ACTION STEP:

Set a goal to add a certain number of friends each week and use the techniques above to start. Make a regular time to add updates to your status as well as great content. And most importantly, get involved. It’s free! www.facebook.com

While you're there, add me as your friend... My face book name is Stuart Zadel.