How DO You Market On Facebook?

With over 80 million active users, and being the 6th most popular site on the internet, Facebook is not just a good resource that you need to add to your current marketing activities - it could eventually replace them!

Facebook is obviously viewed as a Social Networking site, but increasingly businesses are realising that it is also a Business Networking resource - some of the biggest companies on the planet are establishing a presence there.

The key for us as small business owners is to connect with others who are also interested in earning a living for themselves online - and also those who are still on the verge of thinking about setting up their own business, but haven't realised the possibilities of internet marketing.

On Facebook, you can search for Groups - these are like forums where people of similar interests gather together. Pick a few groups to join, and then start looking through the members list and start adding people as Friends. Some of them may well say no or ignore you, but most will say yes - it's basically in everybody's interest to have a big group of Friends. This is because the growth of your Friends list can become almost automatic; friends of your friends will start joining Facebook, and they will be curious to see who their friends are talking to.

There are groups devoted to just building your friends list, and these people are all interested in internet marketing, or at least working from home! They will change now and again, but a couple working at the moment are:

"5,000 Friends in 40 Days :: Networking Group for Sales and Marketing People"

"100,000 friends in 90 Days"

- just do a search on Facebook for something similar, and I'm sure a few more will turn up.