Turning Facebook Fan Pages into an Income Generator

Dear Friends,

Something crazy happened this weekend. My sweetie and I got two new kittens. We had decided to wait until the spring to choose kittens from the pound, but when a woman aikidoka at my dojo told me about two strays that showed up on a friend of her's doorstep I knew we had to see them -- even though they weren't really even kittens. She told me that they were the most loving cats she had ever seen, affectionate to each other and to strangers.

It was pouring rain when we arrived in Petaluma where she has a household that includes llamas, 7 cats, a dog and a chicken. Do you know when something just feels right and you have to take action ASAP? I had a sense that these cats were meant to be ours. I call this following your gypsy spirit and in this instance I had to follow mine.. But, this doesn't mean that doing so will be snag free.

In this case the girl torbe (a calico and tabby combo) we named Moonbeam, was in heat and the gray tabby, Lucky , was taking full advantage. We scheduled a quick trip to the vet to stop the howling and accompanying activities that lasted all night long without a break and continued during the day as well. Overnight our carefully constructed serene lives were gone. Things have calmed down a bit, but having 10 month old kitties is a handful.

Wait, did I mention that Lucky chewed through his box on the way home from Petaluma? It was like a scene from The Shining with Jack Nicholson. See him here. First gigantic paws with long nails reached out of several holes to snag my coat. I had the box on my lap so I could make soothing sounds when I saw giant fangs chewing through the cardboard close to my head. Nothing could calm him down. A few minutes later he had his entire head poked through a huge hole.

We had to pull over get him out of the box and onto my lap to pacify him. As you can see by this photo harmony has been restored to the household. They are great examples of loving spirit in how they respond to each other and to us. I've already found their good natures inspiring. He's funny, smart, dominant and overbearing. She takes him in stride. When he pushes her out of the food bowl she either goes to another bowl, or waits another second and edges her way back into her bowl. There is no tiffing. Just easy re-organization. Noted.

This same kind of gypsy spirit, or instant knowing that happened with the cats, happened too when I talked to Jason Deitch, the founder of FanPageGenerator. I had a good feeling about Jason right away. I agree with poet Robert Frost who says, "Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with."

 Going "with" was easy with Jason. He contacted me to see if I wanted to team with him on his new creation. He clearly laid out in an email what he had and angled it to directly to my need. Plus, he has a confident, calm manner that made me trust him instantly. He explained how creating automated fan pages on Facebook worked and what it could do for my business and the businesses of my ezine subscribers.

Then he generously offered to create some for me. As you know I only endorse products and people that I believe in and that have proved their worth and effectiveness. I'm really new to this fan page stuff and am eager to learn. There has been much written about monetizing social networks but few case studies that are easy to replicate for a small business.

You can visit my first fan page created by Jason's team here, and I be delighted if you were to become a fan.

I think that FanPageGenerator is a revolutionary product that can help all of us sincerely engage with people on Facebook while growing our businesses. To that end I invite you to join Jason and I in a teleseminar to explain how fan pages can work for your business.

Warmly,

Susan

P.S. Notice what resonates with you and follow your instincts. We call have keen internal sensors if we choose to tune into them and pay attention to their messages.

Business Viralocity: Facebook Fan Pages

Tired of having to read about who just walked their dog, sent a gizmo to a friend, or raced to the bathroom? Do you want instead to focus on marketing your business, book, product, service or cause to the people who are truly prospects?

You may not think so, but Facebook is the answer. There is a critical gap in most people's Facebook strategies -- if they have a strategy at all. For entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, coaches and consultants who want to use Facebook for business, it's not well known that fan pages can be automated and set up to be income generators. Here's how.

1. Stay Single Minded.
The most productive fan pages are focused on a single product. Don't dilute your impact by listing several products on one page. Instead give as much information as you can that will serve to interest people to click through to your website to learn more about your offer.

2. Mind your brand.
Keep your fan page look consistent with your website's look and feel so people feel comfortable that they know you. You don't want them to wonder where on earth they've landed if your fan page looks like a college student's crazy collage.

3. Support a Cure.
Jason Deitch, an expert in creating automated Facebook Fan Pages asked, "Can a Facebook Fan Page Cure Cancer?" He noted that Philadelphia Eagles WR Desean Jackson is sure going to give it a try. "In honor of Jackson's father who suffered pancreatic cancer, Jackson is using his Facebook fan page to auction off his gloves from last Sunday's game and donating proceeds to Pancreatic Cancer Research. With over 3K fans it appears Jackson is doing a great job connecting with his fans and donating to a cause he believes in" says Deitch. No reason why you can't follow suit to create awareness for your own favorite charity or cause.

4. Go Viral.
Are you using the virus to spread your message? Walgreens is. They've tapped into a topic of great concern, the H1N1 Flu virus, and created awareness on their fan page. Now over 350,000 fans know to "Arm yourself"™ so that together "we can fight the flu." The campaign includes specific action to help avoid the flu and news that comes directly from the Center for Disease Control. According to Deitch "Walgreens is doing a great job spreading it's brand message: There's a way to stay well."

5. Give something away.
By offering a free downloadable gift you're automatically gathering leads that may eventually turn into sales. Once people determine that you've given them something valuable they are more likely to trust you when you offer them something to buy. Giving gifts shows them that you're serious about serving them. Giving away something that peaks their interest should also intrigue them to learn more and engage more deeply with you.

Facebook Business Strategies: The 4 Most Effective Marketing Methods to Grow your Business, Sell your Product and Make More Money on Facebook FR/EE Teleseminar

Did you know that Facebook has become the #1 way to get your message, service or product out to more people faster, cheaper and easier than ever before? Hard to believe? Here are some facts.

Traditionally, most businesses grow by word-of-mouth. A positive experience and one person tells three. A negative experience and one person tells ten. Now, if you know how to do it, you can grow your business faster then ever using Facebook. Did you know that the average Facebook user has 130 friends? Discover how you can now grow your business using free, instant word-of-mouse social marketing.

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* The step-by-step process to creating a webpage for your business, product, service or cause with super-charged search engine optimization features (SEO) absolutely free.

* How you can position your business, product, service or cause directly in front of the exact type of ideal client you want in any city, to any age, sex, interest and employer you want to, worldwide.

* Specific do's and don'ts to growing your business using the world's largest social network (over 400 million users and growing). This is what 'you' need to know before your competitors find out.

* The exact strategies a #1 N.Y. Times best-selling author used to build a conglomerate of real estate on Facebook and attracts thousands of new fans in only a matter of weeks.

* How a brand new Internet start up company created their Facebook fan page and grew to over 1k fans in just a few weeks.

* How you can implement the exact same social marketing strategies of the Fortune 100 for hundreds instead of millions.

* 4 ways to attract thousands of fans to your fan page for free.

Jason Deitch is founder of Fan Page Generator (FPG), the world's first automated custom fan page generator technology company. Businesses, entrepreneurs, authors, professionals and experts are utilizing Fan Page Generator's custom landing pages to drive more traffic to their websites, build their email lists, increase lead generation and traffic conversion and sell more stuff through the world's largest social network, Facebook.

He has consulted with the world's top best-selling authors, Internet start-ups, health professionals, entrepreneurs, marketing experts/agencies and business executives to attract and retain thousands of new Facebook fans. His cutting-edge social marketing tools specialize in turning visitors into fans and fans into new clients.

Any size company seeking to discover easy and affordable social marketing strategies to monetize social networks can benefit from Jason's revolutionary tools, techniques, technologies and trainings.

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