“Facebook Likes” might not be as important as Google +1s. Please refer to my post: Why it’s important to share links on Google+. However, it is still a good way for promoting your post(s). Honestly, engagements on Facebook pages are limited without paying money. So, I thought of this idea and I hope it works well:
I made a Facebook group named “Promote Your Blog Posts”. You may share the link of your blog post there. You may also try to like one or more of the links shared by others in this group:
facebook.com/groups/790148191172772/
Hopefully, our blog posts will get more FB likes through this… [I stopped the group till i configure it up in a better way. I’ll update you]
P.S., in case you noticed that your link isn’t showing correctly on Facebook or the count of likes isn’t correct, try to fetch the link’s information again on: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object
I like the “Promote your blog” idea. I’ve been having problems with Facebook inconsistently posting the photos are included. And I don’t always understand their directions on the debug. Sometimes it says “It must be at least 200 x 200” and it is! Let me know if you have any thoughts?
Google+ is much better!
Hi Georgia, I don’t like Facebook and consider it unstable yet it’s very important social and web tool. Usually WordPress takes good care of the image issues when sharing on social media such as Facebook. However, I often face a problem when I set WP to auto post to Facebook. To solve this, I run fetch new information for the URL (through the link provided above) after the post. Let me know exactly about what page are you talking about to check it for you if you like.
If you’re programming your website by your self, make sure of the “og:image” meta in the header of page’s code. I don’t have a clue about the following but I usually do it: I set my website as an application in FB developer and provide the “fb:app_id” in the code.
I’m not much of a FB user but my husband enjoys it. My request to join the group is pending.
Neither do I, Franci. Unfortunately, Facebook is a must nowadays. I tried to manage it by using it rarely and on occasions. Thank you very much and my greetings to your husband
and i think fanspage more important than group on facebook, because fanspage show at on your wall but seldom for group, we must to enter group so that swe can see post
Thank you very much for your visit, Sufratul Aini. I believe so. Theoretically speaking, Facebook pages are more public. However, I don’t think it’s a secret that FB pages are not very helpful. Your posts won’t be delivered to your fans without paying – unless of course someone is really intending visiting your page. This group is public; that’s, everyone with Facebook account should be able to see the posts. I hate FB but there is no way to avoid it for promoting our websites. P.S, G+ is way better in this field. But after all, it’s a try and I hope it’ll have some success
Stay away from Facebook! We should not trust them
Well, I somehow agree with this. However, I always say, we should not put all our eggs in one basket! Let’s use these services rationally; they are tools that can be utilized to our needs.
Thank you
You’re most welcome, Paola 🙂
Very useful. Thank you for this!
You’re most welcome, Garima. Glad it was of a help
Excellent information Sir.
You’re most welcome my friend. Glad it was of a help
having a facebook account really helps in promoting a blog thanks
Thank you very much and glad this was of a help 🙂
What a great idea! I will click on over and check it out 🙂
You’re most welcome, Dee. Hope you find it useful. I see it’s doing well till now. Hopefully with time and more users, it’ll become even more useful
Yes, definitely 🙂
I am not a fan of social media….however, it keeps getting put in front of me. So, now I am discovering how to use social media.
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I have had an inactive/deactivated facebook acct for many, many years and I just started utilizing it a few months ago. Oh what a learning curve!!! I am not a fan of fb and would prefer to use Google+, however, each time I go to Google+, I get so frustrated, cuz I do NOT understand it!
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So, is it just me? Or is Google+ not very user friendly? Thanx for your input.
Thank you Ren. Unfortunately, Google+ isn’t as user friendly as Facebook or Twitter. However, it has the best features of both. What we need from it mainly is to get +1 for our links. So, just setup your WordPress to auto post your new posts to G+ and enjoy this benefit. Don’t worry about other things. I almost believe that all are using G+ to promote their business only.
I’m also not a big fan of Facebook and I won’t ever love it. But i have to use it because it’s the dominant and it has all my friends and family – to keep in touch with them
Thank you so much. Your G+ words are reconfirming. I will give it a shot… auto post WP to G+