Wouldn’t it be nice to customize your Facebook page in new and exciting ways? Well with Facebook apps you can, and as an online marketer you will want to take full advantage of this. Knowing how to apply and use them is crucial. But what apps will help us marketers the most? Well I’ve found a few that should boost your reach and make your Facebook page more interactive.
To apply an app to your Facebook page, simply go to the app’s page. Click on the “…” on their Facebook page’s cover image and select “add app to page”. Select the page you want the app to be applied to and, voila! You are now rocking your brand new app. Some apps require you to go through their professional website, but they usually have a step by step guide to downloading and applying them.
A great app for any online marketer is a social integration one. They can be used to link multiple social media mediums together. This is one way you can post on Instagram, and have it appear on your Facebook page. Having an app that can do that will really help you streamline your social media sites, as well as create more traffic by bringing in users from outside of Facebook. Pagemodo is a reliable app that can help you accomplish this and a lot more.
An email capture app is an easy way to get your customers to give you their email addresses. Basically you can have your page viewers willingly sign up to receive whatever you want to send them. I’m promoting a healthier lifestyle at the YMCA, so I could set up a workout of the week newsletter using an email capture app. People viewing our Facebook page can now sign up to receive my workout of the week, and I get a nice list of email addresses that I can use for other marketing purposes. A reputable email capture app is Mailchimp .
If you want to get some insight on your customers, then a poll app might be right up your alley. As a gym promoter, I might want to poll my customers on their favorite exercises. This would create a lot more engagement on my page, and let my customers feel like they have a voice. Engagement is always a good thing. Try out Polls For Facebook , and see what interesting information you can get out of your customers.
There are a million more apps out there, so explore and try out the ones you think will help boost your Facebook pages reach the most. I’ve highlighted the ones I know will help me in my quest to market the Y. What apps do you use, and why? Please leave me a comment below if you have any cool apps you want to share. Don’t forget to hit the share button below because gaining knowledge is the first step to wisdom; sharing it is the first step to humanity.