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Marketing strategy

Create a Facebook marketing strategy.

Steps on how to increase social media engagement on content shared through Facebook and Instagram
Focus your marketing strategy on Facebook to help raise brand awareness, build deeper customer relationships, increase sales and more.

Create a Facebook Page before you begin.

Pages come with a suite of free business tools that help you grow your social media presence and achieve your business goals.

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1. Set business goals.

Business goals go beyond revenue. And they'll help you focus on your marketing strategy. Whether you want to generate leads or promote a big sale, your goals should be specific, measurable and time-bound.

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2. Get to know your audience

The more you know about your current and potential customers on social media, the better you can engage them. With tools on Facebook, you can see your audience demographics, interests, behaviours and more.

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3. Use free tools.

Use text, images and videos to share content and start conversations on Facebook. You can post on your feed, express yourself with Stories or go live to connect with followers in real-time.

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4. Create engaging content.

The right content strategy can help you resonate with audiences while a content calendar can help you decide when to post. By using diverse storytelling tools and following publishing best practices, you can better engage your customers.

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5. Run ads.

Use Ads Manager to run an ad on Facebook. Image and video ads are great for telling simple storylines. Carousel ads let you showcase multiple products. And instant experiences lets you combine multiple formats.

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6. Measure and optimise.

Go beyond basic metrics like clicks and post engagement with reporting and testing tools on Facebook. By measuring what matters most to your business, you can optimise the results you get from your Facebook marketing strategy.

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