How To Use Facebook to Market Your Blog

We all know Facebook is huge. Just how huge it is, though, is something to behold. Thelatest estimates I’ve heard is that Facebook is signing up around 450,000 new users – PER DAY. With those kinds of numbers, Facebook starts to stand out as one hell of a marketing opportunity.

If you are not active on Facebook, stop messing around and sign up. However, chances are you are on Facebook. Now, how do you use it as a blogger?

One of the great things about Facebook is that it is designed to go viral. Whenever one of your friends does something, you see it on your Facebook home feed. So, if you post a new note, your friends will see it. If somebody joins your fan page (see below), all their friends will see it.

Here are some steps you can take to promote your blog on Facebook.

1. Import Your New Posts

You can import your new blog posts into Facebook as “notes”. Essentially, this brings your blog content to Facebook. Your new posts will show up on your friends’ activity lists.

To set this up, just go to your Notes tab in your Facebook profile. Go to post a new note and you should see an option to “automatically import activity” to your profile. You’ll have it import from a blog/RSS feed and you’ll just plug into your blog’s RSS feed.

Facebook’s site has never been super intuitive, but with a little hunting you should find it.

2. Set up a Fan Page

Both of my blogs have fan pages set up on Facebook. You can visit the one for David Risley dot com right here.

Now, why did I set up a fan page? Is it because I’m some kind of egomaniac? Not exactly. It is because a fan page is yet another way for people to connect with you and/or your blog. Again, I import my posts into this fan page. In short, a little Facebook community can build up around your blog on Facebook.

To set up a page on Facebook, you need to visit the “Page Manager” which is found in the bottom menu of Facebook’s site. Click on the “Pages” tab, then “Create Page”.

The other thing about a fan page is that you can email your fans en mass. With normal Facebook friends, you cannot email them en mass. Last I checked, I believe you can only email 20 of your friends at a time.

3. Set up a Faebook Group

A group page is a very similar concept to a fan page, except that it is an independent group focused on some specific topic.

You can make the group about anything you want, but it would be recommended to make it related to your blog’s market in some way if you’re looking to market your site.

4. Facebook Videos

If you create videos for your blog, why not post them to Facebook, too? If your video has your blog’s URL in it (and it should), then that is even more exposure for your site.

Decide Your Approach

Facebook opens up fantastic marketing opportunities for people who are able to adapt to the new way of marketing.

But, you will need to make a decision on how you wish to approach it. Some people like to use Facebook only for personal connections. Others like to open it up to anybody even if they’ve never met.

I tend to use Facebook to connect with everybody, both friends, family and even my blog readers. But, if you don’t like opening up that much, you can always be friends only with hand-picked people and allow everybody to just become your fan if they are a reader of your blog.

However you do it, don’t discount Facebook. It will prove to be a huge mistake

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Letting go of someone you love

Does the past have a firm, unhealthy hold on you? These tips for letting go of someone you love apply to all types of loss, from long ago and to yesterday.

Before the tips, a quip:

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting them back together.” ~ Unknown.

This is one of my favorite quotations on letting go because it’s true – sometimes it’s worse (in the long run) to try to get back together. Sometimes you need to keep forging ahead, and learn to survive heartbreak.

Here are a few tips for letting go of someone you love…

How to Let Go of Someone You Love

In 75 Ways to Let Go of Someone You Love,  I share what I learned from my interviews with psychologists, life coaches, counselors, and grief experts on the best ways to cope with and heal from loss. If you feel hopeless and depressed, get that e-book. It’ll help you see that you’re not alone, and it’ll help you move on from the past.

Also, read the comments below. So many people are struggling with the same thoughts, heartache, and shattered dreams. It helps to know you’re not alone, doesn’t it?

Remember both the good and the bad parts of the relationship

When you’ve lost someone you love, it’s easy to focus on the great parts of your relationship and life together. But, there was a reason you broke up — maybe even several reasons! Don’t ignore the “bad” parts of the relationship and idealize the best parts…instead, keep reminding yourself that you’re letting go of the past because holding on to it isn’t good for you.

Accept that your loss may always hurt or confuse you

Some things, we never ever get over — but we can still live full, rewarding lives and achieve our goals! Part of letting go of someone you love is accepthing that you may never have all the answers. For instance, my sister cut me out of her life five years ago. She told me she didn’t want to speak to me again and wouldn’t tell me why. That was the ultimate lesson in powerlessness and letting go…and that’s why I wrote Letting Go of Someone You Love.

Accept your lack of control over other people

No matter how “good”, smart, helpful, giving, or attractive you are, you can’t control other people. If they leave you, they have their reasons…and sometimes those reasons have nothing to do with you. The sooner you accept your lack of control, the easier it’ll be to let go of someone you love.

Rebuild yourself

Your losses, heartbreaks, setbacks, and disappointments have made you a different person — a better, more unique, more compassionate person! Instead of mourning what was or what could have been, start something new in your life. Think about what goals you should set for your life. Volunteer, take a solo vacation, join a new gym, take a night class, join a support group, check out a new social club, quit your job, and set new life goals. Rebuild your life — set new life goals.

Remember that letting go of love doesn’t happen overnight

Letting go of the past isn’t something you do once – and poof! You’re free, healed, and happy! Rather, letting go is a journey peppered with steps forward and steps backward, good days and bad days. I grew up in foster homes, and was constantly saying hello and good-bye to new families, friends, and cities. I learned how to love, let go, and open my heart to love again. And I’ve survived those heart-wrenching, gut-twisting breakups that slam you to the ground and rip you to pieces. Letting go is a process that takes time.

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