Guerrilla Facebook Marketing: 25 Target Specific Weapons to Boost Your Social Media Marketing

by Jay Conrad Levinson, Kelvin Lim

Overview

Ride on the natural partnership between Guerrilla Marketing and Facebook. The synergy between Facebook and Guerrilla Marketing is hard to dismiss or ignore. Guerrillas want the same thing everybody wants, but they don’t have the same means, nor do they believe in excessive marketing budgets. The success of Guerrilla Marketing is apparent: its principles have been taught in leading universities and have been adopted to run countless successful marketing campaigns for businesses since its introduction in 1970s. Facebook, like any other business, is driven to make profits. But their profits are not made from getting people to sign up for Facebook accounts. With some 750 million users and counting, Facebook is irrefutably the leading social media tool of our time. How can one ride on this natural partnership to achieve success? “Guerrilla Facebook Marketing” is packed with practical tips and insights on building Guerrilla marketing strategies in Facebook that can work for any business. Get insights on Facebook’s culture and Guerrilla Marketers’ beliefs, and what these insights mean to your overall marketing strategy. Learn how to use Facebook data to shape your marketing campaign. Understand the unique Rules of Engagement necessary to pull off successful Guerrilla marketing campaigns in Facebook. Boost your knowledge of Facebook features by familiarizing yourself with 25 Facebook-specific Guerrilla weapons. Learn how to generate marketing campaigns by combining Guerrilla weapons in infinite ways. Follow step-by-step instructions on how to create and execute clear, actionable marketing plans and calendars for all kinds of marketing campaigns. Link marketing efforts back to profits by measuring ROI results in tangible ways for your business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614482758
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	12/31/2020
Series:	Guerilla Marketing Press
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	135
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the best-selling marketing series in history, ""Guerrilla Marketing,"" plus 58 other business books. His books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 60 languages. Jay also conducts guerrilla marketing training programs, hosts the very popular Internet website, www.gmarketing.com, and formed The Guerrilla Marketing Association.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 The Workings of Facebook Marketing, Guerrilla Style 1

Attributes of Facebook 2

Attitudes of Guerrilla Facebook Marketers 9

Chapter 2 Facebook Recon 13

Facebook is fastest growing social media tool - ever 17

Frequent opportunities to connect with customers 18

Why engaging a young audience is useful 20

Instant global reach 22

The multiplier effect of "Like" 23

Plenty of choice for users, plenty of work for marketers 25

The power of apps 27

Introducing...Analytic Tools 27

Chapter 3 Rules of Engagement 29

Permission marketing vs. interruption marketing 30

Rule #1 "Permission to make contact, Sir" 31

Rule #2 Page over Ads 32

Rule #3 Identify what motivates fans to connect 33

Rule #4 Follow the linear process of engagement 35

Rule #5 The sale is no longer the end point 39

Rule #6 Fans cannot and should not be treated equally 40

Chapter 4 From Ads to Apps: 25 Facebook-Specific Guerrilla Marketing Weapons 42

Weapon #1 Facebook Page 43

Weapon #2 The Wall 45

Weapon #3 News Feeds 46

Weapon #4 Facebook Groups 49

Weapon #5 Facebook Fan Pages 52

Weapon #6 Facebook Apps 53

Weapon #7 Call-To-Action Buttons 55

Weapon #8 Customized Tabs 58

Weapon #9 The Discussion Board Tab 60

Weapon #10 The Review Tab 62

Weapon #11 The Events Sharing and Invitations Tab 64

Weapon #12 The Questions & Polls Tab 67

Weapon #13 The Photos and Videos Sharing Tab 69

Weapon #15 Feed Burners 73

Weapon #16 Plug-ins 74

Weapon #17 Promotions App 76

Weapon #18 Moderating Forums on Facebook 77

Weapon #19 Facebook Search 79

Weapon #20 Facebook Places 80

Weapon #21 Facebook Analytics 81

Weapon #22 Facebook Ads 83

Weapon #23 Facebook Sponsored Stories 84

Weapon #24 Managing Friends and Fans 85

Weapon #25 Facebook Connect 87

Chapter 5 Commence Battle Plan 96

Seven Elements for a Seven-Sentence Guerrilla marketing plan 96

Guerrilla Marketing Calendar 102

Chapter 6 Dollars and Cents: Making sense of Guerrilla ROI 106

Link Efforts back to profit 107

Insights from Facebook 110

Techniques to help you keep track 112

Chapter 7 The Faceoff: Where do we go from here? 119

Moving beyond your Facebook backyard 120

Going beyond the web 122

Changing Times 123

About the Authors 125

Guerrilla Facebook Marketing Glossary 127