OK - I really had no idea you could do this! But if you're using Facebook for your business, this can be a very helpful way to optimize your business' status updates by tagging them.
It's similar to mentioning someone on Twitter - you use the @ symbol + the person's name you want to tag and Facebook adds a link in the update to that person. Depending on the person's privacy settings, your update will be posted to their Wall and they will be notified that they've been tagged.
This can have some awesome viral effects! For local businesses. You can tag another local business and help spread the word about a sale, a "welcome to the neighborhood" message to a new business or simply a mention.
Say you have a community-wide sale like our recent Crazy Days and you write an update about it on your Facebook page. You can take this one step further by mentioning or 'tagging' the other businesses that are involved to promote shopping locally for this sale. it will get posted to everyone's Wall and hopefully shared by their followers....you get the idea? One post shared all over the place in a matter of minutes!
Try it the next time you post an update to your Facebook business page.
Here's the link to John Jantsch's full article about this with detailed instructions for exactly how to do this and how it can help your business.
Until next time, ciao for now.
Paula
It's similar to mentioning someone on Twitter - you use the @ symbol + the person's name you want to tag and Facebook adds a link in the update to that person. Depending on the person's privacy settings, your update will be posted to their Wall and they will be notified that they've been tagged.
This can have some awesome viral effects! For local businesses. You can tag another local business and help spread the word about a sale, a "welcome to the neighborhood" message to a new business or simply a mention.
Say you have a community-wide sale like our recent Crazy Days and you write an update about it on your Facebook page. You can take this one step further by mentioning or 'tagging' the other businesses that are involved to promote shopping locally for this sale. it will get posted to everyone's Wall and hopefully shared by their followers....you get the idea? One post shared all over the place in a matter of minutes!
Try it the next time you post an update to your Facebook business page.
Here's the link to John Jantsch's full article about this with detailed instructions for exactly how to do this and how it can help your business.
Until next time, ciao for now.
Paula
