As a Realtor who has a decent grasp of social media marketing, I am constantly looking for ways to drive traffic to the various sites I have including my website. In fact my website is my most important marketing vehicle because I OWN IT!

There are many great sites online that I have a very good online presence at including Active Rain but what if one day you woke up and Active Rain was no longer around? The thought of this happening is just terrible but don't think for a moment that it is not possible. 

There are many Realtors and others in the Real Estate industry that get so wrapped up in blogging and other social media marketing that they neglect their website. I can tell you that this is a huge mistake!

I will get back to this point shortly but for those who do not have a Facebook fan page here is an easy to understand video that shows you how to go about creating a fan page.

Once you have created your fan page you can then easily create a page at Point2 and have a stand alone page that has your Facebook fan page on it!

A visitor would then be able to become a fan right from your website.

 

Facebook Fan Page Bill GassettOnce you have your fan page up and running and have invited a few friends, notice the box on the left column that says promote with a fan box. If you click that link you will be taken to a page where you can get the code that you will need to add to your point2 site. You will want to click the button that says "other" and not "blogger". It will give you the code that will allow you to generate your Facebook fan box.

To see what this will look like view Bill Gassett's Website Facebook Fan Page. Having a Facebook fan page is a great way to draw traffic to website or blog. You can add almost anything you like to your page.

The advantage to having a Fan page as opposed to strictly a profile page is that it is indexed by the search engines! Although I had created a fan page a long time ago, I never did anything with it. I have just started to use it as a means of communication.

By creating a fan page on your website a visitor can become a fan right from your site!

Hopefully if you have a Point2 site you know how to create a page! If not I would encourage you to learn everything you can about doing it (Maybe a blog for another time). Trust me it is very easy to do.

If you do not have a Point2 site but another platform that allows you to work with HTML you should be able to add a fan page there as well.

Here is my RE/MAX Executive Realty fan page at Facebook. New fans are always welcome:)

 

 

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NOV
05
2009
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Bill, Thanks for the post. I am not yet on Facebook but will bookmark this for later.
10:47am • #98
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Bill,

Now that's a scary thought!  We so take Active Rain for granted!  I think outside blogs are important to maintain, too.  And I've been ignoring my own.
11:06am • #99
NOV
06
2009

Thanks alot ..for your valuable tips ..it will use your tips for my Facebook Page...
adloussopy
2:01am • #100
323,121 Points 10 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

Thanks Bill, that's really cool. I can't seem to add it to my z57 website because it's in javascript. Ho wdumb is that?

 

 

 
7:40pm • #101
NOV
09
2009

This is awesome information! I'd love it if you'd add this to the LinkedIn group I manage. It's for LinkedIn and anything related to social media. I think my group members could really benefit from this info! Keep up the good work!
2:55am • #102
878,477 Points 75 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Rich - You should be able to add it. That is strange.

Deanna - I already have it in the maximum amount of groups. You could re-blog it and add it in yourself it if you like?
6:38am • #103
NOV
10
2009
340,953 Points 17 Featured Posts Called Shot Master

Hi Bill, I'm late getting here but just saw DeAnna's reblog.  I also have a Point2Agent website which I work hard to keep updated.  I am going to go add the Facebook Fan page there.  I will let you know if I complete the job successfully lol.
11:50am • #104
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Good luck with adding your Facebook page Jenny.
4:14pm • #105
NOV
18
2009
192,244 Points

You have answered so many questions for me, thanks for  the post.
7:00am • #106
DEC
09
2009
136,919 Points Localism Sponsor
Thanks for the help, I added you on Facebook!
3:40pm • #107
878,477 Points 75 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Kathy and Trisha you are both welcome! Glad I could be of help:)
3:49pm • #108
DEC
10
2009
636,149 Points 10 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

bill - Thanks for the information. We had a lot of fun in my workshop with this. If you ever make it down to nashville, give me a call.
9:05am • #109
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Good to know Larry! I will look you up if I ever am in the Nashville area.
9:08am • #110
DEC
14
2009
420,061 Points 4 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Thanks Bill - we have multiple websites and will add to several :)

Sincerely,

Grace
3:48pm • #111
878,477 Points 75 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Good luck with it Grace!
4:11pm • #112
JAN
12
2010
462,287 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Bill i checked on my fan page and that "fan Box" button was not on there. Can you give me some advice?
3:55pm • #113
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Hi Robert - You need to explain further what you are asking? Are you talking about when you added it to your website or on Facebook itself?
4:16pm • #114
MAY
17
2010
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Bill - Leave it to me for procrastinating.  It took me much longer than I anticipated to finally get a fan page done but I did my first one yesterday.  I came back to this post since I had bookmarked it to refresh my memory on how to add the fan page to my Point 2 website.  It appears that the "promote with a fan box" has been replaced with "promote with an ad".  Bummer for me that Facebook changed this.  Do you know of any workaround this so I can put the fan page on my website?  Thanks!!
8:10pm • #115
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Hi Donna  - I did not realize that they did away with the fan box? The promote with an ad is different and has always been there.
9:08pm • #116
447,895 Points 27 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Called Shot Master

Bill - I wonder why they decided to take it away.  Guess I'm going to have to think of another way to link it to my website.  Thanks! :)
11:44pm • #117

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