Facebook Marketing and List Building

For a few years now, we hear people talk about chatting or just leaving messages for their friends on Facebook. Even with our childhood friends or old friends which we happen to come across with at the mall or in any of our travels, we never fail to ask them if they have a Facebook account and what name they are using now (since most married women don't use their maiden names anymore).

It's really exciting to see old friends and meet people through Facebook. Since there is no limit to the countries you can reach, you can meet people from different parts of the world! This is also the best part to being an Internet marketer. You can use Facebook and other social media sites like Twitter for the growth of your online business. One of the greatest advantages is the fact that you can use it in your list building project.

It is for this reason that Facebook is already noted as a public asset and a Social Media Legend. With only a small effort on your part, you can see big results. What's more, Facebook is a free site so you can advertise and market your products or services to a limitless scope and not worry about incurring fees. With these in mind, what is not great about that?

The only thing you will most probably invest on would be your time. What you also need to know about Facebook is that it can be addictive. For most people, they lose track of the time they consume using Facebook. This is not a problem for those who are serious in building up a large list at the soonest possible time but make sure it does not defeat your purpose for choosing to become an Internet marketer - to spend more time with your family.

If you are a newbie in the Facebook world, don't worry - you are not the last man standing. There are still people who have not considered it as one of their Internet marketing strategies so they are still groping in the dark. Here is a step by step process to starting your own Facebook account:

Go to facebook.com and sign up for a personal account. When you see the page, you will notice a sign saying "sign up it's free, and always will be" - answer the questions and click sign up.

Experiment on your page. Familiarize yourself with it. Send friend requests, search for people you know, post your thoughts and post on the walls of your friends. Learn the terrain and become Facebook-savvy.

Find people or groups and connect with them. Join them and ask members to add you or join you (if you set up a fan page). You can also visit company and brand pages. Check them out, become a fan and have an idea for your own fan page.

Set up your own fan page and build your own group.

Promote your products! Use a system that can notify your clients, prospects and customers. Provide them with a link to your site. Put the link on your articles, blog posts and sales letters.

Use Facebook to search for potential partners and prospects.

Continue investing your time into your Facebook account and fan page to ensure continues returns.

Facebook marketing is currently the key trend to succeeding in list building, email marketing, affiliate marketing and in whatever Internet marketing you are into. It is different from other social media and marketing methods because of the tremendous momentum it features. With the fun and easy to use tools in communicating with people, Facebook will remain the best option for Internet-savvy marketers.