Comments on: Facebook Changes Trouble Business Page Owners

By: Dennis Taraporewala

Dennis Taraporewala — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:09:00 +0000

How do I control the target audience geography, when I promote a post on a Facebook “page”. Even in adverts manager there seems to be no edit drop down menu button, for the target audience geography, in a promoted post on a page.

By: Bryan J Koop

Bryan J Koop — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:31:00 +0000

I am already annoyed with sponsored and promoted posts in my feed yet I am guilty of promoting posts. Facebook has caused major growing pains for business that didn’t get on the gravy train a few years ago when everyone “liked” everything because it was new.

-Bryan
http://www.bryanjonathanweddings.com

By: jiveaces

jiveaces — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Also though, I’m not trying to get a free ride. I have paid to increase my fan base by running FB ads to get more likes to relevant publics (fans of similar bands and music genres etc) and I have also paid for ads to promote CDs to a wide public than I immediately have access to (i.e. people who are not yet fans). ow I have to pay to promote to the people who I’ve already paid to get as fans too? That’s what’s annoying.

By: jiveaces

jiveaces — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Thanks for writing this, I was tearing what was left of my hair out trying to figure out what the heck was going on!

By: Sangeeth VS

Sangeeth VS — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:37:00 +0000

I’m only uploading one photo per post but still the reach is only about 10% of my my total page Likes :( I have been holding few of my better photos for the Page likes to increase so that more people could see the photos. But now I am really disappointed and frustrated by this change :( My page is http://www.facebook.com/sangeethphotography.

By: Lisa Vollrath

Lisa Vollrath — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:57:00 +0000

Thanks. I do use interest lists, and they help—but I still miss posts there, because not everything posted by each page appears on lists. I suppose this is more throttling by Facebook, and I expect it will get worse now, since I’ve seen several dozen posts by page owners instructing their users on how to use lists.

By: Monica Kane Stewart

Monica Kane Stewart — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:08:00 +0000

oh, where’s my name on the above post? I don’t need to be anonymous. from Monica http://www.15thStreetPhotography.com

By: Monica Kane Stewart

Monica Kane Stewart — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:06:00 +0000

Thanks for the article and the discussion. Great tips, Trevor. My hesitation in sponsoring a post is that I’ve only seen one sponsored post so far in my personal feed and it was from a relative who liked Era soap (I hate to give them free advertising here), and it bugged the hell out of me to see this at the top of my feed all day. I would hate to bug the hell out of my fans and risk having them unlike my page just because I insist (via the ad) on having my post hang out at the top of their feed. Imagine 10 sponsored posts? 20? I’ll stick to posting individual photos when I know my friends are online in the evening. As for facebook paying off for me, it hasn’t really. I’ve dumped a ton of money in the ads (with no $50 voucher, thanks FB), and for the most part get looky-looks to like my page or competitors to click the ad and not like my page. The most relevant advertising so far remains word of mouth referrals from actual photo shoots. It takes a while but results in actual bookings and not fake likes. Not even the rafflecopter giveaway is doing anything for me right now. Like ladders suck and I refuse to participate in such schemes. So, I’ll just keep shooting and carry on.

By: Valerie Conway

Valerie Conway — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:28:00 +0000

What happened to ‘It’s free and always will be’ ????

By: @TimPiazza

@TimPiazza — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:45:00 +0000

We saw an immediate 60% drop on http://www.facebook.com/dharmacowgirljewelry but we were able to recover to exactly where we were by doubling the number of posts being shared throughout the day. You are not getting the same multiple of “Reach” over “Talking About”, but if you can increase your “Talking About”, your “Reach” should return to where it was. Here was my original post on the subject: http://prosocialtools.com/social-media-marketing-services/is-facebook-fan-reach-being-manipulated/