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         step-by-step guide to

         new Facebook
         business page
         timelines

                    P                How to Use the
                                     Facebook Timeline
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                             INTRODUCTORY
                             Introductory content is for marketers who are new to the subject.
                             This content typically includes step-by-step instructions on how
                             to get started with this aspect of inbound marketing and learn its
                             fundamentals. Read HubSpot’s introductory guide “How to Use
                             Facebook for Business.”



                             INTERMEDIATE                              This ebook!

                             Intermediate content is for marketers who are familiar with the
                             subject but have only basic experience in executing strategies and
                             tactics on the topic. This content typically covers the fundamentals
                             and moves on to reveal more complex functions and examples.
                             After reading it, you will feel comfortable leading projects with this
                             aspect of inbound marketing.

                             ADVANCED
                             Advanced content is for marketers who are, or want to be, experts
                             on the subject. In it, we walk you through advanced features of
                             this aspect of inbound marketing and help you develop complete
                             mastery of the subject. After reading it, you will feel ready not only
                             to execute strategies and tactics, but also to teach others how to
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Edited by Magdalena Georgieva


Maggie Georgieva is an inbound marketing
manager at HubSpot, responsible for the
company’s marketing content offers, such as
ebooks and webinars (including the world’s
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Previously, Maggie was on HubSpot’s email
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  COntents

  6 facebook timeline features you should know 	 /8


  best practices for using facebook timeline 	/13


  examples of great business page timelines	                     /21



  conclusion & additional resources	/29




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    “        The display of information in
             a new framework affects our

                                                                             ”
             behavior with the platform.




          Many businesses are fearing the changes that come with the new
          Facebook Timeline. ”It is really creating a communication problem
          between us and our client base,” said Stephen Terrell, a Senior Vice
          President of branding for the Lifeline Program, in an interview with
          the San Jose Mercury News.

          The new look of the social network creates yet another learning curve
          for both brands and their audiences. The display of information in a
          new framework affects our behavior with the platform, taking it down
          a much more visual path.




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         E                                   E
          “It’s a lot more visual,” wrote Sam Lessin, a product manager at Facebook,
          about the Facebook Timeline. This notion of emphasized visuals has recently
          becoming leading in the world of online marketing.

          The rise of visual storytelling as a means of spreading a marketing message
          couldn’t possibly have evaded you. A number of image-based platforms out
          there, including Pinterest, Instagram, and SlideShare, have already made
          a strong statement about how visual content can impact business results.
          Not surprisingly, images are some of the most popular pieces of content that
          HubSpot has shared on our Facebook page. They accumulate thousands of
          views, engaging more people than other content types do.

          In this ebook we will help you make sense of the Facebook Business Page
          Timeline: the new features it comes with and how to use them for marketing
          success. We will also highlight a few businesses that have done a fantastic job
          with their Facebook Timelines. Enjoy this intentionally visual read!




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    CHAPTER 1



    6 facebook
    timeline
    features
    you should
    know
     By Pamela Vaughan




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  “        Facebook Timeline allows a
           number of changes businesses

                                                                      ”
           should be familiar with.

Facebook Timeline comes with a set of new features which affect what businesses can and can-
not control on the social platform. Some of the new features offer brands more flexibility, while
others limit organizations by requiring them to follow specific guidelines. In this section we will
discuss these new features in an order that follows the path of setting up a Facebook Timeline.




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                     set your cover photo

    1                The cover photo dimensions are 851 x
                     315 pixels. Choose an image that is rep-
                     resentative of your brand, and don’t be
                     afraid to get creative with it.




!
                           Facebook’s policies state that cover photos cannot include:

                            *    Price or purchase information         *        References to Facebook
                                                                                features or actions
                            *    Contact information
                                                                       *        Calls-to-action


                            Covers must not be false, deceptive or misleading, and must not in-
                            fringe on third parties’ intellectual property.


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                           set your profile picture

                                                                                    2
 U
                           Adjust your profile picture, the image that
                           will get shown next to each of your updates
                           on your wall and in users’ news feeds.
                           Choose an image that fits 180 x 180 pixels
                           and also looks good when scaled down to a
                           thumbnail size of 32 x 32 pixels.


                       This image will also appear
                       with any sponsored stories
                       or ads that you run. A logo
                       is a great choice here!




                    organize views & apps

    3               The new design features photos, likes, and apps at the top of your page,
                    below your cover photo. Photos are automatically featured in the first spot,
                    but page admins can rearrange the rest to feature the most important ones
                    first. Overall, a total of 12 apps can be shown here.




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                                                      1
                                                  likes
                                                                                 apps

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  S                              star, hide, pin
                                 By hovering over individual stories, you
                                 can make them wider, hide them from
                                 your Timeline with the pencil icon, high-
                                                                                        4
                                 light them as important with the star
                                 icon, or delete them entirely.

You can pin/anchor a specific story to the top of your Timeline for up to seven
days. This means you can highlight specific posts and they won’t get buried
by more recent updates.                                                        ^
    5
                     enable messages
                     Admins can now allow users to send


                                      w
                     them personal messages, making
                     it easier for brands to have private
                     conversations with their fans.
                                                                  M
                                                                       hen you need to
                                                   Use this feature w
                                                                      customer service
                                                   discuss a topic or
                                                                            d when you’d
                                                  issu e in more depth, an
                                                                           n not be made
                                                   prefer the conversatio
                                                                         visitors to see.
                                                     public for all page
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                             feature milestones
                             The new design also allows admins to
                             feature what are called “Milestones” on
                             their page. This allows page admins to
                                                                              6
                             highlight some of their business’ biggest
                             accomplishments, such as fan growth,
                             award wins, product releases, etc.




                                                                              i
Milestone images are set at 843 x 403 pixels. You create a new (or
past) milestone via the status update box, which will prompt you to
input information about your milestone.




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    CHAPTER 2



    best
    practices
    for using
    facebook
    timeline
     By Pamela Vaughan




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     “
              Since Timeline is altering the
              shelf-life of Facebook content,
              we must now change the way

                                                          ”
              we use Facebook.


Now that the complete rollout of Timeline to all Facebook users is complete, the change means
one crucial thing for Facebook marketers: The life of a status update is diminishing. Fast. That
means it’s time marketers recognize that since Timeline is altering the shelf-life of Facebook
content, we must now change the way we use Facebook.




                     publish visual content

    1               The new Timeline page design places more emphasis on visual content like
                    images and videos, so use that to your advantage. According to an internal
                    Facebook study, “posts including a photo album or picture can generate 2X
                    more engagement than other post types.”




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Because these images will now appear larger and more prominently on your page, make it a
point of posting your best visual content to your Facebook page, or make more of an effort to
turn your content into a visual delight: think photos, charts, infographics, and other content visu-
alizations. And hey -- you can always use it on other visual-oriented social networks like Pinterest
and Google+, too!


As an example, review the different types of photos HubSpot posts on our Facebook page: they
include pictures featuring our employees and customers, events, marketing content and con-
tests:




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feature custom tabs in views & apps toolbar
Unfortunately, with the new Timeline design for pages, Facebook no longer
allows you to set a default landing tab for your business page. All new page
visitors will automatically be directed to your Timeline.
                                                                                       2
This means that for those of you using the HubSpot Facebook Welcome App, you can no longer
make it so that new visitors see that tab upon visiting your page for the first time. That being
said, you can feature the app (or other custom apps/tabs) in the Views & Apps toolbar below
your cover photo. As we mentioned in the first section of this ebook, be sure to rearrange your
Views & Apps icons to highlight tabs you’re using for lead generation.




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                     edit images

    3               To build off our last best practice, you’ll also want to make sure you choose
                    the best images possible to represent the items in your Views & Apps tool-
                    bar. To customize the way these apps appear on your page, visit the Admin
                    Panel, click ‘Manage,’ and choose ‘Edit Page’ from the dropdown menu.


In the ‘Apps’ section, click ‘Edit Settings’ for the specific app image. Then you can upload the
new image you’d like to use to feature that app (dimensions should be 111 x 74 pixels).




This will enable you to turn your featured apps into compelling calls-to-action, as HubSpot did in
the image example above to highlight its HubSpot Welcome App tab. Use these to call attention
to your premium content to support Facebook lead generation.


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highlight best posts
Make sure to expose visitors of your page to your most important content.
To do so, make your default setting ‘Allowed on Timeline’ by checking ‘Every-
one can post to HubSpot’s timeline’ in the ‘Manage Permissions’ section of
                                                                                4
your page settings.




To highlight posts you want to
give prominent placement on
your Timeline (they’ll take up
the full width of your Timeline),
access your Activity Log and
select ‘Highlight on Timeline’ to
star particular posts.



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                     Pin New Promotions Every seven Days

    5                As we already mentioned, admins are now able to pin content to the tops of
                     their pages for seven days at a time. Use this to anchor updates about the
                     promotions you want to feature (e.g. events, new marketing offers, other
                     awesome content, etc.) to the top of your page to make them as visible to
                     page visitors as possible.


Pinned stories will appear right
below the status update com-
pose box. Update your anchor
pin every seven days once the
old one expires. To pin an up-
date, hover over a story, click on
the pencil icon in the top right
corner, and choose ‘Pin to Top.’




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                      publish more than once a day

    6                The old rule of thumb for Facebook was to post regularly, but not more than
                     once a day so that each update received proper attention while simultane-
                     ously not being spammy. Well folks, today we’re here to say that this rule




                                                      t
                     should no longer apply.


Posting once a day in conjunction with the Ticker
and EdgeRank algorithm means that your post
only has a short span of time during which people
will likely see it. Once those three hours are up--
your status is old news. Your post will be quickly
overridden by the hordes of other updates becom-
ing the top stories in a user’s News Feed.


On the HubSpot Facebook page, we tested the waters by posting every hour. Each hour, a com-
pletely different group of users liked, commented on, and shared the content. Not only did we
not experience a decrease in fans, but our strategy also brought fans to the latest update and
got them liking even more content that was also on the wall -- content they may have never seen
otherwise. While we don’t necessarily recommend posting every hour unless you have a large
fanbase on Facebook and are creating high volumes of content, the point is, once a day isn’t go-
ing to cut it anymore.




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    CHAPTER 3



    examples
    of great
    business page
    timelines
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    “       Take a look at how these
            brands are making use of the

                                                                                ”
            new Facebook page design.




                  Now that you are aware of Facebook’s new features and
                  how to use them for marketing, aren’t you curious to
                  see what other brands have done with the Timeline? We
                  thought so.


                  To get your creative juices flowing, we’ve scoured Facebook
                  for examples of brands using the new page layout in appeal-
                  ing ways. Take a look at how these brands are making use
                  of the new Facebook page design, and use it as inspiration
                  to get your own page up to date!




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                      Best Use of Pins

    1                 Pins let you anchor a story to the top of your Timeline for up to seven days
                      so it isn’t buried by other stories. Take a look at how Starbucks is using the
                      pinning feature.

That little orange flag at the top of the
post indicates it has been pinned to
the top of Starbucks’ Timeline, and the
comments, likes, and shares you see at
the bottom show the effect pinning has
on the story.


If you have a product that’s visually
appealing, take advantage of this new
Facebook feature to showcase it and
get people craving what you’ve got to
offer. If you sell something less visually
appealing, use this area to highlight
calls-to-action, marketing offers, and
other promotions you’d like to feature.



The new cover photos have placed restrictions on your use of calls-to-action, so pinning is a
perfect opportunity to highlight those great offers in a very prominent place on your page where
your fans can also share it.


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how to use the highlight feature
When you hover over a story and highlight it (by clicking the star icon), you
make it wider than others so it takes up more physical space on your Time-
line.
                                                                                         2
Software company Jive! makes great use of the star feature, which expands a selected story to
fit the width of your page. You can apply this concept to all of your content offers -- slide decks,
ebooks, webinars, ebooks -- just be sure to include a call-to-action at the end of each piece of
content so that when your fans are done consuming the content, you can convert a new lead or
reconvert an existing one.




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                     great cover photo

    3               Make your cover photo both reflective of your brand and visually stimulating.
                    HubSpot, for example, combined the orange for which we’re known with our
                    tagline, “All-in-One Marketing Software,” as well as something more person-
                    al -- the Boston skyline, the “Hub” of our enterprise.




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featuring calls-to-action
You can’t include calls-to-action in your cover photo, but you can get them
close to your cover photo.
                                                                                        4
If you want a call-to-action that’s more permanent than a seven-day pin, use the app toolbar
that appears in the lower right-hand corner of your cover photo to display your call-to-action like
search company Distilled has done.




You can place up to 12 apps in this area, and if you use your Facebook page to generate leads,
this is an area of the new Facebook page layout you should take advantage of. Distilled asks
fans to opt in to their email list, but you could use this area to collect submissions for a content
you’re running, promote a new ebook you’re launching, or collect registrants for a webinar you’re
hosting.




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                     showcasing apps

    5                Besides just calls-to-action, you can also use the app area to showcase,
                     well, your apps. Take a look at how Ben & Jerry’s is taking advantage of the
                     new prominence of apps in this layout.


Ben & Jerry’s is using common apps like ‘Events’ and ‘Notes,’ both apps with a low barrier to
entry if you’re just starting out with Facebook or don’t have a development budget. They’ve used
Notes, for example, to publish recipes -- and just try to get out of there without jonesin’ for a
milkshake.




But they’re also investing in more interactive apps that they’ve designed themselves, like their
Whirled Map which takes you Around the Whirled that directs you to the Ben & Jerry’s Facebook
pages in other countries. What a great idea for chains, franchise organizations, and the like to
manage Facebook pages for multiple locations!


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                      setting milestones

    6                Milestones let businesses highlight big accomplishments -- new product
                     releases, fan growth, key hires, acquisitions, events, awards -- right on their
                     Timeline.


Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong page got to using this feature immediately by setting a milestone
for opening Livestrong’s Cancer Navigation Center, and pinning it at the top of their page for
more visibility. The organization also went back to update their past activities, such as date
founded:




Filling in milestones for past events helps tell a chronological story about your company’s
growth. Be sure to include an image like Livestrong did to make your milestone more engaging,
and include a short description in the ‘Story’ field to give your fans context.


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    conclusion
    & additional
    resources


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       “          You have a competitive
                  advantage to leverage the
                  Facebook Timeline and tell

                                                                 ”
                  your business story.



               Facebook has shaken things up for brands with this new page
               design, and many companies will surely lag their feet updating
               their design, and utilizing all of the features. Having read this eb-
               ook, you have a competitive advantage to leverage the Facebook
               Timeline and tell your business story in an engaging fashion. You
               now know how to use Facebook’s new updates to achieve brand
               consistency, introduce calls-to-action and build an active following.


               Now go and experiment with the layout and features so you can
               find the best ways to use them for your company. Good luck, and
               don’t forget to use visuals!




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      As you get up-to-speed with Facebook’s timeline, don’t
      forget to track the impact of your efforts. Start your
      free trial with HubSpot to measure how many leads &
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Guide to facebook_business_page_timelines

  • 1. 1 guide to facebook business page timelines step-by-step guide to new Facebook business page timelines P How to Use the Facebook Timeline for Marketing V A publication of Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 2. 2 guide to facebook business page timelines IS THIS BOOK RIGHT FOR ME? Not quite sure if this ebook is right for you? See the below description to determine if your level matches the content you are about to read. INTRODUCTORY Introductory content is for marketers who are new to the subject. This content typically includes step-by-step instructions on how to get started with this aspect of inbound marketing and learn its fundamentals. Read HubSpot’s introductory guide “How to Use Facebook for Business.” INTERMEDIATE This ebook! Intermediate content is for marketers who are familiar with the subject but have only basic experience in executing strategies and tactics on the topic. This content typically covers the fundamentals and moves on to reveal more complex functions and examples. After reading it, you will feel comfortable leading projects with this aspect of inbound marketing. ADVANCED Advanced content is for marketers who are, or want to be, experts on the subject. In it, we walk you through advanced features of this aspect of inbound marketing and help you develop complete mastery of the subject. After reading it, you will feel ready not only to execute strategies and tactics, but also to teach others how to Share This Ebook! be successful. www.Hubspot.com
  • 3. 3 guide to facebook business page timelines HubSpot’s All-in-One Marketing Software U q Lead Generation blogging & social media HubSpot brings your whole marketing world together in one, powerful, integrated system. Get Found: Help prospects find you online Convert: Nurture your leads and drive conversions Analyze: Measure and improve your marketing. More: See marketplace for apps and integrations M s Email & Automation Search optimization Request A Demo Video Overview g Y Lead management Marketing analytics Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 4. 4 guide to facebook business page timelines guide to new facebook business page timelines Edited by Magdalena Georgieva Maggie Georgieva is an inbound marketing manager at HubSpot, responsible for the company’s marketing content offers, such as ebooks and webinars (including the world’s largest webinar). Previously, Maggie was on HubSpot’s email marketing team, managed the company’s landing page creation and optimization, and Follow me on twitter jump started the production of HubSpot’s @mgieva customer case studies. Maggie is a regular blogger for the HubSpot blog and has contributed to other sites and publications, such as MarketingProfs, Brian Solis’ blog, BostInnovation.com and The St. Petersburg Times. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 5. 5 guide to facebook business page timelines COntents 6 facebook timeline features you should know /8 best practices for using facebook timeline /13 examples of great business page timelines /21 conclusion & additional resources /29 Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 6. 6 guide to facebook business page timelines “ The display of information in a new framework affects our ” behavior with the platform. Many businesses are fearing the changes that come with the new Facebook Timeline. ”It is really creating a communication problem between us and our client base,” said Stephen Terrell, a Senior Vice President of branding for the Lifeline Program, in an interview with the San Jose Mercury News. The new look of the social network creates yet another learning curve for both brands and their audiences. The display of information in a new framework affects our behavior with the platform, taking it down a much more visual path. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 7. 7 guide to facebook business page timelines E E “It’s a lot more visual,” wrote Sam Lessin, a product manager at Facebook, about the Facebook Timeline. This notion of emphasized visuals has recently becoming leading in the world of online marketing. The rise of visual storytelling as a means of spreading a marketing message couldn’t possibly have evaded you. A number of image-based platforms out there, including Pinterest, Instagram, and SlideShare, have already made a strong statement about how visual content can impact business results. Not surprisingly, images are some of the most popular pieces of content that HubSpot has shared on our Facebook page. They accumulate thousands of views, engaging more people than other content types do. In this ebook we will help you make sense of the Facebook Business Page Timeline: the new features it comes with and how to use them for marketing success. We will also highlight a few businesses that have done a fantastic job with their Facebook Timelines. Enjoy this intentionally visual read! Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 8. 8 guide to facebook business page timelines CHAPTER 1 6 facebook timeline features you should know By Pamela Vaughan Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 9. 9 guide to facebook business page timelines “ Facebook Timeline allows a number of changes businesses ” should be familiar with. Facebook Timeline comes with a set of new features which affect what businesses can and can- not control on the social platform. Some of the new features offer brands more flexibility, while others limit organizations by requiring them to follow specific guidelines. In this section we will discuss these new features in an order that follows the path of setting up a Facebook Timeline. P set your cover photo 1 The cover photo dimensions are 851 x 315 pixels. Choose an image that is rep- resentative of your brand, and don’t be afraid to get creative with it. ! Facebook’s policies state that cover photos cannot include: * Price or purchase information * References to Facebook features or actions * Contact information * Calls-to-action Covers must not be false, deceptive or misleading, and must not in- fringe on third parties’ intellectual property. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 10. 10 guide to facebook business page timelines set your profile picture 2 U Adjust your profile picture, the image that will get shown next to each of your updates on your wall and in users’ news feeds. Choose an image that fits 180 x 180 pixels and also looks good when scaled down to a thumbnail size of 32 x 32 pixels. This image will also appear with any sponsored stories or ads that you run. A logo is a great choice here! organize views & apps 3 The new design features photos, likes, and apps at the top of your page, below your cover photo. Photos are automatically featured in the first spot, but page admins can rearrange the rest to feature the most important ones first. Overall, a total of 12 apps can be shown here. Share This Ebook! photos 1 likes apps 1 www.Hubspot.com
  • 11. 11 guide to facebook business page timelines S star, hide, pin By hovering over individual stories, you can make them wider, hide them from your Timeline with the pencil icon, high- 4 light them as important with the star icon, or delete them entirely. You can pin/anchor a specific story to the top of your Timeline for up to seven days. This means you can highlight specific posts and they won’t get buried by more recent updates. ^ 5 enable messages Admins can now allow users to send w them personal messages, making it easier for brands to have private conversations with their fans. M hen you need to Use this feature w customer service discuss a topic or d when you’d issu e in more depth, an n not be made prefer the conversatio visitors to see. public for all page Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 12. 12 guide to facebook business page timelines feature milestones The new design also allows admins to feature what are called “Milestones” on their page. This allows page admins to 6 highlight some of their business’ biggest accomplishments, such as fan growth, award wins, product releases, etc. i Milestone images are set at 843 x 403 pixels. You create a new (or past) milestone via the status update box, which will prompt you to input information about your milestone. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 13. 13 guide to facebook business page timelines CHAPTER 2 best practices for using facebook timeline By Pamela Vaughan Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 14. 14 guide to facebook business page timelines “ Since Timeline is altering the shelf-life of Facebook content, we must now change the way ” we use Facebook. Now that the complete rollout of Timeline to all Facebook users is complete, the change means one crucial thing for Facebook marketers: The life of a status update is diminishing. Fast. That means it’s time marketers recognize that since Timeline is altering the shelf-life of Facebook content, we must now change the way we use Facebook. publish visual content 1 The new Timeline page design places more emphasis on visual content like images and videos, so use that to your advantage. According to an internal Facebook study, “posts including a photo album or picture can generate 2X more engagement than other post types.” Share This Ebook! V v www.Hubspot.com
  • 15. 15 guide to facebook business page timelines Because these images will now appear larger and more prominently on your page, make it a point of posting your best visual content to your Facebook page, or make more of an effort to turn your content into a visual delight: think photos, charts, infographics, and other content visu- alizations. And hey -- you can always use it on other visual-oriented social networks like Pinterest and Google+, too! As an example, review the different types of photos HubSpot posts on our Facebook page: they include pictures featuring our employees and customers, events, marketing content and con- tests: Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 16. 16 guide to facebook business page timelines feature custom tabs in views & apps toolbar Unfortunately, with the new Timeline design for pages, Facebook no longer allows you to set a default landing tab for your business page. All new page visitors will automatically be directed to your Timeline. 2 This means that for those of you using the HubSpot Facebook Welcome App, you can no longer make it so that new visitors see that tab upon visiting your page for the first time. That being said, you can feature the app (or other custom apps/tabs) in the Views & Apps toolbar below your cover photo. As we mentioned in the first section of this ebook, be sure to rearrange your Views & Apps icons to highlight tabs you’re using for lead generation. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 17. 17 guide to facebook business page timelines edit images 3 To build off our last best practice, you’ll also want to make sure you choose the best images possible to represent the items in your Views & Apps tool- bar. To customize the way these apps appear on your page, visit the Admin Panel, click ‘Manage,’ and choose ‘Edit Page’ from the dropdown menu. In the ‘Apps’ section, click ‘Edit Settings’ for the specific app image. Then you can upload the new image you’d like to use to feature that app (dimensions should be 111 x 74 pixels). This will enable you to turn your featured apps into compelling calls-to-action, as HubSpot did in the image example above to highlight its HubSpot Welcome App tab. Use these to call attention to your premium content to support Facebook lead generation. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 18. 18 guide to facebook business page timelines highlight best posts Make sure to expose visitors of your page to your most important content. To do so, make your default setting ‘Allowed on Timeline’ by checking ‘Every- one can post to HubSpot’s timeline’ in the ‘Manage Permissions’ section of 4 your page settings. To highlight posts you want to give prominent placement on your Timeline (they’ll take up the full width of your Timeline), access your Activity Log and select ‘Highlight on Timeline’ to star particular posts. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 19. 19 guide to facebook business page timelines Pin New Promotions Every seven Days 5 As we already mentioned, admins are now able to pin content to the tops of their pages for seven days at a time. Use this to anchor updates about the promotions you want to feature (e.g. events, new marketing offers, other awesome content, etc.) to the top of your page to make them as visible to page visitors as possible. Pinned stories will appear right below the status update com- pose box. Update your anchor pin every seven days once the old one expires. To pin an up- date, hover over a story, click on the pencil icon in the top right corner, and choose ‘Pin to Top.’ Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 20. 20 guide to facebook business page timelines publish more than once a day 6 The old rule of thumb for Facebook was to post regularly, but not more than once a day so that each update received proper attention while simultane- ously not being spammy. Well folks, today we’re here to say that this rule t should no longer apply. Posting once a day in conjunction with the Ticker and EdgeRank algorithm means that your post only has a short span of time during which people will likely see it. Once those three hours are up-- your status is old news. Your post will be quickly overridden by the hordes of other updates becom- ing the top stories in a user’s News Feed. On the HubSpot Facebook page, we tested the waters by posting every hour. Each hour, a com- pletely different group of users liked, commented on, and shared the content. Not only did we not experience a decrease in fans, but our strategy also brought fans to the latest update and got them liking even more content that was also on the wall -- content they may have never seen otherwise. While we don’t necessarily recommend posting every hour unless you have a large fanbase on Facebook and are creating high volumes of content, the point is, once a day isn’t go- ing to cut it anymore. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 21. 21 guide to facebook business page timelines CHAPTER 3 examples of great business page timelines By Corey Eridon Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 22. 22 guide to facebook business page timelines “ Take a look at how these brands are making use of the ” new Facebook page design. Now that you are aware of Facebook’s new features and how to use them for marketing, aren’t you curious to see what other brands have done with the Timeline? We thought so. To get your creative juices flowing, we’ve scoured Facebook for examples of brands using the new page layout in appeal- ing ways. Take a look at how these brands are making use of the new Facebook page design, and use it as inspiration to get your own page up to date! Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 23. 23 guide to facebook business page timelines Best Use of Pins 1 Pins let you anchor a story to the top of your Timeline for up to seven days so it isn’t buried by other stories. Take a look at how Starbucks is using the pinning feature. That little orange flag at the top of the post indicates it has been pinned to the top of Starbucks’ Timeline, and the comments, likes, and shares you see at the bottom show the effect pinning has on the story. If you have a product that’s visually appealing, take advantage of this new Facebook feature to showcase it and get people craving what you’ve got to offer. If you sell something less visually appealing, use this area to highlight calls-to-action, marketing offers, and other promotions you’d like to feature. The new cover photos have placed restrictions on your use of calls-to-action, so pinning is a perfect opportunity to highlight those great offers in a very prominent place on your page where your fans can also share it. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 24. 24 guide to facebook business page timelines how to use the highlight feature When you hover over a story and highlight it (by clicking the star icon), you make it wider than others so it takes up more physical space on your Time- line. 2 Software company Jive! makes great use of the star feature, which expands a selected story to fit the width of your page. You can apply this concept to all of your content offers -- slide decks, ebooks, webinars, ebooks -- just be sure to include a call-to-action at the end of each piece of content so that when your fans are done consuming the content, you can convert a new lead or reconvert an existing one. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 25. 25 guide to facebook business page timelines great cover photo 3 Make your cover photo both reflective of your brand and visually stimulating. HubSpot, for example, combined the orange for which we’re known with our tagline, “All-in-One Marketing Software,” as well as something more person- al -- the Boston skyline, the “Hub” of our enterprise. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 26. 26 guide to facebook business page timelines featuring calls-to-action You can’t include calls-to-action in your cover photo, but you can get them close to your cover photo. 4 If you want a call-to-action that’s more permanent than a seven-day pin, use the app toolbar that appears in the lower right-hand corner of your cover photo to display your call-to-action like search company Distilled has done. You can place up to 12 apps in this area, and if you use your Facebook page to generate leads, this is an area of the new Facebook page layout you should take advantage of. Distilled asks fans to opt in to their email list, but you could use this area to collect submissions for a content you’re running, promote a new ebook you’re launching, or collect registrants for a webinar you’re hosting. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 27. 27 guide to facebook business page timelines showcasing apps 5 Besides just calls-to-action, you can also use the app area to showcase, well, your apps. Take a look at how Ben & Jerry’s is taking advantage of the new prominence of apps in this layout. Ben & Jerry’s is using common apps like ‘Events’ and ‘Notes,’ both apps with a low barrier to entry if you’re just starting out with Facebook or don’t have a development budget. They’ve used Notes, for example, to publish recipes -- and just try to get out of there without jonesin’ for a milkshake. But they’re also investing in more interactive apps that they’ve designed themselves, like their Whirled Map which takes you Around the Whirled that directs you to the Ben & Jerry’s Facebook pages in other countries. What a great idea for chains, franchise organizations, and the like to manage Facebook pages for multiple locations! Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 28. 28 guide to facebook business page timelines setting milestones 6 Milestones let businesses highlight big accomplishments -- new product releases, fan growth, key hires, acquisitions, events, awards -- right on their Timeline. Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong page got to using this feature immediately by setting a milestone for opening Livestrong’s Cancer Navigation Center, and pinning it at the top of their page for more visibility. The organization also went back to update their past activities, such as date founded: Filling in milestones for past events helps tell a chronological story about your company’s growth. Be sure to include an image like Livestrong did to make your milestone more engaging, and include a short description in the ‘Story’ field to give your fans context. Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 29. 29 guide to facebook business page timelines conclusion & additional resources Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 30. 30 guide to facebook business page timelines “ You have a competitive advantage to leverage the Facebook Timeline and tell ” your business story. Facebook has shaken things up for brands with this new page design, and many companies will surely lag their feet updating their design, and utilizing all of the features. Having read this eb- ook, you have a competitive advantage to leverage the Facebook Timeline and tell your business story in an engaging fashion. You now know how to use Facebook’s new updates to achieve brand consistency, introduce calls-to-action and build an active following. Now go and experiment with the layout and features so you can find the best ways to use them for your company. Good luck, and don’t forget to use visuals! Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com
  • 31. 31 guide to facebook business page timelines measure the roi of facebook As you get up-to-speed with Facebook’s timeline, don’t forget to track the impact of your efforts. Start your free trial with HubSpot to measure how many leads & customers you’re getting from Facebook. www.HubSpot.com/Social Share This Ebook! www.Hubspot.com