20+ Facebook business page branding tips from experts

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Using a  Facebook business page   to improve brand recognition, and drive conversions to a website that will lead to sales can be complicated.

However, it can become a great source of visits that you can then action whenever your marketing team uses it by creating content that will drive these visitors to come to your site.

With Facebook latest attempts to limit clicks leading to external websites, it is becoming more complicated to get these precious conversions.

Therefore, we asked the community of experts for their best tips for successful Facebook business pages branding - here are more than 20 of their best answers.

Do you have ONE tip to share to improve a Facebook business page branding? How applying this tip helped your brand recognition on the platform?

Shiv Gupta: Optimize “About Us” Section

You should consider optimizing the section that best aligns with your brand. Provide a general description, a mission, company information, or your story with brief, or contact information. By doing so, your audience can get a sense of what your Page represents before they decide to Like it.

When it comes to branding of a Facebook business page, it’s essential to use the best and relevant image for your profile and cover that will depict what your business is about.

@Incrementors on Facebook
Incrementors is a Digital Marketing agency that provides a wide range of services from SEO, Web Development, Web Design, E-commerce, UX Design, SEM Services, Dedicated Resource Hiring & Digital Marketing Needs!
Incrementors is a Digital Marketing agency that provides a wide range of services from SEO, Web Development, Web Design, E-commerce, UX Design, SEM Services, Dedicated Resource Hiring & Digital Marketing Needs!

Sarah Nadler: optimize for mobile viewing

My biggest tip for branding your business on social media is to optimize for mobile viewing. This is especially a concern with businesses who place an offer or lead magnet in their Facebook Cover image. Ensure your design dimensions are set correctly so the offer or photo appears just as aesthetically pleasing on mobile as it does for a desktop viewer.

As you can see in this example, we center the offer on the cover image, so it appears ideal no matter what device the viewer uses.
Sarah Nadler, Consultant
Sarah Nadler, Consultant

The truth is, Business pages get very little engagement. You want to actually capture the people who visit, so you can start a long term brand journey for them. By inviting them into a private group, you get to sprinkle them with content for the long term and even get to know visitors on a personal level. Plus, when prospects see that you have a community where you provide free and engaging support (inside your Facebook group), they start to know, like, and trust you!

Since I've pinned my Facebook group, my group has grown by over 1,000 qualified leads, who come into the group ready for an actual conversation (think: top of sales funnel!).

Note: Don't link your Group to your Page! You want organic clicking into your group- it will help your business page get more engagement, and your group will grow organically (both things the Facebook algorithm likes!).

@dreamlifeisreallife on Facebook
Hanna Hermanson is a Forbes Contributor, Certified Coach, International Speaker, Author, & Founder of the Dream Life is Real Life Copywriting Agency, who has helped 100s of coaches build, scale, and enjoy their online businesses-- essentially make their dream life their real life! Her agency supports coaches and service providers with Done For You copywriting and marketing strategy. You can connect with her on Instagram @hannhermanson_
Hanna Hermanson is a Forbes Contributor, Certified Coach, International Speaker, Author, & Founder of the Dream Life is Real Life Copywriting Agency, who has helped 100s of coaches build, scale, and enjoy their online businesses-- essentially make their dream life their real life! Her agency supports coaches and service providers with Done For You copywriting and marketing strategy. You can connect with her on Instagram @hannhermanson_

One tip to improve your Facebook business page's branding is to make sure you link out from the business page to your business, or personal if you don't have business set up yet, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and/or other social channels you and your business are active on. Having active social handles linked out to on your  Facebook business page   establishes legitimacy of your business with your audience making your  Facebook business page   look and feel more professional.

 Stacy Caprio, Business Coach, Stacy Caprio Inc.
Stacy Caprio, Business Coach, Stacy Caprio Inc.

Yusuf Onabekun: Always put out good content with a powerful image or video to support it

Constant posting put your page at an advantage when people search on Facebook platform.

If you have something to say, put it out there; it may not sound right initially but along the line, you will get better with it.

Note posting constantly will kill your page and this will put it at a big disadvantage for your business.

I have had my business page for a while but no activity seems to be happening on it, so I decided to carry out an experiment by pushing various content out on it. I came to realize that Facebook loves a good story with sharp graphic with it, this prompted me to start following such and to an extent; a good turn of event happen.

This position my page in a very good light and more professional in my field.

@techsavvyng on Facebook
As a result-oriented person, I use my digital marketing strategies to help individual and business to solve their sales-related problems. Using Specific Measurable Actionable Realistic and Timely method, it makes it easy for any business to achieve and improve their marketing goals.
As a result-oriented person, I use my digital marketing strategies to help individual and business to solve their sales-related problems. Using Specific Measurable Actionable Realistic and Timely method, it makes it easy for any business to achieve and improve their marketing goals.

Rizwan: the banner provides a huge space to market and improve brand recognition

One of the most important aspect of a  Facebook business page   is the banner, Facebook provides a huge space to upload your own banner and fortunately we able to use this space to market and improve our brand recognition. This can simply be an elegant image of a product or text of a service you offer. We have added part of a popular product on our Facebook page to signify the quality of product we sell. As a business it is important to take advantage of this area offered by Facebook as this is the first part of a page that will grab the attention of the visitor who will then go onto decide and scroll down should they feel the page is appealing and applies to them.

Elisabeth Jakovenko: Know your audience, be consistent with content for them, and be relevant

These are 3 essentials: demographic – relevancy – consistency. You get one shot at scoring the goal, so you have to learn the demographic you’re targeting for your specific campaign, brand, etc. When you find this, you want to incorporate both relevancy with consistency. If you are not posting QUALITY content frequently, you may get a nice return in numbers for an individual post, but it will disappear if it isn’t consistent. Audiences like to see new and timely content.

When I was an influencer with 3 million followers, I knew in order to maintain and grow my audience, I had to be topical and “on brand” to what I was portraying which was comedy and impressions. I released a short video around Christmas time about a girl who loves to sing but pretends she doesn’t. Although it was 6 seconds, it was relevant, targeted my demographic, and maintained my consistency with posting. This resulted in half a million likes and reposts and 50 million loops which are all still growing to this day.

Know your audience, be consistent with content for them, and be relevant. Authenticity is key.

@JakovenkoGroup on Facebook
My name is Elisabeth Jakovenko and I am the Director of Branding at The Jakovenko Group. I began marketing my own brand 8 years ago where I acquired 3 million followers across all platforms. Quickly, branding and marketing became my passion. I now co-operate a business with my brother called The Jakovenko Group where we focus on assisting the growth of brands through marketing and many essential tools I’ve learned through my endeavors.
My name is Elisabeth Jakovenko and I am the Director of Branding at The Jakovenko Group. I began marketing my own brand 8 years ago where I acquired 3 million followers across all platforms. Quickly, branding and marketing became my passion. I now co-operate a business with my brother called The Jakovenko Group where we focus on assisting the growth of brands through marketing and many essential tools I’ve learned through my endeavors.

Alexander Porter: Video - More than a buzzword in the marketing world, video is the future.

You only need to think of your own browsing habits to see how this applies. Would you rather read an article on '10 ways to scale up in 2020'...or watch a short and snappy 2 minute video that teaches you everything you need to know?

Recent stats have shown people will spend roughly 100 minutes a day watching videos by 2021.

You can tap into this desire for visual media to explode your branding and drive exposure.

At Search It Local we've phased out our static content, instead focusing on video content to drive engagement.

Not only does this increase our reach by roughly double, but we bring people into the top of our funnel and generate awareness.

Our videos receive 3x more shares than our photos previously did.

And with an increase to the number of views on our YouTube page we are also seeing new streams of referral traffic move from Facebook to YouTube.

This is a simple but insanely powerful hack - start posting videos that are short, sharp and full of free tips to make your audience's lives better.

You'll notice a quick increase in reach and engagement.

Search It Local video
Alexander Porter is Head of Copy at Sydney agency, Search It Local. Passionate about social media, he believes every business has the potential to master their own marketing.
Alexander Porter is Head of Copy at Sydney agency, Search It Local. Passionate about social media, he believes every business has the potential to master their own marketing.

Charlie Worrall: make sure that you're narrowing down your niche

The best tip I can offer is to make sure that you're narrowing down your niche before you start to market your business on Facebook. Being able to say; this is my niche is important because most people will see that you specialise in that particular application and you'll be more likely to win work. After you become a specialist in that field, you'll start to develop a client base, get referrals and you can then start to branch out into other areas that go hand in hand with your speciality!

A great example is if you're a web designer/developer you can specialise in ecommerce websites for a start. You're more likely to get work because you focus on one kind of project and people will think that you're better qualified to help them. After some time, you'll be able to branch out and take on most projects, even if they aren't an ecommerce.

Charlie Worrall, Imaginaire
Charlie Worrall, Imaginaire

Tom Winter: the About section provides all the information about your company

People oftentimes focus on the visuals on their Facebook pages that they neglect the content in the ‘About’ section. This, however, is one of the most important parts as it provides all the information about your company, its vision and area of expertise.

There is no space for lengthy content here which means that your description needs to be sharp and always on point. Invest some time into crafting a catchy intro that will interest people enough to make them visit your website or learn more about the work you do. When you fill out the About section, don’t leave any spaces blank. Remember, this is your chance to make the first impression and the last thing you want is to have information missing.

Lastly, don’t fall for the ‘salesy’ language in your description. Yes, you want to attract people, but the content you provide should have a certain value instead of it being highly promotional.

@devskiller on Facebook
Tom Winter is an inveterate hacker, whether it comes to automating the tech recruitment process or enhancing his morning commute with an electric skateboard. At work, he is the lead Tech Recruitment Advisor and Co-founder of DevSkiller, a developer screening & online interview platform powered by RealLifeTesting.
Tom Winter is an inveterate hacker, whether it comes to automating the tech recruitment process or enhancing his morning commute with an electric skateboard. At work, he is the lead Tech Recruitment Advisor and Co-founder of DevSkiller, a developer screening & online interview platform powered by RealLifeTesting.

Osama Mushtaq: Choose the right category for your business page

Choose the right category for your business page. First thing's first: You need a business page and not a personal profile.

The change means business pages can't be created unless there is a personal account tied to it. Facebook requires every page to have an administrator who can manage the profile and assign roles to other admins or contributors. This is only possible through tying the admin's personal account to the business page

My name is osama I am a digital marketer. My website name is Outfitrs. I am working in my own website.
My name is osama I am a digital marketer. My website name is Outfitrs. I am working in my own website.

Shawn Breyer: we use Facebook Live to implement Intent Based Branding

We use Facebook Live to implement a strategy that Frank Kern has coined Intent Based Branding. We do daily live videos on topics that help people in our niche. Our goal is to put out a ton of helpful and actionable content that builds goodwill with our audience. With each Live video, we casually make an offer that if they want to work with our company, then head over to our website and fill out the form on the site.

When people land on our site, the traffic is warmer. Since they have an idea of what to expect from our company, they don't just bounce right off. A decrease in bounce rates and people spending more time on our site tells Google that our site is relevant to the audience landing it. This has improved our rankings for our site, allowing us to rank in the top three spots for most of the keywords that we are targeting.

My wife and I flip 8 houses per month in the Atlanta market. We generate 85% of our business from localized SEO rankings.
My wife and I flip 8 houses per month in the Atlanta market. We generate 85% of our business from localized SEO rankings.

Meg Marrs: don't be afraid to alter things to work with the Facebook medium

My tip? Keep your brand colors and style, but don't be afraid to alter things a bit to work with the Facebook medium. Since Facebook uses a round profile photo for the business logo, we cropped our logo and altered it a bit to look better within Facebook's round logo space. This allows our logo to be displayed more prominently without extra un-necessary white space.

@k9ofmine on Facebook
Meg Marrs, Founder
Meg Marrs, Founder

Oliver Andrews: Whatever you do, you must talk about your brand

1. So the first step in mastering how to use Facebook for business is to set up your Facebook page. You must add a logo, a cover image, information about us, username, CTA, website URL, etc.

2. Whatever you do, you must talk about your brand. Whether you put up some cool stuff for users or run a contest to attract viewers on your page, it should all be directly linked to your brand. This will play an important role in putting the brand name on people's minds.

3. If you follow the 80-20 rule:

  • Use 80% of your Facebook posts to inform, educate and entertain
  • Use the other 20% to promote your brand

4. Optimize your audience and, if necessary, use paid ads on Facebook.

I am working on one of my client's Facebook pages where I applied all the strategies and it really works. So, I would suggest that people should also follow these tips.

Oliver Andrews is the Owner of a company named as OA Design services. He has a passion for all things Design and SEO. Throughout his life, he has always been very creative. Outside of work he enjoys traveling, fishing, motorbikes, keeping fit, and just generally socializing with friends and family.
Oliver Andrews is the Owner of a company named as OA Design services. He has a passion for all things Design and SEO. Throughout his life, he has always been very creative. Outside of work he enjoys traveling, fishing, motorbikes, keeping fit, and just generally socializing with friends and family.

Maria Grace LLC: not every page is actually optimized to drive traffic to the website

Every brand has a Facebook page, but not every brand's page is actually optimized to drive traffic from Facebook to the business' website. Use the header image to direct visitors to a free resource or download that allows you to capture their email address and/or information for remarketing campaigns and email newsletters. Create a header with captivating imagery and a single call-to-action that speaks to the core of the business.

An example can be found here

Using a simple call-to-action will keep visitors engaged longer, and creates cohesiveness between social media platforms and the business website. Because the header is the most prominent part of the page, it is an extremely useful piece of digital real estate. Just remember that headers appear differently on various devices from desktop to mobile, so be sure your graphics are optimized for both!

@MariaGraceLLC on Facebook
Maria Grace is an online marketing expert for small businesses. She specializes in Search Engine Optimization and online advertising to achieve big results on any budget.
Maria Grace is an online marketing expert for small businesses. She specializes in Search Engine Optimization and online advertising to achieve big results on any budget.

Nelson Sherwin: Come Up With A Unique Logo & Color Scheme

The best advice I can give you is definitely designing a logo, font and cohesive color story that you use across all posts and branding. The visual impact is extremely important because it’s the first - and sometimes, only - thing people notice. Slap a distinctive logo on your posts and people will come to recognize the logo and your specific colors before even reading the post. That is the kind of branding recognition you are striving for. Your branding and marketing must remain consistent and cohesive across posts and across different platforms in order to build a strong brand identity that is instantly recognizable. Once you’ve reached this stage, you’ve become a household name.

Nelson Sherwin , Manager of PEO Companies
Nelson Sherwin , Manager of PEO Companies

Bernie Wong: post consistently with a specific tone, voice, and visual style

My one tip for improving the branding on your  Facebook business page   is to post consistently with a specific tone, voice, and visual style (a specific style that stands out as uniquely yours).

Some people will focus too much on a single or a few posts, but Facebook’s organic reach per post is less than 2%. Being consistent is more important and will make a bigger impact on your reach, the engagement you receive on your business page, and the number of people who consistently see your content and become familiar with your page.

Bernie Wong is a creative digital and social media marketing professional. He has worked with Fortune 500 brands like Starbucks, GAP, Adidas and Disney, serving as the Founder of Social Stand and helping clients to tell their story, engage with their audiences, and unleash the power of their brands.
Bernie Wong is a creative digital and social media marketing professional. He has worked with Fortune 500 brands like Starbucks, GAP, Adidas and Disney, serving as the Founder of Social Stand and helping clients to tell their story, engage with their audiences, and unleash the power of their brands.

Samit Patel: it’s all about standing out

Having worked with 100s of brands and raised over $31 million for new business launches we've learnt that it's all about standing out. A lot of products or companies try to put a faceless brand. If you have created new trainer shoes for example called 'Sams' and are going up against 'Nike' you'll probably not be able to stand out, as Nike has invested billions behind the brand.

But what if you put your face behind the brand and get on a video, saying hey I'm the creator of Sams, as a person with back pain I wanted to create a trainer that would be able to support my on-going issues.Thats why I created 'Sams'.

Using a personal brand we've seen to massively increase engagement with users over a boring post, you can see examples of a new company using it here:

https://www.facebook.com/iircade/ On their Facebook page the creator is doing a weekly live and talking to his audience about the product

My name is Samit Patel and I have been running my digital marketing agency, Joopio, for 5 years now.
My name is Samit Patel and I have been running my digital marketing agency, Joopio, for 5 years now.

Nikola Baldikov: be practical and relatable in the content you create

The best advice I can offer in terms of branding on Facebook for businesses is to be practical and relatable in the content you create. At my company, Brosix IM, we’ve recently been focusing on creating easy to digest, yet informative, content for our Facebook page. To this end we’ve tapped into our network of partners in order to solicit advice on a range of topics of interest to our audience. With this advice we’ve created a schedule for sharing expert tips on a certain day of the week. This content is written in a way that our audience can quickly understand and take something away from, making it highly shareable.

@brosix on Facebook
My name is Nikola Baldikov and I`m a Digital Marketing Manager at Brosix, a secure instant messaging software for business communication. Besides my passion for digital marketing, I am an avid fan of football and I love to dance.
My name is Nikola Baldikov and I`m a Digital Marketing Manager at Brosix, a secure instant messaging software for business communication. Besides my passion for digital marketing, I am an avid fan of football and I love to dance.

Andrei Vasilescu: add Facebook Recommendations to the business page

One of the most effective ways to enhance your brand awareness using  Facebook business page   is adding Facebook Recommendations to the business page. This Facebook Recommendations is previously known as Facebook reviews. This updated tool, when added, allows followers and friends to share and tag contents directly on your business page. Due to this tool, more people can find your business page on this social platform. In addition to that, friends and followers can share their feedback and experience with your business. All these recommendations appear with your Facebook page when online users search for your business. So, adding Facebook Recommendation to the  Facebook business page   greatly increases brand awareness for your business.

@DontPayFull on Facebook
The author, Andrei Vasilescu, is a renowned Digital Marketing expert and CEO at coupon website in the name of DontPayFull. He is providing cutting edge digital marketing service to various international companies and different online coupons of various brands for years.
The author, Andrei Vasilescu, is a renowned Digital Marketing expert and CEO at coupon website in the name of DontPayFull. He is providing cutting edge digital marketing service to various international companies and different online coupons of various brands for years.

Doresa Ibrahim: change the URL of the Facebook business page

When creating the page, it will give a default number to uniquely identify the page, but this can be updated. For example, I changed mine to doresacoaching, so the URL is facebook.com/pages/doresacoaching

It makes it easy to share and to verbally communicate. The unique business name is used on business cards, websites, even in conversation.

I am a longtime consultant. I know exactly what it feels like when you suddenly find yourself short on clients and need more leads ASAP. Today, I average 2-3 people per day asking me for phone time to pitch them my consulting services.
I am a longtime consultant. I know exactly what it feels like when you suddenly find yourself short on clients and need more leads ASAP. Today, I average 2-3 people per day asking me for phone time to pitch them my consulting services.

Tommia Hayes: Create attention grabbing cover and profile pictures

When improving your Facebook business, one thing to add on your list should be updating your cover and profile. You typically have 30 seconds to grab user’s attention and this is the first thing they see. The more engaging these images are, the more you’ll attract visitors. When designing these images, make sure it recognizable to your brand and are optimize for both mobile and desktop images. This tip has helped me in the past and recently to increase likes on Facebook pages I’ve managed and increase engagement for posts. You don't have to be a graphic designer, you can use tools like Canva to create eye-catching cover and profile pictures.

@HealthCharities on Facebook
Tommia Hayes is an experience and certified digital communications leader, with over seven years of experience working in Strategic Communications and Digital Marketing.
Tommia Hayes is an experience and certified digital communications leader, with over seven years of experience working in Strategic Communications and Digital Marketing.

Yoann Bierling
About the author - Yoann Bierling
Yoann Bierling is a Web Publishing & Digital Consulting professional, making a global impact through expertise and innovation in technologies. Passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to thrive in the digital age, he is driven to deliver exceptional results and drive growth through educational content creation.



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 2020-11-28 -  aLİ
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