2. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
CHEAT CODES: Employed when a video
game player uses non-standard
methods for creating an advantage
beyond normal gameplay.
3. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What we’re going to discuss
AGENDA
• Primer: The game changed. Do you know the rules?
• Cheat code #1: Fruit on the ground
• Cheat code #2: Hacking photos
• Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
• Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
• Cheat code #5: Hacking ads
• Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
• Cheat code #7: Hacking analytics
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Facebook Marketing for Dummies:
“POLL QUESTION: How could we be more useful on
Facebook?
A ) Publish more content that’s useful and relevant to YOU
B ) Publish news items about the organization
C ) Be more responsive to your questions”
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
You don’t learn if you don’t do.
5. The game changed.
Do you know the rules?
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
6. 70% of us trust brand recommendations
from friends, but only 10% trust
messages from those same brands.-
Forrester Research
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Word of mouth is the best persuasion.
7. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Word of mouth is the best persuasion.
8. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
The secret to Facebook is getting your
customers to talk about you (your
service, products, cause).
It’s not you talking about your business.
Word of mouth is the best persuasion.
9. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Your customers’ friends are your competition.
10. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Who’s this cranky looking dude?
11. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Who’s this cranky looking dude?
Edgerank!
12. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Facebook’s algorithm determines
whether a specific update will
appear in the Newsfeed of a
specific fan, or not.
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
13. Facebook’s algorithm determines
whether a specific Page story will
appear in the Newfeed of a specific fan.
(It ranks your content, not your Facebook Page)
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
14. Four factors that determine whether your fan sees your Page update:
Relationship between fan and update
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
15. Four factors that determine whether your fan sees your Page update:
Relationship between fan and update
How fans talk about that update (likes, comments, shares)
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
16. Four factors that determine whether your fan sees your Page update:
Relationship between fan and update
How fans talk about that update (likes, comments, shares)
How recently the update was published
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
17. Four factors that determine whether your fan sees your Page update:
Relationship between fan and update
How fans talk about that update (likes, comments, shares)
How recently the update was published
How many negative comments the update received
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
What is the News Feed Algorithm, and why should I care?
18. The game changed. Do you know the rules?
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
We want to be better at
Facebooking. Where do we start?
19. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
#1: Start with
people in your
database!
Your Community
Subscribers
Donors
Volunteers
Customers
The game changed. Do you know the rules?
20. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Your Network
Your community’s
family, friends and
acquaintances
#2: Create content
they want to share
with their friends!
The game changed. Do you know the rules?
21. Cheat code #1:
Fruit on the ground
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
22. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #1: Fruit on the ground
24. Images speak
directly with the
Limbic system, the
seat of emotion
and action.
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #2: Hacking photos
25. Top emotions behind sharing:
Anger
Awe
Anxiety
Images speak
directly with the
Limbic system, the
seat of emotion
and action.
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #2: Hacking photos
26. Images also
capture more
phyical space in
the newsfeed.
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #2: Hacking photos
31. Comment rates on questions are more than double comments
on non-question updates!
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
32. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
33. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
Closed questions
34. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
Closed questions take advantage
of the brain’s built-in auto
complete feature.
35. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
Five ways to ask effective questions on Facebook:
1)Be super specific
2)Be super relevant
3)Ask preference questions
4)Ask multiple choice questions
5)Ask “yes” or “no” questionsFill
in the blank_____.
36. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #3: Hacking text updates
38. Only Promote Awesome
Remember, with promoted posts, you’re only
paying for reach.
If you publish content that people can’t help
but talk about, it means that your ad dollars
will go further for each promoted post.
1
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
39. Only Promote Awesome
Remember, with promoted posts, you’re only
paying for reach.
If you publish content that people can’t help
but talk about, it means that your ad dollars
will go further for each promoted post.
1
Engagement rate
essentially measures
content quality
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
40. Know Thy Plan
Just because an update goes wildly viral,
doesn’t mean you should spend money to
promote it.
Ask yourself if promoting the post makes
sense in terms of your goals and branding.
2
Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
41. Promote only to fans
You increase the likelyhood of negative comments
by promoting to friends of fans. Consider deleting
this ad in the campaign.
3
https://www.facebook.com/ads/manage/campaigns/
Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
42. Promote only to fans
You increase the likelyhood of negative comments
by promoting to friends of fans. Consider deleting
this ad in the campaign.
3
https://www.facebook.com/ads/manage/campaigns/
Cheat code #4: Hacking promoted posts
50. A Handshake is not the best
tool to collect money
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
51. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Facebook is relational, not
transactional
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
52. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
53. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
54. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
55. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
This is where
viral reach is
created
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
56. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
This is where
viral reach is
created
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
57. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
This is where
viral reach is
created
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
E-mail acquisition!
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
58. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
This is where
viral reach is
created
Donate for the first time via e-mail
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
59. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
This is where
viral reach is
created
Share their donation
on Facebook
Donate for the first time via e-mail
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
60. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
This is where
viral reach is
created
Share their donation
on Facebook
Donate for the first time via e-mail
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
61. Become aware of your cause when friends talk about your Page
Like,comment on,and share your updates
Continue engaging and like your Page
Trust and
affinity
This is where
viral reach is
created
Share their donation
on Facebook
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Donate for the first time via e-mail
Advocate and/or join your e-mail list
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
62. E-mail acquisition and
advocacy are a better
way to find new donors
on Facebook
Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
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Your E-mail List With Facebook
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Cheat code #6: Hacking fundraising
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Cheat code #7: Hacking analytics
The most essential metric
66. Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
The game changed. Do you know the rules?
12 ways people “talk about you” with their Facebook friends:
1)Like a post from your Page
2)Comment on a post from your Page
3)Share a post from your Page
4)Answer a Question
5)Mention your Page in an update
6)Tag your Page in a photo
7)Tag their friends in a photo you post
8)Like your Page
9)Post an update on your Page
10)RSVP to an event on your Page
11)Check into your Facebook Place
12)Writing a recommendation about your Page
The most essential metric
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#Bonus: Create an interest list of awesome Pages
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Facebook Success • 7 Cheat Codes for Nonprofits
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