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How to Create and Measure
a Facebook Page for Your
Organization
Tyra McKinney, Health Communications Specialist for
CDC NPIN
Monday, February 10, 2014
Objectives
•

Ensure that Facebook is the right fit for your
organization

•

Learn how to create an attractive and engaging

Facebook Page
•

Tips to promote your Facebook Page

•

Best way to monitor and evaluate your Facebook
Page
Facebook Basics
Create a Facebook Page
Facebook Category
Facebook Page Owner
Facebook ‘About’ Section
Photos and Favorites
Pre – Planning Steps
Facebook Strategy
Should your organization integrate Facebook
into its brand?
• Identify the demographics of your
target audience
• Assess how your audience prefers to
receive information

• Make sure that Facebook can help
reach your goals
Facebook Goals
What are your organizations goals?
• Show expertise
• Increase reach
• Drive traffic to website
• Build new partnerships
Facebook Plan
How are you going to reach your
goals?
• Create an online
community
• Create awareness
• Promote business-related
content
Facebook Photos
Photos are a great way to get your
audience’s attention.
•

People respond more to
visuals.

•

Infographics and video posts
increase traffic.

•

Visuals drive engagement.
Facebook Posts
• Fill-in-the-blank posts allows fans
to interact.
• Questions help to get fans to
comment and share their thoughts.
• Quick facts and tips can promote
your messaging.
Facebook Hashtags
Strategic hashtags on Facebook posts can
drive traffic to other sites:
•

Drive traffic to other sites.

•

Promote messaging and events.

•

Trend topics related to your
industry.

•

Capture new fans and potential
leads
Publish Schedule
• Spread out updates/posts to create a
constant dialog with audience.
• Calendar can help to schedule
moderation periods for comments.
• It can help to see the Total Interactions
around different content types.
Facebook Engagement
• Posting on Facebook between 8 a.m.
to 7 p.m. gets more fans.
• Wednesdays and Sundays are the
best days to post.
• Posting to your Facebook Page often
gets more likes and comments.
Promote Facebook Page
• Cross-promote Facebook Page on other social
media sites
• Start promotion in advance, to field questions

from followers
• Place the Facebook button on your website
• Put Facebook badge on email signatures,
flyers, brochures, business cards, products,
etc.
Facebook Monitoring
• Monitor Facebook Page on
a regular basis
• Respond quickly to
comments or questions
• Use Facebook’s Page

Insights to keep track of
growth and change
Best Practices
•

Keep Facebook at the forefront. Always
think about messaging, links and media that
can be put on the Page.

•

Plan, plan, and plan some more. Prior to
setting up a Page, create a plan and have a
strategy on how to monitor and maintain it.

•

Track your posts. Use Page Insights to
track measurements about your Page’s
performance.
Reminders
If you have your CPH or CHES credentials you can apply for a

credit from today’s tutorial at uwyk@cdcnpin.org.
 Please remember you will be required to complete a short

evaluation which will be sent to you on requesting continuing
education credit.
 If you do not require continuing education credit but would like
to provide feedback, please contact uwyk@cdcnpin.org
Thank You!

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Using What You Know about Social Media: How to Create and Measure a Facebook Page for Your Organization

  • 1. How to Create and Measure a Facebook Page for Your Organization Tyra McKinney, Health Communications Specialist for CDC NPIN Monday, February 10, 2014
  • 2. Objectives • Ensure that Facebook is the right fit for your organization • Learn how to create an attractive and engaging Facebook Page • Tips to promote your Facebook Page • Best way to monitor and evaluate your Facebook Page
  • 10. Facebook Strategy Should your organization integrate Facebook into its brand? • Identify the demographics of your target audience • Assess how your audience prefers to receive information • Make sure that Facebook can help reach your goals
  • 11. Facebook Goals What are your organizations goals? • Show expertise • Increase reach • Drive traffic to website • Build new partnerships
  • 12. Facebook Plan How are you going to reach your goals? • Create an online community • Create awareness • Promote business-related content
  • 13. Facebook Photos Photos are a great way to get your audience’s attention. • People respond more to visuals. • Infographics and video posts increase traffic. • Visuals drive engagement.
  • 14. Facebook Posts • Fill-in-the-blank posts allows fans to interact. • Questions help to get fans to comment and share their thoughts. • Quick facts and tips can promote your messaging.
  • 15. Facebook Hashtags Strategic hashtags on Facebook posts can drive traffic to other sites: • Drive traffic to other sites. • Promote messaging and events. • Trend topics related to your industry. • Capture new fans and potential leads
  • 16. Publish Schedule • Spread out updates/posts to create a constant dialog with audience. • Calendar can help to schedule moderation periods for comments. • It can help to see the Total Interactions around different content types.
  • 17. Facebook Engagement • Posting on Facebook between 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. gets more fans. • Wednesdays and Sundays are the best days to post. • Posting to your Facebook Page often gets more likes and comments.
  • 18. Promote Facebook Page • Cross-promote Facebook Page on other social media sites • Start promotion in advance, to field questions from followers • Place the Facebook button on your website • Put Facebook badge on email signatures, flyers, brochures, business cards, products, etc.
  • 19. Facebook Monitoring • Monitor Facebook Page on a regular basis • Respond quickly to comments or questions • Use Facebook’s Page Insights to keep track of growth and change
  • 20. Best Practices • Keep Facebook at the forefront. Always think about messaging, links and media that can be put on the Page. • Plan, plan, and plan some more. Prior to setting up a Page, create a plan and have a strategy on how to monitor and maintain it. • Track your posts. Use Page Insights to track measurements about your Page’s performance.
  • 21. Reminders If you have your CPH or CHES credentials you can apply for a credit from today’s tutorial at uwyk@cdcnpin.org.  Please remember you will be required to complete a short evaluation which will be sent to you on requesting continuing education credit.  If you do not require continuing education credit but would like to provide feedback, please contact uwyk@cdcnpin.org Thank You!