Fan Page Explosion!, Likes went through the roof! Options

[Cosmin Lupu]

I so like where this thread is going I will try to see how things are going with the Ads for Aria today.

We had a band meeting yesterday and we decided it's a good promo activity to include in our campaign for the upcoming EP in October

Thanks once again Brandon!

[thefireball]

I so like where this thread is going I will try to see how things are going with the Ads for Aria today.

We had a band meeting yesterday and we decided it's a good promo activity to include in our campaign for the upcoming EP in October

Thanks once again Brandon!

You are welcome, Coz! Good luck! I hope you pull in more interactive fans that I have! My page posts are nearly bare with hits and replies.

[PosterBoy]

My thoughts

How you address people on your page. Maybe call them friends or supporters rather than fans (I'd go with friend, all they've done is clicked 'like' you have yet to give them a completed product to be a fan of yet!

Teasers and updates, I'd leave the sound clips about Time Sig change to places like here, and just post the more completed clips on the page. So maybe give less of the thought process of the songs, maybe show quick clips of you recording (I know it ruins workflow)

Pictures, Everyone likes to look at pictures! You'd get loads of response if you could get a video of a kitten rocking out to your music!

Are you going to have vocals? Nothing on your page suggests it's an instrumental project, (I know lyrics and Drums are the hardest thing when it comes to writing). Are you going to audition for a vocalist? AW IDOL !!!!!!

Please take my feedback and thoughts positively (I really want to see you and help you succeed) I was just looking around your page trying to think 'What would I want to see here and what would make me keep coming back and interacting'


You are making me feel frustrated that I don't have a pc powerful enough to start my own projects yet and making me feel like a slacker because you are working hard on the EP and I'm just noodling around at home, even though I have plans for a Rock project and an acoustic project.

[thefireball]

My thoughts

How you address people on your page. Maybe call them friends or supporters rather than fans (I'd go with friend, all they've done is clicked 'like' you have yet to give them a completed product to be a fan of yet!

Teasers and updates, I'd leave the sound clips about Time Sig change to places like here, and just post the more completed clips on the page. So maybe give less of the thought process of the songs, maybe show quick clips of you recording (I know it ruins workflow)

Pictures, Everyone likes to look at pictures! You'd get loads of response if you could get a video of a kitten rocking out to your music!

Are you going to have vocals? Nothing on your page suggests it's an instrumental project, (I know lyrics and Drums are the hardest thing when it comes to writing). Are you going to audition for a vocalist? AW IDOL !!!!!!

Please take my feedback and thoughts positively (I really want to see you and help you succeed) I was just looking around your page trying to think 'What would I want to see here and what would make me keep coming back and interacting'


You are making me feel frustrated that I don't have a pc powerful enough to start my own projects yet and making me feel like a slacker because you are working hard on the EP and I'm just noodling around at home, even though I have plans for a Rock project and an acoustic project.

Great feedback! Thanks!!

[Cosmin Lupu]

Pics are always a good idea! I am doing the same with the Aria page right now and just posted some picks of yesterday's recording session for some vocals on our song 'Grace'

[thefireball]

Pics are always a good idea! I am doing the same with the Aria page right now and just posted some picks of yesterday's recording session for some vocals on our song 'Grace'

I saw this and thought this was cool! When I get a setup again I will do the same. Moving stinks.

[snackajacks]

Congrats on the 2000, read it on facebook

[thefireball]

Congrats on the 2000, read it on facebook

Thanks! That's old news now because it's now at 3,227.

[Cosmin Lupu]

Bran, got a question - are you still using the ads or this growth has triggered itself (you know, a big number of fans attracts more and more making the number grow exponentially)?

[thefireball]

Bran, got a question - are you still using the ads or this growth has triggered itself (you know, a big number of fans attracts more and more making the number grow exponentially)?

Hey Coz, I think it is both. I have a few dollars left in the ads, so it may be the ads more than anything. It's just weird because sometimes I will be sitting there and one right after the other, BOOM BOOM BOOM like like like. I will try to remember to reply to this thread when the coupons run out.

[Todd Simpson]

Here is the facebook tip sheet for using ads.

http://fbrep.com//SMB/WF_4_Steps_to_Busine...on_Facebook.pdf

Create a Page to build lasting relationships with your existing customers and to promote your business.
Pages allow you to:
• Express your identity with features like cover photos and your business’s key milestones
• Add information about your business and respond to your customers in a quick, more personal way
To build your Page, simply:
• Visit www.facebook.com/ads/page to create your Page
• Start building your fan base by inviting friends, family and employees to “like” your Page
• Get your vanity URL at www.facebook.com/username and promote it on all your marketing material
• Click here for more information on Pages: ads.ak.facebook.com/ads/FacebookAds/Pages_Overview.pdf
Connect with new fans with multiple well-targeted Facebook Ads
Once you have created your Page, acquire new fans for your Page with Facebook Ads.
Facebook Ads allow you to:
• Grow yourfan base by encouraging people to like your Page by offering valuable benefits
• Reach a large audience with a well targeted Ad campaign
To create Facebook Ads, simply:
• Go to www.facebook.com/ads/create to set up your Ads
• Create atleastfour versions of your Ads so you can experiment with differentimages, calls to action andmessaging
to understand what Ads are performing the best
• Test a varietyoftarget groupsbasedoncriteria suchas age, gender, likes, interests, location, etc.
• Regularly review the performance of your Ads by visiting www.facebook.com/ads/manage
Engage your fans with quality content
Develop a posting strategy to engage with your fans on an ongoing basis and increase your posts’ visibility.
Your posting strategy allows you to:
• Give your Page an authentic and consistent voice and encourage people to like and share your posts
• Drive sales by offering special deals and giveaways to bring people into your store
To develop your posting strategy, simply:
• Create a conversational calendar to help plan the timing and themes of your posts (we suggest 2–3 posts per week)
• Post engaging contentlike photos, videos and questions to encourage fan participation
•Highlightimportant and relevant storieswithournewstarfunctionanduse thenew“pinning” functionto anchorthe
most important stories to the top of your Page for up to 7 days
• Reach and engage more of yourfans by sponsoring Page posts at www.facebook.com/ads/manage/adscreator
Facebook’s Steps to Business Success
Influence the friends of fans by promoting social activity from your Page
Extend the reach of your posts by promoting yourfans’ interactions on your Page to theirfriends on Facebook.
Promoting your Page’s social activity allows you to:
• Drive awareness and promote fan interactions with your business
• Increase the visibility of yourfans’ engagement with your posts or your Page to generate word-of-mouth promotion
To promote social activity from your Page, simply:
• Click www.facebook.com/ads/manage/adscreator
• Select what you would like to promote; this can be 1) a post on your Page, 2) when people Like your Page, or 3)
when people Like a post on your Page
• Ensure your Page has a minimum of 100 fans so you have enough reach for your campaign
• Regularly review, pause and optimize your campaigns at www.facebook.com/ads/manage

[Jesse]

Hey Fire, I noticed that part with the synths is the one you had guitar/drums (bass?) only on Faceobok before, the one you let your grandpa listen too? I still like that part, but I think the chaos of the synths take away from the heavy impact/groove of the simplistic riffing.

[thefireball]

Hey Fire, I noticed that part with the synths is the one you had guitar/drums (bass?) only on Faceobok before, the one you let your grandpa listen too? I still like that part, but I think the chaos of the synths take away from the heavy impact/groove of the simplistic riffing.

So you think that chorus is better without the synths? The chorus is the one I let my grandpa listen to. Anybody else think that too? I like the beginning arpeggios and perhaps I could use them somewhere else.

[Cosmin Lupu]

So you think that chorus is better without the synths? The chorus is the one I let my grandpa listen to. Anybody else think that too? I like the beginning arpeggios and perhaps I could use them somewhere else.

I think that the synths could be a good idea in the chorus context, but I would choose a tone which sounds better a little more buried in the mix. By that, I meant that the synths shouldn't be so obvious as is there will be a vocal line, it should be on top and the synths would take the attention of the listener away from the vocal line.

Pfff, hope I made sense

[thefireball]

I think that the synths could be a good idea in the chorus context, but I would choose a tone which sounds better a little more buried in the mix. By that, I meant that the synths shouldn't be so obvious as is there will be a vocal line, it should be on top and the synths would take the attention of the listener away from the vocal line.

Pfff, hope I made sense

OK, thanks Coz. That makes sense to me. I guess it's okay for people not to hear every single note. It can be a fill in. It makes sense that having synths all the way through could be overwhelming. And I will tweak the sound some more. Thoughts from anyone else?

[SirJamsalot]

Update? Are you viral yet?