I am always looking for ways to connect with people who are interested in essential oils. It caught my attention a few years ago when I learned that Facebook has 200 million members worldwide! Perhaps a Facebook page for your business would be helpful?
I set up three Facebook pages, one for Aromahead Institute, one for Aromatics International and one personal page, under Andrea Butje. The business ones are called “fan pages.” These pages are visible to anyone and they show up in search engine results.
I use the Aromahead Institute fan page to offer discounts on classes, talk about upcoming classes, share educational information about essential oils and network with other Aromatherapists. I use the Aromatics International fan page to offer special discounts on essential oils, share recipes, talk about the oils we are importing and how to use them. My personal page also has a lot of information about essential oils, and photos from our aromatic plants and travels.
There is a great feature on Facebook that allows you to link your blog to your Facebook page. Every time I add a blog post, the first several sentences show up automatically on my Aromahead Institute and Aromatics International Facebook pages, with a link to my blog. If you are already writing a blog, this is a great way to offer it to more people.
I have found that being authentic, sharing information that is useful, and offering links to related sites or blogs I enjoy is a great way to be part of the Facebook community. Connecting with people you have common interests with and sharing information is a interesting way to network.
Facebook also offers you traffic reporting for your page (called insights). You can see how many people have visited your fan page, and demographics about those visitors. This can help you measure the success of any marketing or advertising you do on your page. This information is private and only the Page Administrator (you) can see it. By looking at my traffic reports I see that Aromatics International has fans from 19 different countries. I am always interested in how people from other countries are using essential oils, so this is especially exciting for me.
Facebook is a great way to spread information about your work and what you are passionate about. It is also a wonderful tool for connecting with other people who share common interests. We can provide valuable information to each other, share photos and videos, read new blogs and connect with people we may not have met any other way!
Let’s connect! Visit our fan pages at:
Aromatics International
Aromahead Institute
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I agree. Facebook is a wonderful way to connect with others around the world and across the U.S.
I have one minor (well, not so minor, really) problem w/ the Facebook Fan page for Nature’s Gift… The page has done well. But people tend to search for me by name, rather than for the business… and I end up having ‘friend’ requests from people I don’t know from Adam. Now, old clients…they are part of the family, and that’s wonderfull; I love hearing what they are doing. But… when I’ve had no personal contact with someone..their status updates can fill the screen and I end up missing news about my grand-kids. What I’ve been doing, if I don’t recognize the ‘friend request’ is accept it… send a message asking them to join Nature’s Gift as a fan… and then, later, quietly blocking them on my personal page. There must be a better way…but I’ve not found it. Ideas???
Where do you find the traffic reporting (insights) for your page? I just created a fan page for Liz’s Garden Aromatherapy and am so excited to see a fan page for my company!
Why yes, yes it is! Silly me… Thanks for making the easy easier! And thanks for becoming fans already! I’m so excited and a bit nervous at “coming out”!!!
I gave you a shout out on my Liz’s Garden Aromatherapy Facebook page today!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizs-Garden-Aromatherapy/209306636831?v=app_2309869772&ref=ts#/pages/Lizs-Garden-Aromatherapy/209306636831?v=wall&ref=mf
hi am new in the group and its my a pleasure .am currently in search of steam distillation equipment for my lemongrass. can you help me where to get this unit? and possibly any tips to help achieving my dream of high quality pure lemongrass essential oil?
thank you .