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Why You Should Pay Attention To Facebook Groups | Ep. #368

Aug 3, 2017

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In Episode #368, Eric and Neil discuss why you should pay attention to Facebook groups. Tune in to learn the pros of joining Facebook groups, starting your own for your company, and how to extract and give value to these online communities.

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00:27 – Today’s topic: Why You Should Pay Attention To Facebook Groups
00:39 – Eric gets a lot of value from Facebook groups
00:43 – Eric follows Badass Marketers and Founders Facebook group run by Josh Fechter
- 00:50 – There’s a ton of marketing information he gains from the group
00:56 – Another group to follow: Young Entrepreneurs Council
01:00 – There’s a high level of engagement in these groups and people share them with others
01:18 – Facebook just launched a summit for Facebook groups
01:54 – You can search for terms in groups that are related to your niche
02:08 – Answer questions in groups—this will lead people to your website and build traffic
02:15 – When you build our own Facebook group, it builds a community with that will strongly support your brand
02:22 – Neil has a private Facebook group and most of its members help promote one another
02:56 – Find the group that has more signal than noise
03:11 – Eric highly recommends Badass Marketers and Founders
03:30 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Crazy Egg which helps you increase your conversion rate
- 04:00 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway for multiple entries
04:10 – That’s it for today’s episode!

3 Key Points:

There’s a lot of VALUE to be had in Facebook groups—build your network and your following to increase your support.
Join groups that are relevant to your niche.
Be helpful with those in your Facebook groups—answer their questions and promote one another depending on the type of group that it is.