How to Get Your First 1,000 Facebook Fans Without Paid Ads | Ep. #522

<p>In episode #522, Eric and Neil outline ways that anyone can gain more Facebook fans without having to use paid ads. Tune in to hear their stellar advice on how to build a strong following.</p> <p><strong>Time-Stamped Show Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[00:27] Today’s Topic: <em>How to Get Your First 1,000 Facebook Fans Without Paid Ads</em></li> <li>[00:36] Facebook is still important because they link back to other social media apps.</li> <li>[00:58] Blast your email list or whatever social assets that you have.</li> <li>[01:12] In your very first email, link to your Facebook page.</li> <li>[01:24] Use an exit pop-up on your website. For this, Neil likes to use <a href="https://www.hellobar.com/">Hello Bar</a> on his <a href="https://www.quicksprout.com/">Quick Sprout</a> site.</li> <li>[01:33] Using this tactic, Neil gets about 1,000 fans per week</li> <li>[02:00] Think about who you can partner with for things like joint webinars; this will expand your reach.</li> <li>[02:40] You could get 50-100 more followers/subscribers doing collaborations.</li> <li>[02:58] If you want a lot of fans, join Facebook groups that relate to your business and participate. This means that you have to get in on conversations or even start them.</li> <li>[03:32] You can take shortcuts, but shortcuts won’t get you loyal fans.</li> <li>[03:41] “Give before you ask.” -Neil Patel</li> <li>[03:47] Neil and Eric give a ton of free advice in order to get return customers and to build an active and enthusiastic fan base.</li> <li>[04:17] Eric thinks giveaways are helpful to building a fanbase. <a href="http://kingsumo.com/apps/giveaways/">KingSumo</a> or <a href="https://vyper.io/">Vyper</a> are great ways to facilitate this.</li> <li>[04:59] Neil likes content gates: he blocks off certain content and makes it “premium” content that is only available to Facebook fans.</li> <li>[05:28] That’s it for today!</li> <li>[05:30] Go to <a href= "http://vyper.io/c/1444">singlegrain.com/giveaway</a> if you want to get in on a special giveaway oppo