ANNOUNCING...THE GREAT FACEBOOK FAN PAGE MAKEOVER CONTEST!

As you may already know, the official launch of our “Fantastic Facebook Fan Pages” course is officially underway. There has been an overwhelming response to this program, and we’re excited about the next two weeks of learning that are about to begin. As an opportunity to apply some of the skills learned in the course, we will be running a contest – “The Great Facebook Fan Page Makeover Contest,” open to all “fans” of our VAClassroom Facebook Fan Page.

If you would like some practice applying the content learned in VAClassroom’s live Fan Page Course PLUS an opportunity to win a full makeover of your own Fan Page, here’s your chance! All you need to do is submit either a video or audio clip explaining “why a Fantastic Facebook Fan Page would impact your business.” The winner will receive a full makeover of his or her Fan Page, including custom landing page, page formatting, applications and some tips on how to better engage his or her audience. The winner will also receive either a free one-year VAClassroom membership or a one-year credit towards his or her current membership.

Deadline for submission is November 7^th, 2009.

Please post your entry on our VAClassroom Facebook Fan Page wall.
(You must first add yourself as a fan.)

http://www.facebook.com/VAClassroom

For more information, check out our Contest Kickoff video:

Best of luck in the contest!

View our current submissions Fan Page Video Submissions

The Business Building Potential of Facebook Fan Pages

I recently followed a comment in Facebook from another Virtual Assistant that was questioning the value of having a Facebook Fan Page to promote their business. Will it actually lead to new client and income opportunities? Well, my answer and thoughts on this are included in the video below. Take a look and please send your comments on Facebook Fan Pages and the impact (if any) they have had on your Virtual Assistant business.

Facebook Payday - A Great Resource for Facebook Marketing Virtual Assistants

As many of you know, we did a teleseminar last week titled, "How Virtual Assistants Can Profit from the Social Media Explosion in 2008". This teleseminar event was very well attended and we are still receiving great feedback and questions which is cool! You can access a recording of the event through our VAClassroom Membership Site. One of the topics I discussed in this teleseminar was the rapidly growing opportunities for Web Savvy Virtual Assistants to position themselves as Facebook Marketing VAs. We discussed the different services you might offer clients seeking to leverage this channel such as:

• Setting up and managing Facebook profiles.
• Coordinating Facebook Events.
• Moderating and participating in targeted Facebook groups.
• Inviting and adding new business friends for your clients.
• Creating and managing Facebook business pages for your clients.

The list goes on..... One of the advanced services we discussed involved implementing and managing Facebook Pay Per Click Ad campaigns which are becoming increasingly popular. A handful of Internet business owners are generating some excellent profits through this channel. A Business Collegue of mine, Peter Koning, has just launched an ebook and membership site called Facebook Payday. I have had a chance to review some of this resource and it is very impressive. The ebook will provide you with some of the skills and knowledge required to set-up and manage successful PPC ad campaign through Facebook. If you are seeking to grow a Facebook Marketing niche for your business then Facebook Payday is definitely worth checking out!