Facebook Status Updates

How to Write

Be short and to the point

225 characters = sweet spot

(over 33% of Facebook users see your status update via a mobile device)

What can you say in 225 characters?

1. Share your life

Even if it’s your business page, your fans want to know your about YOU.

Personal updates receive 247% more comments

2. Advice

...shared 522% more than status updates that aren’t advice related

Who does’t love to be told what to do, right?

3. Share content – link to interesting articles that you find on the web

(even Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg are sharing and playing nicely - end of cold war?)

4. Quotes

“I always have a quotation for everything - it saves original thinking.” - Dorothy L. Sayers

5. Entertainment

“Somebody... Tell a joke!”

Your goal should be to create updates that get shares, likes, and comments.

But what about status updates that contain links?

Don’t we want to bring facebook traffic back to our sites?

DEFINITELY - share away!

Status updates with links always get fewer likes, shares, and comments...

...and that’s good news!

That means that your fans are off to read your blog post

Rule of thumb: make sure that at least 2/3 of your updates don’t contain links

Rotate them up with quotes, personal stories, pictures, and business tips

And there you have it - Facebook status updates on your speed dial

See Facebook status updates in action

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Presented by Ana Hoffmanwww.TrafficGenerationCafé.com

Based on Neil Patel’s findings at QuickSprout.com

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