How to have a private conversation on facebook
How to Start a Facebook Secret Conversation (+Keep Your Messages Safe)
If you’ve ever sent a message you didn’t want to fall into the wrong hands, you know how stressful hitting send can feel.
Whether you’re sending a personal message regarding matters of health, or you’re throwing a surprise party for a friend, making sure that your message is seen by only the person you’re sending it to can be crucial. Some social media apps have features for a more secure messaging option, like the chat feature on Snapchat.
For users who don’t feel comfortable carrying on conversations on Snapchat, there’s the Facebook Secret Conversation feature within Facebook Messenger. It’s easy to do and you have full control over when the messages disappear.
How to start a Facebook Secret Conversation:
- Tap the square icon in the top right corner of the Facebook Messenger screen
- Select Secret in the top right corner
- Search for the person you'd like to message in secret
- Tap the timer icon in the text box to choose when messages disappear.
Have a specific question about Facebook Secret Conversations? Head to a certain part of this article.
- Turn on Facebook Secret Conversations
- Start a Facebook Secret Conversation
If you want to make sure that only the two people involved in a chat can read texts, then the new Secret Conversation feature in the Facebook Messenger app is the way to go.
Not only will your conversation remain a secret from prying eyes, but even the government and Facebook itself won’t be able to access conversations that take place in secret mode. Facebook Secret Conversations are easy to set up and easy to use, so if you’d like to learn more about this feature, keep reading!
Turn on Facebook Secret Conversations
Before you can have a secret conversation using Facebook Messenger, make sure this feature is turned on. It’s easy to do, and the steps are below.
Select Profile Picture
From the home screen of Facebook Messenger, select your profile picture in the top left corner.
Scroll to Secret Conversations
From there, scroll to the settings for Secret Conversations.
Switch On
If it isn’t already, switch the Secret Conversations feature on. When it is, conversations that take place in secret mode will be end-to-end encrypted on all of your devices at the same time.
Start a Facebook Secret Conversation
Once the feature is turned on you can easily start a Facebook Secret Conversation.
Select the New Message Icon
Back on the Facebook Messenger home screen, tap on the square and pencil icon in the upper right corner.
Select Secret
From the next screen, select Secret in the upper right corner.
Type their name in the Search Bar
Next, use the Search Bar to type in the name of the user you’d like to start a Facebook Secret Conversation with.
Set the timer
Ones of the ways Facebook Secret Conversations differs from Snapchat is that you’re able to set a timer for when you’d like messages to expire.
To do so, tap the clock icon where you would type your message.
Choose how long you’d like your messages to appear within the Secret Conversation. When their time is up, these messages will no longer be shown within the conversation.
If you’re worried about how notifications from a Facebook Secret Conversation will appear on your lock screen, Facebook Messenger will alert you that you have a message but will not specify who it’s from. Or, find out how to turn off Facebook notifications so this won't pop up in the first place.
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Shhh… it’s a secret
No matter what kind of Facebook Secret Conversation you’re having, you can be sure that the messages being sent and received are completely classified.
If you weren’t aware that this Facebook feature existed, check it out and tell someone your secret. If you're lucky, whatever you say will stay between the two of you.
Interested in learning more about what you can do on Facebook? Check out our articles on:
- How to delete Facebook messages
- Explore the Facebook Activity Log
- Three easy ways to take back your Facebook News Feed
- Learn how to tag someone on Facebook
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Mara Calvello is a Content Marketing Manager at G2 with a focus on Design, Human Resources, and SaaS Management. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Elmhurst College. In addition to working at G2, Mara is a freelance writer for a handful of small- and medium-sized tech companies. In her spare time, Mara is either at the gym, exploring the great outdoors with her rescue dog Zeke, enjoying Italian food, or right in the middle of a Harry Potter binge.
How to Use the Secret Conversation Feature in Messenger
- You can make a "secret conversation" in Messenger by starting a new conversation and tapping the icon in the top-right corner.
- Messenger's secret conversations are encrypted, meaning that your messages are incredibly private — not even Facebook can read them.
- Secret conversations are only available in the Messenger mobile app, not the website.
In the past few years, encrypted messaging apps have become increasingly popular. Signal, Telegram — and now Messenger.
Despite being run by a company not known for its data security, Messenger's "secret conversation" feature is a legitimately safe way to chat with friends and colleagues. Secret conversations are protected with end-to-end encryption, meaning that no one outside the chat can read what's inside.
It's similar to Vanish Mode, another Messenger feature that prioritizes secret and secure conversations.
If you care about privacy and want to use Messenger, secret conversations should be your go-to tool. Here's how to start a secret conversation and customize its settings.
How to make a secret conversation in MessengerSecret conversations are exclusive to the iPhone, iPad, and Android Messenger apps. You won't find them in the Messenger desktop app or website.
1. Open the Messenger app and tap the compose message icon in the top-right corner.
2. A list of all your contacts will appear. Here, tap the button in the top-right corner — on an iPhone or iPad it'll say Secret, while on an Android it'll be a switch with a padlock icon.
Turn on the secret conversation mode by tapping the button in the top-right.
Facebook; William Antonelli/Insider 3. Tap the person who you want to have a secret conversation with. It has to be a one-on-one chat — you can't have a secret group chat.
4. You'll be brought into a secret conversation with the person you chose. Once you send a message, it'll appear on their device.
Your secret conversations are "end-to-end encrypted," meaning they're secure at all times. Facebook; William Antonelli/InsiderIf you're Facebook friends with the person on the other end of the chat, you can enable disappearing messages as well.
These let you put a timer on every message sent, so they'll delete themselves after a short period of time.
1. At the top of the secret conversation, tap the other chatter's name (iPhone or iPad) or the "i" icon (Android) to open the options menu.
2. Tap Disappearing Messages, and then choose how long you want messages to last.
If you enable disappearing messages, your messages can last up to a day. Facebook; William Antonelli/InsiderAdditionally, you can report the person you're chatting with, block them, or just delete the chat. To do so, open the options menu again and tap Something's Wrong, Block, or Delete Chat respectively.
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a complete step-by-step guide to promote the page
On March 4, 2022, Roskomnadzor decided to block Facebook, and on March 11, 2022 - to block Instagram. If you are in Russia, most likely, both social networks are currently unavailable to you.
But we have some useful material for you.
(For those who have social networks working - the text of the article is below, under the list of links)
Telegram:
How to start a channel in Telegram
5 ways to monetize Telegram
How to make stickers for Telegram: a step-by-step guide
VKontakte:
VKontakte: a large selection of tips and services
VKontakte targeting: a complete setup guide
Odnoklassniki:
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Yandex.
Zen:
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Updated by Daria Rakova.
How to increase the number of Facebook page fans? How do you get them to interact with you? How to turn these people into clients and buyers? Read this step-by-step guide or contact TexTerra for SMM promotion right away. We help to stand out from competitors and fall in love with the target audience.
Table of contents:
Page design
Cover and Avatar
Address
Template and target button
Information on page
Content
Publications with video
Facebook Stories
Promotion and analytics
Information in other social networks and services
Communication on Facebook
Invitations
Automation
Store
Offline promotion
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Table of contents:
Page design
Cover and Avatar
Address
Template and target button
Information on page
Content
Publications with video
Facebook Stories
Promotion and analytics and services
Communication on Facebook
Invitations
Automation
Shop
Reviews
Contests
Targeted advertising
Partnerships
Page statistics
other advice on promotion on Facebook
Additional capabilities
Guest post or article
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Cover and avatar
- Static cover
Page cover is not only the face of the brand, but also an excellent platform for advertising.
On it, you can promote your products and services, invite subscribers to webinars and conferences, and much more. To understand how to format it correctly, look at an example.
An advertising offer can be placed both on the cover itself and in the description of it, because the user will see it as soon as he clicks on the cover
Another point worth paying attention to is the quality of the cover. As you can see, there is no blur in the picture above. To achieve this result, you need to create an image of at least 820 by 312 pixels in PNG format. We recommend using images b and in a larger size (for example, 1702 by 630 pixels) so that when opened on monitors with a higher resolution, the images are large and look good.
This is how the small cover (851 by 315) looks like on a large screen with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels:
There is a lot of black space on the sides. The picture looks small
And this is how the big cover (1702 by 630) looks like on the same screen:
There is almost no black space on the sides.
The picture is big. It's easy to view
Once you've set your group's cover, be sure to check out how it looks on a mobile device. Anything larger than 640 by 360 pixels will be clipped.
- Static avatar
The size of the avatar must be at least 170 x 170 pixels (128 x 128 for smartphones). As in the previous example, you can upload a larger image so that it is larger and of better quality when opened.
This screenshot has a 1290px x 1290px avatar open. Monitor resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Animated cover or video blog
Animated covers on Facebook can currently only be created on business pages. This feature is not yet available on the personal page.
The video must be between 20 and 90 seconds long and at least 1250 x 312 pixels in size. The recommended size is 820 x 462 pixels. It is best to use video with a resolution of 1250 x 463 pixels and an aspect ratio of 2.7.
You can change the size of the finished video using the online editor.For example, Resize-Video.
To make an animated cover, go to the company profile, click on "Edit" and then "Select video". The video must be uploaded to the library on the page in advance.
Select the desired video in the pop-up window.
Making an animated Facebook cover
Then select one of the suggested video thumbnails and click Save Changes.
By the way, the video is without sound. Keep this in mind when choosing a video for your cover.
- Animated avatar
Animated avatar can only be made on the personal page. To do this, you must use the Facebook app for iOS or Android. The algorithm of actions will be as follows (using iOS as an example):
1. Go to your profile and click on your profile picture.
2. Select the "Select photo / video" command.
3. Click the "Use" button.
Animated avatar for the personal page
Address
The Facebook page address is pulled automatically from the title.
To change the URL, change the page name.
Template and target button
Facebook has special templates for different types of business: Services, Company, Sites, Non-Profit Organization, Politicians, Restaurants and Cafes, Shopping, " Public Figures" or "Video Page".
To install a template, go to your Facebook settings, go to the "Templates and tabs" section and select the one that suits you best.
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Once selected, click "Apply Template"
Here's how it's done on mobile:
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The order is about the same as on desktop
Depending on your tasks, the target button that is shown to users right under the cover, you can change.
To add the first one, click Add Button.
These are the button options for Facebook pages
Each template has one or another button by default, but it can be changed. For example, install a "Call" button so that a person can make a call immediately from Facebook.
Select a country code and enter a number, then click Save
Smartphone users can now call your company with a single tap. It's fast and convenient.
Mobile users can call, and desktop users can copy the number
All clicks on this button can be tracked in the "Statistics" section. It can also be promoted as an advertising post.
To get more calls, click on the corresponding button in the menu
To view the statistics for the button, click "Statistics" in the menu on the left, then "Page Actions". You will see all clicks.
When someone calls you, the information will appear on graph
Page information
The more information you provide, the more professional and credible your page will appear to consumers. Do not neglect this point. Tell everything you can tell, in every detail. Add photos and videos. Complete the services section if necessary.
Ask at least a few of your customers to leave a review about your company.
If you don't have a website but have a group, you can enter your Facebook group address in the "Website" line and link them together.
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You can enter a lot of information: title and description of the page, category of services, contact information, opening hours, price range, status (closed or open), Instagram account and location on the map
On a personal page, you can indicate the position and place of work. This is necessary so that users can get to your business page through the profile.
To enter information about your place of work, go to the "Edit profile" section, select "Work" and start typing the name of the page.
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Page created and designed.
It's time to move on to the content.
Publications with photos
- Make a rough content plan. Users love content that is both useful and entertaining. Announce new blog posts, post high-quality infographics and videos, and start interesting discussions. Not enough ideas? We have as many as 96. Choose the most suitable for your industry.
- When posting, keep Facebook in mind. In the video below, we talk about the four main features of the social network:
- Use quality branded images. Beautiful visuals with your company logo will help create a unique style and make the brand more recognizable and professional.
Post from the official Visa page
It is desirable that the pictures for the posts be large - 1200 by 630 pixels for horizontal pictures and 1200 by 1200 for square ones. This size is needed so that users who use large screens do not experience inconvenience.
We already talked about this at the very beginning of article 9.0003
- Post regularly. It is impossible to say exactly what frequency of publications will be optimal. It is worth experimenting with the time and frequency of publications in order to identify the best option in a particular case.
- Encourage the audience to publish posts mentioning you or your company using a topical hashtag - this way you will collect high-quality UGC over time.
- Highlight your best publications . The posts that get the most likes and reposts should be in the most visible place so that those who have not yet viewed them do so as soon as possible. To pin a post to the very top of the feed, click on the arrow in the upper right corner and select the "Pin to Top of Page" command.
This is what an attached post looks like
Posts with video
Video is one of the ongoing trends of every social network.
In addition, according to research by Google and Ipsos, 55% percent of users use videos instead of shopping lists when shopping.
Find out which video formats are supported by Facebook here. If you can't post your video, you can fix the problem by reading this article.
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When publishing a video, do not forget to check "Show on Facebook Watch" so that yours is displayed not only on your page, but also in a special separate tab on Facebook.
This is how the Facebook Watch feed looks like
Important! The Watch section only shows videos from verified Pages and Profiles, and Pages and Profiles with more than 5,000 followers.
Read more about Watch in the Facebook guide.
Facebook Stories
Don't forget about Facebook stories. Here are some headings for Stories.
- The inner life of your company.
Show your corporate events, employees, their jobs. - Discounts, promotions and promo codes. Stories on Facebook are available 24 hours, just like on other social networks. Encourage your audience to take advantage of a great offer here and now.
- Polls. Polls in Stories let you learn what users think about your company and more.
This is what the page looks like when the story is posted on it:
You can share the story both in the profile and on the company page, but only through the application for iOS or Android.
In the story, you can place a text publication, music, video boomerang, poll, photo and video taken with the front camera (section "Selfie"), as well as "Mood" - a section in which you can select a ready-made thematic GIF.
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To post a story, click "Add Story" under your profile or page photo, then select the post type0003
Promotion and analytics
Information in other social networks and services
Your content is great.
It's time to share it outside of the Facebook page. If you have accounts on other social networks, be sure to give them information about your Facebook page and vice versa.
- Link the group and page. This will increase the reach and engagement of both sites. You will also be able to manage the group, create publications and communicate with members both on your behalf and on behalf of the page. If anything, you can untie the group at any time.
Header
This is what the page-linked group would look like:
- Link your Instagram profile to your Facebook business page. This will allow you to run Insta advertising campaigns (they are launched using Facebook Ads Manager) and collect accurate statistics on them.
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- Give a link to your page in the description of other accounts in social networks , and on your Facebook page, give links to your VKontakte, Twitter, Youtube, etc.
We link to our Facebook page in the YouTube channel header
- Add a link to your page in your email signature. To do this on Yandex mail, go to "Settings" - "Personal data, signature, portrait".
Enter the required information, format and save.
Setting up a signature in Yandex.Mail
Signatures in other mail services are set up in approximately the same way.
- Promote your page in the mailing list. If you run a newsletter, tell your subscribers about your Facebook page and why they should subscribe to it. If you don't have a mailing list yet, start building a base for it. You are ignoring one of the most powerful traffic and lead generation channels.
- The last tip in this section: recommend your page on all social networks where you have subscribers! Sometimes giving a link in the description is not enough. You need to encourage the audience to follow it.
Make a post about why your VKontakte followers should join your Facebook page. It is clear that since they read you on VKontakte, most likely it is more convenient for them, but you may be of interest to a small part of the audience.
Communicate on Facebook
- Leave useful and thoughtful comments on other people's publications . Try to make users want to view your profile and go to the brand page.
- Mention other users in your posts. When you mention people with the @ symbol, there's a good chance your post will be featured in their feed. Most Facebook users have this feature enabled by default, but even if not, the person will look at your post and decide whether to publish it on their page or not. And if he decides to publish, you will get the attention of his audience.
This is what a user mention on Facebook looks like
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Invitations
- Invite friends to like your page.
When you are just starting to develop your Facebook page, you can not neglect any of the methods to increase the number of likes.
Invite your friends to like your page. To do this, click on the button with three dots under the cover of the page, select the "Invite Friends" command, check the box next to "Send an invitation to Messenger" (so that the person receives your message personally) and write an invitation that will not cause him negative.
Do you post cool content? Write about it. Do you want him to like the page in a friendly way, and then unfollow when you get a real audience? As you say, there is nothing wrong with that.
Sending an invitation to friends
Someone will ignore your message, someone will enter into a dialogue, and someone will silently like the page.
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- Send invitations to new friends. Every time a new person is added as a friend, send him a message that reads something like this: “Hi.
Thanks for adding me as a friend. If you are interested in [insert your topic], join my page. Every day I publish there the most interesting and useful content on the topic. Here is the link - [link to your page]. Come in :)". - Invite people from your phone or email contact list. It doesn't matter who these people will be: your clients, pen pals, or just passing acquaintances - invite everyone to become subscribers to your page (if they refuse, it's okay, you have to start somewhere). Invite people to your page no more than once, so that the invitation does not look like spam.
To do this, upload your contact list using the Facebook mobile application. Click on three lines, then "Contacts". Recommended friends will appear on the screen, whom you can invite to become followers of the Page.
This is what uploading friends from contacts looks like
Automation
By clicking on the "Message" button, users can write private messages to your page.
Often, many of them hang unnoticed until the moderator visits the page. To prevent this from happening, set up automatic replies. For example, you could write the following: “Thank you for writing to us. We will respond within a day." Then the user will not expect a momentary response from you and will remain loyal to your company.
"Message" button, through which users can communicate with your company personally
To set up an automatic reply, go to the page settings and select the "Messaging" section.
Go to "Messaging"" title="Go to "Messaging"
In "Messaging" you can set up a greeting, as well as see a link to your page in the messenger to insert it on your site, for example.
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Message customization features
To set up automatic replies, click Customize and you will be taken to the Facebook Business Suite, which combines messaging features for both Facebook and Instagram business pages.
Then select "Instant Reply" and enter the message you want to send to users after they write to you.
Sending an invitation to friends
In addition to an instant reply, you can also set up an automatic message.
You can set up different types of messages: from a reaction to the fact that your page is recommended / not recommended, to a list of frequently asked questions
The algorithm for setting up all types of messages in Facebook Business Suite is approximately the same.
Depending on how quickly you respond to user messages, your page will display information about how many times you respond on average.
Install the Facebook Business Suite app on your smartphone so that users can see that you are responding quickly. So you can track messages to all your accounts in one place and quickly respond to them.
Facebook Business Suite interface
In addition to viewing and replying to messages, Facebook Business Suite allows you to post, schedule Instagram posts, and even promote your page.
Shop
If you choose a template that has a Shop tab, you have the option to add your products to your Facebook page and tag them in the post.
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When you go to the "Shop" tab, we see the products of page
If you click on a product, Facebook will offer to place an order on the site.
Any of the products can be added to publications. To do this, you need to click on the appropriate button and publish the entry:
As a result, it will look like this:
Reviews
In addition to calls to action in publications, you can (and should) encourage users to leave reviews on your Facebook page.
Get your customers to be honest about their page experience so that potential customers can use reviews to guide their selection.
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This is how testimonials will look on your page. Don't Forget to Answer Them
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Contests
An interesting contest will increase both the reach and engagement of your page.
If you try hard, then the number of subscribers / fans.
Here are some tips for running Facebook contests:
- start with the goal of the competition, and then think over the mechanics;
- raffle something valuable and directly related to the brand;
- think carefully about the idea of the competition and link it to the newsbreak;
- draw up the official rules of the competition;
- record the summing up on video and post it to the public;
- hold contests regularly, alternating mechanics.
Facebook contests are similar to contests in other social networks
Targeted advertising
You can also increase your audience reach with Facebook ads. Click the "Promote" button on the main page, then select the purpose of the publication.
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You can promote both individual posts and the entire page
You can promote a page on Facebook and Instagram if the desired target audience lives there.
To do this, you need to create an advertising campaign in Ads Manager, select the goal, the page you want to advertise, click "Manual placements" in the settings and leave a checkmark only in the "Instagram" line.
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This is how you can set up ads that will be shown on Instagram
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Partner placements
Contact the admins of other publics on Facebook and agree on co-marketing. Let them recommend your page to their followers, and you recommend them. The same can be done with the mailing list, if you have approximately the same number of subscribers, and with any other traffic acquisition channels.
Page statistics
Promotion without analytics - time and money wasted. Facebook has a lot of data that will help you run your community more effectively every day.
View the summary:
Understand your target audience:
Track the growth of the community:
See what type of content is getting the most reach and engagement, and at what time the content is most interesting to the audience:
Click on each of the tabs in the " Statistics". After studying this information, you will be able to create the highest quality content that will receive wide coverage and be in demand among your users.
To get detailed statistics on your page and competitors' pages, use the services from this article ("Facebook" section).
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Additional Features
- Write an article on your website called "10 Reasons to Like Our Facebook Page".
Accompany each item with a screenshot to prove your point. At the end of the material, do not forget to link to your public and come up with a catchy call to action. - Add the Page plugin to your site. "Page" allows visitors to see your news feed directly from the pages of the site. Installing it is very easy. All you need to do is: select the desired settings, copy the code and paste it on your site.
Page plugin settings
- Pin the bar Hello Bar at the very top of the site. This is a shareware service that can increase the likes of your articles. To do this, go to the main page of the service, add your site and select the Social Engagement goal.
Once you have chosen your goal, choose the method to achieve it. Best suited Hello Bar
Choose the color and size of the banner (you can choose from ready-made templates), the pages on which it will be displayed, write the text and click Publish Now.
After that, you will be prompted to insert the service code into your site template. Once you've done that, the Hello Bar will work and you'll be able to track your stats.
We encourage users to like articles
- Create creative polls, contests and quizzes. Engage with your audience at all levels.
You can create a poll to find out the opinion of subscribers on a particular topic. To do this, you need Polls for Pages.
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This is how the poll setup in Polls for Pages looks like. The service is in English, but its interface is intuitive. The survey can be done in Russian or one of the many languages
You can start the quiz using Quizzes for Pages. The setup algorithm is similar to Polls for Pages. After creating a quiz in the app, you can either install it on the page (if you have more than 2,000 likes) or link to it in the post.
This is how the quiz will look on a page with more than 2,000 likes
- Give out discounts for likes.
Facebook Coupon App and Social Offers will help you with this. The first allows you to create personalized discount coupons that are activated with a like. The second activates the discount after a certain number of people join the promotion. Both applications are paid, but there is a free trial period that can be requested from technical support. - Offer quality content for likes. Use the method described at the very end of this article. Only instead of the "Tweet" button, set the "Like" button. This can be done using the Viral Lock service.
The user tweeted the article and only then got access to the desired material. The same can be done with Facebook
Guest post or article
To get even more people to know about your page, write an article on a popular resource. Instead of linking to your site, ask the site owner to add a link to a Facebook page. If the site is popular enough, and the readers like the article, you can be sure that there will be a lot of transitions.
Katerina Kushnir published an article on our website and included a link to her Facebook profile in her description. Now we indicate links not in the author’s description, but at the very beginning of the article . To go live, click on the appropriate button in your profile:
To start a live broadcast, click on the "Live broadcast" button
Select live broadcast settings, check the picture and sound. If necessary, add a message to your users, and when you're done, click on the "Go Live" button.
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When the broadcast ends, the video will automatically be saved to your profile and will hang there for the whole day. After this time, it will be automatically deleted.
To prevent this from happening (after all, this is useful content, and you can still use it), use the SaveFromNet service. Paste the link to your video into the search bar of this service and click the "Download" button.
A webinar can also help promote a page, since you can verbally recommend your page to people who are loyal to you (after all, they signed up for this webinar, which means they think that they can learn something from you) and immediately give it link.
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Offline promotion
In addition to word of mouth, which can bring the desired audience to your page, there are several ways to get people offline:
- Promote your page at an industry event in your market . If you are an expert in your field, you are likely to speak at industry conferences and seminars from time to time. Use this opportunity. Make a beautiful banner or print brochures describing your company and don't forget to add a link to your Facebook page there.
- Give gifts to your fans with your page address written on them. T-shirts, caps, mugs, stickers - all this can greatly help you promote your brand on Facebook.
Loyal users will gladly accept your gifts, and in turn you will increase brand awareness (especially useful for local businesses). - Upload a photo with your fans. If you were at a themed conference or fan meeting and took a group photo there, post it on your Facebook page and tag everyone in it.
- Encourage fans to post photos from your offline event! They will feel connected to your community/brand and you will get a quality UGC.
- Bonus tip for those with a sense of humor. Use each of the 17 unusual offline methods described in this article. Only instead of the site address, insert the address of the page on Facebook everywhere.
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Maintaining and promoting a Facebook page is sometimes a difficult and time-consuming task, but it will definitely bear fruit if you will:
- set goals and systematically move towards their achievement;
- track trends and new features of Facebook and your industry, implement them in your content;
- be attentive to the audience;
- use the tips in this article.
What methods of promoting pages and groups on Facebook do you already use? Which ones are new to you?
19 Facebook Messenger Tricks
Alla Rud 06/23/2020 184916 to read 12 minutes
Facebook is the most popular social network in the world, and the messaging app Facebook Messenger is also very popular among users. Almost everyone who uses Facebook uses Messenger to communicate with friends. However, most people are unaware of the great features that Facebook has added to the Messenger app. This review lists some of the best and most useful Facebook Messenger tips to help you get the most out of the app.
1. Blocking messages from a business account
If you previously interacted with a business page on Facebook Messenger, and now you are receiving promotional messages that annoy you, then there are solutions for this case.
Open a conversation and in the upper right corner, tap the blue tick icon, and then tap Mute Messages . Now, if a business tries to send you a message, they'll get a message that the person can't be contacted on Messenger. Also, after blocking a contact, if you open More options, you can hide, delete, or unblock the conversation.
2. Hiding ads
Even though Facebook Messenger ads are not that annoying and appear as one of the conversations, if you want to hide these ads, there is an easy way to do so. On the Chats tab, swipe on the ad. Click on the menu that appears and select Hide Ads.
3. Search in conversation
Sometimes you want to find something that you or your friend has shared in a Facebook Messenger conversation. So, instead of scrolling through the whole conversation, you can use the Search in conversation option.
Open any conversation and tap your contact's profile picture. In the settings, click Search in Conversation and now in the search field, enter any keyword you want to search for.
It will instantly return all results that match your keyword.
4. Messenger Room
An interesting feature of Facebook Messenger is the Messenger Room. This is video chat where you can chat with people through link sharing and anyone with a shared link can join even if they don't have a Facebook or Messenger account. To create a Messenger room, go to People and click Active. Press 9 here0296 "Create a room" , and then click "Try".
Your device's camera will now be activated for the video call. However, at this point you will see two options for adding members:
- People with a link (anyone with a link can join the room).
- Only people on Facebook (Only those with a Facebook account can join the room).
Once you've decided who can join your room, click "Share Link" to invite people to your video chat.
5. Enable dark theme
Dark Mode is the latest UI trend among apps and operating systems.
Like many other apps, you can change the user interface of your Facebook Messenger to dark mode. Here is how you can activate it:
Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.
Click "Dark Mode" > "On" to activate the dark mode user interface.
6. Using the desktop version (messenger.com)
Your browser has the Facebook Messenger mobile app, and your browser has a Messenger that you can access through Facebook. But did you know that there is a third way to access Messenger, that is, through messenger.com. Though messenger.com won't have all the features of the Facebook Messenger app, but it can be a good option when you can't access Messenger in any other way0003
7. Secret Chat Features
There are times when you want to chat secretly with one of your Facebook contacts. In such a case, Facebook Messenger allows you to start a secret conversation, which is encrypted. To start a secret conversation in the Messenger app:
Click the new message icon in the upper right corner.
Tap "Secret" and then select the contact you want to have a secret conversation with. You can also change an existing conversation to a secret one by clicking on the person's name at the top and selecting Go to Secret Conversation.
What's interesting about secret conversations is that you can set a timer for each message by clicking on the timer icon in the text field and then selecting any time from 5 seconds to 1 day, after which the message will disappear as soon as it will be read by the recipient.
If you don't see this option in your Messenger app, you'll have to enable it in Settings. For this:
Click on the profile picture in the upper left corner.
Go to Secret Conversations and turn it on.
You can also delete secret conversations on the same page.
8. Show your location
Facebook Messenger allows you to share your current location with any of your Facebook friends so they can easily contact you.
To share your location:
Open any conversation and tap the plus sign (+) in the bottom left corner.
Touch the Location icon (arrow icon on the right) and you will see a map with a pin displayed at the exact location.
Click Start Sharing Live Location and your friend will know where to find you.
9. Sending a video message
Just like sending voice messages, you can use Facebook Messenger to send video messages to your contacts. To do this, in Facebook Messenger in your browser:
Open a conversation and click on the camera icon in the lower left corner.
Select Capture Video, record your video message and send it.
Similarly, to send a video message in the Facebook Messenger mobile app:
Open any conversation and tap the camera icon On the camera screen, press and hold the button in the center to create a video. As soon as you release this button, your video will start playing.
Now click Share to share it with your contact.
10. Audio / video calls or sending a voice message
Going beyond a text conversation, Facebook Messenger allows you to make voice and video calls with your contacts. Just open any conversation and tap the voice or video call icon in the top right corner. You can also send voice messages to your contacts by pressing the microphone icon at the bottom of and then pressing the red record button.
11. Group management
Most messaging apps allow you to create and manage group conversations, and Facebook Messenger is no exception. This feature is especially useful when you have to coordinate with several of your Facebook friends, and sometimes even non-friends.
You can create a group by doing the following:
Tap the new message icon in the top right corner and a list of suggested contacts will appear.
Select the ones you want to add to the group and click Done.
If the people you want to add to the group are not in the list of suggested contacts, you can find them in the search box above. You can even add people to your group who are not among your Facebook friends.
After creating a group, you can proceed to the group setting, from which you can change the color theme of the group, assign aliases to members, change the name of the group, and make other settings.
12. Disable group notifications
Facebook Messenger group conversations are very useful for communicating and coordinating with a group of friends at the same time. However, when group members start sharing messages that have nothing to do with you, then you don't see a choice but to turn off notifications. To disable group notifications:
On the Chat tab, swipe left on a group conversation.
Click on the bell icon and choose how long you want this group chat to be disabled.
You will see a menu window with different time intervals - from 15 minutes to 24 hours and even a 'until turn it on again' turn in which you can disable notifications.
If you don't want to just turn off notifications but not receive them at all, there is an option in the group settings to ignore messages.
After enabling this option, the group will be moved to the list of filtered messages and you will not receive any notifications. In addition, none of your group members will know that you have ignored group messages.
Note . The notification mute feature is not available on the Messenger mobile app.
13. Creating stories
You can use Facebook Messenger to create and share a story with your friends. Like Instagram and Snapchat, you can share a photo or video that your friends can view and it lasts for 24 hours. To create history :
Go to the "History" button in the upper left corner and click on the plus (+).
It will go to your photo album where you can select photos or videos or access your camera to take it right away.
You can publish your story to all the people in your Facebook contacts or send it to selected people as a message.
Just select the contacts you want to share your story with and click send.
Note . This option is only available in the Messenger mobile app.
14. View history anonymously
If you want to see your friends' history on Facebook Messenger anonymously, then this feature is for you. In the Messenger app, click "People" at the bottom, and then click "Stories" in the top right corner of . Here you will see all the stories your friends have shared in the last 24 hours. Even though the story will be shown as a thumbnail, it's still big enough for anyone to figure out what it's about.
However, one of the downsides of this trick is that you can't see all the stories your friends have shared, and only the most recent one will be visible to you.
15. Adding Aliases
Facebook Messenger allows you to change any of your contact names and give them a nickname of your choice. Here's how to do it:
Click on your contact's name and go to Edit Aliases.
Set a nickname for your friend.
Now click Save.
Setting aliases can also help you distinguish between your contacts if more than one of them has the same name.
Note . Only you and your friend will be able to see the nickname you have given them.
16. Games with friends
Facebook Messenger invites you to play games with any of your contacts that you are talking to.
Just open a conversation with one of your contacts and click the 9 icon0296 game console on the chat panel . This will open a menu window showing many different games.
You can simply click "Play" to send an invitation and start playing the game with your contact right in the conversation.
Note . This option is only available in Messenger in your browser, not in the Messenger mobile app.
17. Adding additional accounts
For those who have more than one account Facebook, Facebook Messenger allows you to add all additional accounts in the same application.
To add more accounts to the Messenger app:
Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.
Click "Switch Account" and then click "Add" in the upper right corner. From here, you can add as many accounts to the Messenger app as you like.
You can also click "Create a New Account" at the bottom of the same page to create a new Facebook account directly from the Messenger app.
18. Checking messages from “not friends”
In Facebook Messenger, you only see messages from people who are already on your friends list. However, sometimes you may receive messages from people who are not on your friends list. To check messages like this:
Click on your profile picture to go to your settings.
Click Request Messages and you will see all messages sent to you by non-friends on Facebook.
19. Creating a survey
It can be really difficult to get a group to make a decision or to ask their opinion on a certain issue.
