How do I create a specific friends list on Facebook?
Well talk about ways to hide or share your Facebook posts to specific groups of people using Facebook lists, but first Id like to discuss the reasons to cross and combine personal and business social activity. Show
Customers are real people too they follow pages to gain something from them education, inspiration or entertainment. So it is really important to provide these things to an audience. Using a personal Facebook profile to connect with business contacts helps to stay in touch dont shun requests completely. Once you know how to use Facebook lists youll feel confident in what you share and when. Linking a Facebook profile to a business pageLinking a personal Facebook profile to a business page helps to encourage people to discover more about your business. Set up correctly Facebook friends can see and click the link to your business page, it sits on the top let of your Facebook profile. To link your Facebook profile:
Mixing personal social media with businessMixing personal social media with their business social media makes some people very uncomfortable.However, I encourage you to share business updates across both your Facebook page and your personal profile, and personal updates on both too. Friends help to share your message and grow your network. Being personal strengthens connections.At a networking event I went to, I remember a business owner admitting they wouldnt want his clients to see a photo of him eating chips which was an example but it became the subject of great amusement in the group session. I understood his concerns but what would that photo really mean to his clients? Would they take their business elsewhere due to a photo? No. In fact entertaining photos that personalise a business have completely the reverse effect. People buy from businesses they trust, have strong connections with and who are familiar to them. This is also why I encourage physically meeting up instead of leaving it to connections online. Be yourself on social mediaAppear professional but realise that it is often a delight and a relief for customers to see the real you. A certain post may make them laugh, stick in the mind and humanise you. I am always a little relieved when walls come down. After going through reasons to makeyour social media more humanwe cannow get to topic. Accepting clients on a personal Facebook profileThere is a way to accept a client as a Facebook friend, but keeping some items private from from them the solution is Facebook lists. In my opinion Facebook lists are very under-used. Ive used Facebook lists for a long time to reveal posts to certain groups of people. I dont want to irritate my non-business friends with constant business updates. So certain posts I create are only visible to my business list. In the same way, Facebook lists can also be used to hide certain posts. How to edit and create Facebook listsIf someonethatI know only through business requests to be my friend I add them to abusiness list. I canthenpost a status or a photographto my business list only. Or I can hide a status or photograph from my business list. The lattermeans that the original post will notappear directly on their news feed. Be aware that a post can be seen by anyone if ithas been liked or shared by their friends. At time of writing you cannot set up lists on mobile devices. How to edit a Facebook list
Manage Facebook lists
How to create a custom Facebook listFrom your Facebook personal profile:
Add a single person to a listOnce a list is created friends can be added to it directly from their Facebook profile.
Hide tagged posts from chosen listsIt is possible to hide posts that you are tagged in from certain lists. People on that list will not see things that youre tagged in, on their news feed. Its a useful setting to keep control of what pops up on the news feed of business contacts. To hide posts you are tagged in from a certain list:
Here you can edit who can or cannot see posts to your timeline, who can share your posts to their stories and who can see posts you are tagged in. For example:
As a rule of thumb I let everyone see everything that I post (unless I change the privacy settings on a status, see below). However I block my business list from seeing items that I am tagged in. This way I am more in control of business contacts. Keep in mind that a post can be seen by anyone if it has been liked or shared by their friends. Facebook status privacy settingsShare a post to business contacts without boring non-business friends using Facebook lists too just post it out to the business list. Its then not shared directly with other friends. Heres how to share content to chosen Facebook lists:
I hope you enjoy using the lists on Facebook you can now share particular updates with people that are interested. That way you keep a better relationship. Use Facebook lists for clubs, groups, locations, companies, friendship groups, all sorts! They are so powerful and a bit of a Facebook secret! More people should use them. Share and Enjoy ! |