{"id":51209,"date":"2018-03-16T12:37:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/?p=5429\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T12:37:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:37:44","slug":"business-facebook-groups","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_base","link":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing on social media channels is now a common thing in the majority of businesses. Especially towards Facebook, marketers have special expectations &#8211; perhaps because it gathers an enormous amount of people on one platform. However, we have to keep in mind that on Facebook there is also a huge amount of content and the organic reach is decreasing every single day for everyone, that includes you. When we add the changes in the Facebook algorithm to all of this, we as marketers are forced to constantly verify and re-evaluate our marketing strategies and activities, as well as to be more and more creative. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, is the use of Facebook groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><b>The hidden potential<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Facebook groups are enormously important nowadays.<\/strong> Although many marketers still are not aware of that, groups have a great potential to better reach a specific target audience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just think about how many Facebook groups there are (and most probably you know only about a small percentage of them!). They gather dozens of users &#8211; users who are often very active and engaged in what is going on in the group. Why? Simply because they belong to the group only when they really want to, when they are interested in specific topics or community issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once your brand is present on Facebook groups, you have <strong>many possibilities to raise awareness about your business in their minds<\/strong>. If it is important for you to have full control over what is going on in the group, you should consider creating your own. It can be targeted e.g. at sharing knowledge and experience about a specific topic or event which your company is organising or even your product itself. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course there are brands which are already taking advantage of Facebook groups but the potential is still not fully realized. Although the reach in groups is also decreasing, the situation is still much better than comparing to the users\u2019 feed. <\/span><b>This is why now is the best moment to take advantage of this form of communication.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3842881\/a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3842881\/a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4.png\" alt=\"Start analyzing\u00a0your\u00a0Facebook performance\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(3842881, 'a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4', {}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h2><b>6 advantages of using Facebook groups for my business <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, but you may ask, how can my business use Facebook groups? It is all nicely said, but how does it all look like in practice? We\u2019ve got that covered too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First thing is that you can either create your own group or join an already existing one. Some companies\/people are also buying groups, especially those which are performing well \ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is how you can use Facebook groups &amp; what goals each activity will help you to achieve:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By monitoring Facebook groups you will be able to find out <strong>how big is the interest about this specific topic on Facebook<\/strong>, and what follows that, how big is your potential target audience there. Knowing all that it will be also easier for you to decide if your brand should create its own group or if it is pointless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitoring Facebook groups has another benefit. It will provide your business with very <strong>valuable knowledge<\/strong> on clients\u2019 real expectations: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are they looking for? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are their expectations towards the specific product or service?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they satisfied with the current offer available at the market?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they using your product or service? Or your competitors\u2019? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they satisfied about the product\/service they use? Are they recommending it to other people?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is extremely valuable knowledge, which can be used to improve your business, expand and develop it.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides monitoring, which with learning more about the market in general should be always a step number 1, another thing is simply <strong>asking people for their opinions<\/strong>. What we mean by saying that? Active ways of gaining knowledge, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask, more or less direct, questions,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create surveys,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run some research, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to Facebook groups you can obviously <strong>promote<\/strong> (again, more or less directly) your products or services, which means treating them like <strong>additional sales channel<\/strong> helpful to reach your target audience better and gain new clients. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>5.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to your <strong>own groups<\/strong> you can also use them to stay in touch with your clients &#8211; <strong>create some kind of community<\/strong> &#8211; and e.g. provide them with some exclusive offers or news &#8211; sneak peaks of what is coming. Quite popular is also creating groups after some events, where people can share knowledge and help each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>6.<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being present and active on Facebook groups can be an amazing way of <strong>getting people to know your brand<\/strong>, to exist in their minds by presenting your brand as an expert, a specialist in specific topic. By sharing knowledge, experience and advices you will build a trust and connection between your brand and your target audience. Such approach will mean that your brand is open and willing to help others. This kind of self-promotion is generally much better perceived by people than standard promotion and advertising. It shows your real value and proves your brand is unique and worth peoples\u2019 attention. With this kind of <strong>educational attitude<\/strong>, you can be sure that people will be coming back to you, however, the effects in most cases won\u2019t be immediate. But the patience pays off!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3842881\/a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3842881\/a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4.png\" alt=\"Start analyzing\u00a0your\u00a0Facebook performance\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(3842881, 'a0f2136a-dccc-40f0-b875-6ae0a8ed96b4', {}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<h2><b>Get the most out of Facebook groups<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook groups, by engaging dozens of Facebook users, can be a great way to stay in touch with your (potential) clients. Although this potential might be not visible at first sight, it does not mean there is no value in using Facebook groups for business purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming to an end, just remember that there are many Facebook groups on the topic connected to your business, so to be efficient you\u2019ll have to select only few, which you find the most relevant in your case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/posting-facebook-groups-effective-business\/\">Is posting on Facebook groups effective for my business?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/resources\/knowledge-base\/can-facebook-help-me-with-building-brand-awareness\/\">Can Facebook help me with building brand awareness?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":51562,"template":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sotrender Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sotrender\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Sotrender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/\",\"name\":\"Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-16T12:37:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-16T12:37:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"group of people\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"KBs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Sotrender Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?","description":"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?","og_description":"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.","og_url":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/","og_site_name":"Sotrender Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sotrender","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Sotrender","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/","url":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/","name":"Facebook groups - How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-16T12:37:44+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-16T12:37:44+00:00","description":"Marketers have special expectations towards Facebook. One form of communication, which has huge but not fully recognized potential, are Facebook groups.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/adult-2178440_1280-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"group of people"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/business-facebook-groups\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KBs","item":"https:\/\/wwwprod.sotrender.com\/blog\/knowledge_base\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How can my business benefit from Facebook groups?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/","name":"Sotrender Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base\/51209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge_base"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}