Why aren’t my Facebook Fans reading my blog?
Are there times where you feel like your Facebook fans aren’t necessarily reading your blog? It can be frustrating and make you wonder why they aren’t following you?
Before I share my tips that I have found to work, I wanted to let you know that even if they aren’t coming to your blog, they are listening (or else they wouldn’t be a facebook fan).
There are times when I post my recipe right on my FB page (with a link in the comments so that when it is shared, they can find my URL). I want my readers to come to my blog, but I am grateful that they are reading on my FB page, as well.
While these tips won’t make every reader come to your page, I hope that they help. I want them to be able to use the tips that I am sharing for their own families or homes. Here are the top 3 reasons that you might NOT getting readers to your page.
1- You are not adding a picture with your Facebook page posts (even with the link- sometimes it doesn’t come up automatically). If you have a new post to put up, use your featured image from your blog to showcase it on your facebook page. (See my examples on our Facebook Page. ) *****YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A URL LINK IN THE COMMENTS OR YOUR PICTURE WILL NOT HAVE A URL ATTACHED if they share it. ****
2- Do you have a website URL listed under your profile picture in the about section.
You need to have this in your about section on your Facebook page and you need to have it listed so that you see it first. See our Blogging on the Side Facebook Page, to see what I mean. I rely on this when I go to a Facebook page and want to find out more about them or their blog- it is so much easier than searching for the blog via search engine if you are already on the FB page.
3- Are you asking questions pertaining to your upcoming post before you post it?
Get your readers excited! If I am going to post about the latest & greatest e-book that I just wrote, I will lead up to it by posting the day before about it and then posting about 5 hours before my post is released: “Wow- wait until you check out my new e-book post!” (I schedule these early in the day so that I am not getting onto facebook all day long). Schedule them through facebook, not through another source. Facebook frowns upon posting from other sites. (Your posts just wont reach as many people). While I’m at it- another tip is to have your link in your comments, instead of right there in the status. Your post will reach more people.
How do you bring your readers from Facebook to your blog? We all learn from each other, so share your tips if you have some! Thanks!
I don’t understand the magic of facebook but I can tell you that I reach more fans without a picture than with one. I agree with putting the URL link in the first comment though. I do everything you suggested twice, once with a picture and on without and still my reach is not even a quarter of my fan count.
Hi. I did have to go and put my URL under my profile picture. I did not have that. Thanks for that tips. I really appreciate it! 🙂
Also, I have a chart on my Pinterest board for blogging about the best time of day to post to FB, Twitter, Link In, etc. Is that a good general guide to go by?
I still tend to find that the updates with the most reach on Facebook are those without images and the link just in the update. However, I would love to include my images. Is there a better reach when we post images if we put the link in the first comment? This is one area I’m working hard on at the moment.
Thanks,
Mel from Essential Thing Devotions
Thanks for the tips! I find that even though I do this, only a certain percentage of my fans receive my posts – because I do not pay for ads on facebook:( I guess the best way to do this, to reach everyone, is to post a little here and a little there so everyone sees it? What is your take on this? A google on “how many facebook fans see my post” will give you a good idea of the source of my thoughts on fan views:)
I agree- I try to post 3 times a day on facebook (early birds, nap-time readers and night owls) 🙂
Thank you for these tips, I tend to put my link above my photo, so I’m gonna have to start putting it in my comments section…It is quite upsetting seeing I have so many fans and barely get noticed;(
Great tips! I swear there is no rhyme or reason to how I get traffic from any source. LOL It seems like it comes in waves and some weeks a simple Google search will bring me TONS of traffic, next few weeks Pinterest and then Facebook. And I always wondered why the links needed to be in the first comment so thanks for explaining that!
I struggle with some of these things as a blogger. I personally rarely ever click through to the url when a blogger on FB says “link in comments.” It may just be me, I have a slow computer and the time it takes to open up the comments {they don’t normally show on a page status unless you click on it} isn’t usually worth it.
However, as a blogger I know having the url in the actual status isn’t great for views. I used to have pretty good success if I just closed the preview that popped up underneath, but lately that hasn’t been making a big enough difference. So, I’m trying out some other ways to make my fans see my posts. Thanks for these suggestions!
I do the link in the comments in case it is shared. If they share the picture, usually the person seeing the “share” can’t find the URL, so I do it for that reason. 🙂 Let us know if you find any other ways that work!!