| Facebook has over 400 million members world | | | | main profile picture! |
| wide. It just surpassed Google in traffic, and the | | | | The BEST tip I can give is to create a Fan Page |
| average Facebook user is logging in at least twice | | | | for your Bartending Business. Set it up with some |
| a day. The question remains, are you on it? | | | | pictures, a description and write a few posts, |
| You are most likely already using Facebook to | | | | comments etc. Then go and invite all of your |
| connect with family and friends, but it is also a | | | | friends to become a "fan." This way, every one |
| great way to promote your business, get some | | | | of your friends knows you are currently |
| SEO (search engine optimization) and drive some | | | | bartending private parties and they will quickly |
| traffic to your site. | | | | become your referral sources! What the risk of |
| Facebook has the power to connect hundreds of | | | | creating a Fan Page? Nothing!! It's totally free to |
| thousands of people together all across the World | | | | set-up. Just go to your Facebook homepage and |
| (or even two cities away!) Which means, creating | | | | navigate to "Ads and Pages" on the sidebar and |
| a promotion for your bartender business is as | | | | there you go! Start filling out the Fan Page form. |
| easy as reading numbers. There are a lot of | | | | Be sure to be more descriptive on what you will |
| power strategies and tactics you can implement, | | | | put on your fan page on Facebook. People will |
| but be wary: know the Facebook guidelines and | | | | become your fan once they know it's worth it! |
| DON'T be spammy!! | | | | You must also show some attention to your |
| On Facebook, there needs to be a balance | | | | page's posts and create some discussions to |
| between social and business. The strategy here is | | | | make it live to the public and to your fan. There |
| to incorporate your title, company name and | | | | would no fan wanting to join you if they don't |
| website address into your profile so that people | | | | have things to see on your fan page. Just put |
| can learn more about you and your business. | | | | discussion related to your bartending business and |
| Add Mobile Bartender, or OWNER of Acme | | | | make it worth it! |
| Bartending Service in your employment status | | | | Spend some time playing around with Facebook |
| and use "mobile bartending" as part of your | | | | and incorporating your business into your profile |
| interests/hobbies, etc. Your website address | | | | as much as possible-not to spam or sell your |
| should also link to the homepage of your | | | | services, but to show that being a mobile |
| bartending business. It is also a good idea to | | | | bartender business owner is part of what defines |
| create an album of pictures of you bartending and | | | | YOU-then your "friends" who send you referrals |
| working past events. I would even go as far as | | | | and you can see some real business start to |
| to put a picture of you behind the bar as your | | | | come in! |