I would love to find more folksy folk on Facebook
My Facebook page is
https://facebook.com/loveableco
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I used to have nearly 2,000 followers on Facebook. I needed to change the name but Facebook wouldnāt accept my new name, I had to delete my old page 
so I am now down to 57. I could definitely do with a few more followers
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Have followed your page on Facebook
Great gifts.
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@loveableCo I went to your fb page and liked it.
@ruthwalkergiftsā¦I have liked your page too.
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My page can be found if you scroll down to the bottom of my folksy shop x
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@loveableCo and @ruthwalkergifts I have liked both your pages.
Brenda @teabreaks Iāve already got yours 
Iām at facebook.com/knittingtopia
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Thank you Zoe. Like returned
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I am there again. Come and say hello, please.
https://www.facebook.com/bea.beabook.5?needsRefresh=true
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Gorgeous notebooks. I donāt seem to be able to like or follow your page though. This is me.
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Thanks! Iāll check. I thought Iāve made it all public.
I have several pages and groups on Facebook, my main ones are-
Plus I run a Gothic Steampunk & Fantasy Wedding Group.
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I love this thread, Iāll be sure to check out everyone elseās pages while Iām here, I would love some new followers on my page I really struggle with Facebook!
Iām on facebook too xx
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Hi all,
I donāt know if this is the right place to post this but iām trying it anyway!
I am not yet signed up to Facebook but have heard that it has been very useful to lots of people for getting more traffic and hence, more sales.
So I am seriously considering signing up, but have absolutely no clue about how to use Facebook.
If anyone could offer some advice on how effective it is or even what sort of things you post to help promote your shop and how regularly, I would be very grateful.
Thanks, Maria 
I find a lot of people donāt like facebook as much as the other platforms anymore because it seems increasingly difficult to get your posts seen (although some seem to manage it).
You need a personal account to sign up for facebook, and then you create a business page through that account (although they donāt show the link between your personal page and your business page unless you want them to). Then youāll want people to like the page so they see your postsā¦ which is a lot easier if you have some friends on your personal page that support your business and you can invite to like.
The problem is, even once people have liked your page, it doesnāt automatically mean theyāll see your posts. Facebook orders the newsfeed in order of what it thinks youāll find most interesting, and that means things from your friends show before things from businesses. And if someone has hundreds of friends, that can mean a lot of scrolling before facebook decides to show them anything from a page. Not only that, if your post doesnāt get much engagement (clicks, likes, comments) early on, itāll get bumped further down because it doesnāt think people find it interesting, and then thereās not many people who will scroll that far to see it. Iāve got just over 200 likes on my page, and my posts normally get seen by around 50-100 people. If you do manage to get a lot of likes and comments though, your post might start getting seen by people who havenāt liked your page, but are just friends of people commenting, and then the numbers can start going up a lot.
There is a way to get around that - pay for advertising. If you pay to boost your post, Facebook will show it higher as a āsponsored postā, and not just to people who like your page, you can select your target audience.
Of course that costs money though, so the other free way to try and get your page/posts seen is by posting in groups. You have to check the rules for each one, because some allow promoting and some donāt (such as the Folksy Clubhouse, which is more for support). Unfortunately Iāve never been very good at that side of it so I donāt know any groups to recommend (the one that was always mentioned before - British Crafters, doesnāt run any more as a free group).
I donāt think I post as much as I should, Iām not good at getting comments on my posts and I donāt make use of the promotional groups. Personally, itās not great for me getting sales to strangers and my likes are mostly from friends and repeat customers, but it is still where most of my friends see my items, and when I make a sale to them itās normally because theyāve seen it on facebook. That makes it worth it for meā¦ but I use facebook personally too, which probably makes it easier.
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Every time I post on my Facebook business page it seems to go nowhere, and Facebook is on at me to āboostā my post. Last time their suggested budget was Ā£45 
It feels a bit like blackmail 
Not that Iām suggesting you shouldnāt try it @ArtilyEverCrafter, youād probably be better at it than I am 
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my fb page is here - https://www.facebook.com/TheFeminineTouch/
my biggest suggestion re fb is finding fb groups to share your postings too.
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Thank you for that Kim, you always offer such valuable insight on topics x
I am a bit reluctant to sign up to it but it seems like the next step, since I am already posting my work and others through Pinterest and I post my work a few times a week on Instagram, although I havenāt had any sales through that yet.
I feel like Pinterest is similar to a sticker book, in that you love the images and collect them in folders but other than that, not much seems to happen. Unless Iām doing it wrong?
I wish I could just paint and everything would then magically sell, how nice that would be
I only signed up to Folksy last September and prior to that, I had sold only a couple of smaller items at local craft fairs!
I knew it was going to be tough to get stuff out into the world, and I am completely up for the hard slog, I just wish I knew where to next! 
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Thank you Christine, I appreciate the reply x
I have heard a lot of people mentioning the āboost your postā option, but I need to know that what I am putting out there is actually liked by people, otherwise itās just money down the drain.
Facebook seems to be such a big deal in getting the word out there, but I am still reluctant to use it. Will just have to take that leap I guess 
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I feel the same about pinterest, it always seems to get loads more hits than other social media, but I just donāt notice any sales from it. It just seems to be making nice looking boards and people using it for inspiration rather than actually shopping from itā¦ but then I always see it on my stats page and think āI need to remember to pin more oftenā in the hope Iām just not doing it enough 
I think the people who do best from social media are the ones who are good at getting people to comment and having a little chat, getting that connection with people really seems to help, but itās not something Iām great at.
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