What about making applications, fan pages, or groups? It seems easy enough to me, and don't you get paid if enough people pay enough attention to your page or app?
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What about making applications, fan pages, or groups? It seems easy enough to me, and don't you get paid if enough people pay enough attention to your page or app?
Facebook presents what has been a vastly untapped opportunity in the way of making money through social media tools like applications. Zynga does quite well with Mafia Wars, FarmVille, and other applications that ask people for money in exchange for virtual goods. Things like Facebook Gifts also exchange money for virtual goods you post on your friends' walls. Other developers have made millions off of facebook's open platform. If you are a developer, or an aspiring developer then this is a great way for you to make money online.
What about fan pages or groups? Can I make money off of those? On Youtube if you get enough users to your videos then you get to share in the profit they make by becoming a shareholder or something like that. does facebook use online social media in that way?
There are ways to make money with fan pages indirectly.
For instance, if you have a website you want to promote that houses, say, video content, then you can create a fan page for a video. When you make the fan page, make it so that people can't see the video without joining, then have them post the video to their walls.
If your page gets popular enough, you can use affiliate advertising which will make you money as well. If you really want to make money through social media tools like facebook fan pages, that's the only way I really know how.
ArdentCarden, what are social media consultants and how can I be one?
Social media consultants are people who are experts in online social media and social media tools. They tell people how to make their websites successful through using things like keywords and other various social media tools. Usually social media consultants don't make money online so much as on location, but there are those who do make money online. You just have to read up on and become an expert in online social media.
that sounds hard and it sounds like you all r saying I can’t make money by just doing facebook.
Social media tools like facebook are good for startup businesses. If you have a startup business that specializes in making games, for instance, then yeah you can make money online. But like what Max1Million said before, you can't make something from nothing. In order to make money online you have to have a good product to sell.
Do you know how many 'books' (or rather e-books) there are out there offering to sell you the secret to getting rich through Facebook? :) I imagine these are the people who get rich for doing little.
If you are prepared to do something for your cash then I will add this article to the advice already given.
I don’t think Facebook will pay you for being an active user. However, you can still earn using the site without selling anything. That means working for someone else. You should also need to be well versed with the different tools and applications available in the site.
Start off by mastering the fanpages. Many companies are paying experts to design and maintain a compelling fanpage for their website. This includes designing the cover, enabling the essential apps and linking the page to other social networking sites. Companies today want to maximize the use of Facebook as a marketing tool.
You can also create your own application, just like Barney said. Facebook may make your app available, but it is still up to you to attract users.
You can also use the site to boost traffic to your existing website. Creating a fanpage for your website and generating fans can easily improve the number of visitors who are checking it out.