Facebook Fans are Great for your SCUBA Business

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I want to talk about…Facebook. Sorry, couldn’t really come up with anything St. Patrick’s related. There’s some liquor ads in this vintage SCUBA ads article if you’re so inclined 🙂

Anyhow, yesterday I shared with you that Facebook had overtaken Google in the US for weekly traffic. We’ve had a couple of people share links to their SCUBA Fan Pages, if you haven’t done so yet, take a moment to do so.

Facebook Fans are Buyers and Brand Promoters

For those of you who have already made the commitment to setting up a Page, great job! For those who haven’t, here’s a couple of reasons you should:

That’s right folks, people become Fans of Pages (and their associated businesses) because they intend to buy from those companies and recommend them to their friends. Sounds pretty good, especially since promoting your SCUBA business on Facebook can be completely free.

Why People Become Fans on Facebook

I’m a bit stingy with becoming a Fan of many Pages, so the following graph is incredibly accurate for my usage and apparently I’m not alone:

Even if you don’t offer discounts and promotions to your SCUBA diver (why not?), they still want to connect with you because they’re a customer of your SCUBA business, they want to show support, it’s fun, to stay up to date and to feel like part of a community.

Setting up a Page is incredibly easy and in the coming weeks, I’ll be taking you through a guided tour from first signing up to some advanced customization techniques.

Photo via kern.justin

Sounds like an ideal customer to me, so what are you waiting for?

Similar Posts

  • Dive for a Cure 2009

    October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you know someone who has battled breast cancer or not, the numbers are startling: one in eight women (and one in a thousand men) will be diagnosed with breast cancer and of those, 23% will not survive. I am proud to say that several incredible women I…

  • Moon Diver Distinctive Specialty Course

    With the announcement that NASA has found water in the form of ice on the Moon, I am patiently awaiting someone to write the first Moon Diver Distinctive Specialty Course. There are enough random specialty courses out there, why couldn’t a course that combines Dry Suit (to simulate a space suit), Night (even though I…

  • Plans for 2013

    2013 is going to be a big year for me in the world of social media marketing in the diving and outdoor industries. Come learn my plans.

  • SCUBA News Updates

    Just a couple of quick SCUBA diving related news updates: In my article yesterday about PADI announcing professional renewal pricing and choosing to not send a CD-based SCUBA Instructor Manual (which I like), I mentioned that the auto-renewal pricing was higher than regular online renewal. Megan Denny at PADI emailed me to let me know…

  • Writing Elsewhere

    Hey there gang, been a little quiet around these parts while I’m working on some exciting new projects! I’ll be back full swing – including a couple of guest posts – next week. For now, I just wanted to share my latest article over in X-Ray Mag. Click here to get the full resolution hi-res…

  • WANTED: Non-PADI Higher-Level Instructor with Marketing Knowledge

    The title pretty much says it. I’m a PADI Master Instructor and want knowledgeable instructors from other agencies who would be interested in sharing their online marketing ideas. I don’t want this site to be a PADI-only site, but I know their programs very well and would like to discuss specific ideas on how to…