Week 5 - Setting up a Facebook Business Page
Post Reach vs. Post Engagement As I dive into social media for business (in my case, my fake tutoring business called Rad Math Tutoring), I created my first business page on Facebook. I'm in the early stages of developing the Rad Math brand, trying to attract viewership and contact to my Facebook page. These words represent two distinct concepts; in social media, the concepts are referred to as post reach and post engagement . Post reach covers the idea of viewership--how many unique people see the post. Post engagement covers the idea of contact--how many unique people are reacting to and interacting with the post through such things as clicks, likes, and shares. Knowing the difference between the concepts is important because one of them is more powerful in the overall success of marketing a business. To view an advertisement means little to me. For example, I can view an insurance company's postcard throughout the entire process of slipping it into the recycling bin. If ...