Last Updated on August 7, 2018

Keeping up with all of the Facebook’s changes that come our way might become one of your biggest challenges. All of these changes make it difficult for any artist to be able to promote their latest creation to their fans. In this post, I am going to talk about 6 artist tips to increase Facebook organic reach so you can drive more people to your art listings.

6 Artist Tips To Increase Facebook Organic Reach

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How many people see your Facebook posts? If you have been on Facebook for a while, you have already noticed a significant drop in organic reach.

What is organic reach on Facebook?

Organic reach is the posts that are seen by your fans without being paid for (boost posts). Facebook’s new algorithm is making it harder for business to promote their brand.

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How to Keep Up with Facebook’s Changes

There are some basic principles that I follow when it comes to online marketing.

There is no questioning that the internet is changing every time we turn around.

In order for you to continue to grow your art business online, you will have to adapt to the changes.

If you fail to do so you will start to see your sales decline.

The problem you will face is that if you are constantly changing your art marketing plan you will not have any time to do anything else like create art.

Instead of trying to change your marketing plan every time there is a change with Facebook (or any other social media platform you are marketing on), stay consistent with the Facebook marketing strategies that are working for you, discard anything that is not showing you the results you are hoping for and incorporating what is new and hot on Facebook.

So if something is working, keep doing it.

When a strategy stops working, cease doing it and replace it with a new strategy.

Your time is valuable, only work on strategies that will get you closer to your goals.

Below are 6 tips that will show you how to increase organic reach on Facebook and have stood the test of time.

Learn What Your Audience Likes 

Learning about your audience is a simple concept, but often overlooked.

Sometimes we will get caught up posting content we like when we are supposed to be producing content for our audience’s enjoyment.

Would you continue to follow a Facebook Business Page if they published content that you were not interested in?

Why would anyone want to have their newsfeed filled with posts they would never read?

If your audience likes videos, post videos.

If your followers respond to funny quotes with images, publish funny quotes.

The best way to learn about your audience is to simply listen and observe how they interact with your posts.

It is important to stay true to your core values and your brand’s mission, but learn what your audience likes and produce content that will have them coming back for more.

You can easily find out what posts perform the best by looking at your Facebook Insights.

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The majority of your posts should be the type that people engage most with.

You should also add in other types of content into your posting calendar. Mixing up your content will prevent your audience from getting used to the same style of content, and you will reach the people who like a different style of content.

Find When Your Audience Is On Facebook

Finding the time of day that most of your fans are online is easy to do with Facebook Insights.

The amount of time that your post will be on the top of people’s newsfeeds is about four hours. If you want to have any chance of your post being seen you will want to post your most shareable content when they are online.

When you find your prime posting time, schedule the posts one hour before that time.  This will ensure that your audience will see the post instead of getting lost in the mix of other posts that are posting.

Don’t be miss led by reading articles that state “Best time to post on Facebook”. It all depends on your unique audience.

Take a few minutes every week or month and review your analytics.

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Schedule Your Posts On Facebook

Use Facebook’s schedule feature instead of third-party apps to schedule posts.

Facebook likes Facebook. They have provided a scheduling tool, and they would like to see you use it.

The schedule feature will allow you to schedule your posts at the best time for your fans.

You can schedule posts up to a month in advance. It might be longer than that. I have posted one month in advance, and it worked fine.

Scheduling posts will save you valuable time that will allow you to be in the studio creating more art.

Watch the video below to discover how easy it is to schedule your Facebook posts.

Post Valuable Content To Increase Facebook Organic Reach

Now that you know what is the style of content that your audience likes and what time that they are on Facebook, it is time to start targeting your other fans. You do this by providing and posting more content for them.

Only posting when you have new art for sale is not going to give you the reach you are searching for. You need to be consistent with your posting schedule, and you need to post several times throughout the day.

The more posts that you publish, the more chance that it will be seen, liked and shared.

To get started try posting once a day. After a few weeks, start posting content twice a day. Consistently increase the number of posts until you find the magic number that will provide the reach you are looking for.

Engage With Your Fans

If you would like your audience to engage with your posts, you will need to put the effort into engaging with them. The one way for you to be seen by more fans is by having people engage with your posts.

This is one way that Facebook learns what content your fans like.

It is not easy to have people engage with your posts.

However, there are some things that you can do that will help your posts receive more engagement.

Encourage engagement:

Ask your audience questions

Ask them for their advice on a topic

When they comment on your posts, always comment back

Stay Consistent

After you have found what your audience likes, what time they are on Facebook, and you have started to engage with them, it is time to set up a monthly calendar.

Your calendar will help you stay consistent with your postings. Being consistent will always win the race.

Don’t be afraid to try new marketing strategies.

Analyze the outcome to determine if it will be worth your time to continue with specific strategies.

While you are trying new tactics, stay consistent with the basics. After all, Facebook is a social platform.

Socialize with your fans and you will find that your posts will be seen by more people.

Facebook Marketing Courses

If you are selling your art online, you are operating a business.

Investing in your business is a smart thing to if you are planning on owning your business for the long run.

Schedule in some time every week for continued education, believe in yourself, work for your dreams and you will grow your art business larger than you could have ever imagined.

Below are some posts and online course that will help you to learn more about Facebook marketing.

Online courses:

Market Your Online Store with Facebook with Andreea Ayers
from: CreativeLive (affiliate link)

Facebook Marketing for Small Businesses with Nathan Latka
from: CreativeLive (affiliate link)

Conclusion:

There is nothing more exciting than when you wake up in the morning to find out you have made a sale while you were sleeping.

This does happen and let me tell you when you wake up and see “You Made A Sale” in your inbox, you will jump out of bed to do the happy dance.

One thing I would like to leave you with is to do the minimal about first. Try one or two marketing strategies and give it time to start working.

Analyze the outcome of your efforts and adjust the strategies so they will perform even better for you.

If you try to do too much at once you will never be able to discover what is working for you and what is wasting your time.

6 Artist Tips To Increase Facebook Organic Reach Overview:

• Learn What Your Audience Likes
• Find When Your Audience Is On Facebook
• Schedule Your Posts On Facebook
• Post Valuable Content To Increase Facebook Organic Reach
• Engage With Your Fans
• Stay Consistent
• Facebook Marketing Courses

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