What Type of Posts do the Best on Your Facebook Page?

No doubt, we all want our Facebook page to be GREAT! We want interactions, comments and for our posts to actually reach people. It’s important to step back now and then and ask… What type of posts do the best on your Facebook page?

Because… not all posts are created equal!

Some types of posts perform wildly better than others. Let’s take a look at what KINDS of posts are the most successful on Facebook.

After all, we are putting in the time to manage and run our Facebook page, don’t we all want to be putting up posts that will do well with our audience?

There are 2 things that determine what does well on your Facebook page.

1.What do people ENJOY seeing on your Facebook page?

When people enjoy certain kinds of posts, they engage with them (meaning – Likes, comments, and shares). These engagements make your post reach even more people.

2. What does Facebook REWARD on your page?

Facebook “likes” certain kinds of posts more than others, and will therefore “reward” you by serving your post to more and more people.

Before we dive into each type of post, we need review these questions:

WHY are people on Facebook in the first place?
WHY are they following a brand at all?
WHAT are they hoping to gain by following any brands?

Above all else, people are looking for CONNECTION.

They want a personal connection with the company they are following. They want to see WHO is behind the company. They want to see your personality. They want to get to know YOU and trust YOU.

Nowadays, with social media so prevalent, people buy from you and become loyal customers when they know YOU the best.

This impacts what kinds of posts that your audience enjoys.

Here are the types of posts that do best on Facebook, in order of importance:

1. Live Video

A Facebook Live video will get 6x more reach than anything else you do on your page.

(“Reach” is how many people are served your post in their Newsfeed.)

Why does Facebook Live do so well? Well, as I said – people are craving that personal connection. And…it doesn’t get much more personal than talking to your audience live!

Your audience gets a real, sometimes unpolished look at you, your space, your life, and your people. They get to interact and ask questions with you live.

Also, Facebook itself highly rewards live video. They will likely serve this video to MANY more people than your other posts.

Many Facebook gurus suggest going live on your page 2x per week.

And for maximum effect, try to make your live videos 15 minutes or more. It takes a little bit of time for your audience to find you! If you’re only live for 3 minutes, they may miss the chance to interact. Sure, they can watch the video after the fact, but the FUN is hearing from them live!

I know it can seem daunting to be on live video, but keep in mind that your videos don’t even have to be about your business! If the main point is for your audience to get to know YOU, you can give them a glimpse into any part of your life.

Don’t believe me? Let’s look at this example…

We all love The Pioneer Woman, right? Well, we love more than just her cooking. (Though her cinnamon rolls are hard to beat!)

We want to see her ranch, her basset hound, her hair and nails, the Mercantile, her house, and even her lipstick! We want to get to know HER.

Even though her brand is her cooking.

Want another example?

Christy Wright (who began the wildly famous Business Boutique conference), is known for running onstage in her 3 inch heels.

Are you kidding me??

While most of us can’t imagine doing that EVER, much less in front of a CROWD – she handles this trademark move like a boss.

Naturally, everyone wants to know how she does this. So… she went live and gave a lesson!

The moral of the story is: Don’t be afraid to do a live video now and then that lets people into your personal life. What have people asked you about? Go live, and connect with your people.

2. Video (pre-recorded/ slide shows/ etc.)

Facebook chooses to give ANY type of video more reach than a static post would have.

(Though the reach is still not as good as LIVE video).

Also, your audience is generally more attracted to a video! As they are scrolling through their Newsfeed, a video is eye-catching. It will be more likely to draw them in and encourage them to interact.

Here’s a Protip for you: Put captions in your video.

This way people are able to participate and watch your whole video, even if they can’t (or don’t want to) have the sound on.

Think about people who are looking at Facebook at work (gasp!), or maybe even those moms who know if a video starts playing sound, their kids will run from all corners of the house to see what’s going on. (Just me??)

You will find that more people will engage with your video if there are captions.

These are simple to add. Once you load a video into Facebook, there’s the option to use Facebook’s auto-generated captions. This simplifies the process a lot. HOWEVER, you must watch through the video and edit the captions. They will not be completely accurate. But they are a good starting place.

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3. Personal Photos

These are actual photos of you, your people, your company or products, your dog – whatever the case may be!

Don’t stress out about the quality of the photos. A simple iPhone shot will be fine!

Once again, think about the level of personal connection. People know YOU better through a photo than they do through a stock photo or an inspirational quote.

4. Great photos and graphics

Eye-catching visuals are always a great thing. They draw people in as they are scrolling their Newsfeed, and encourage them to see what’s going on in your business.

In a day and age where photos and video are everything, having some great photos up on your page is a way to grab some attention.

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5. Plain Text

Plain text posts generally get the least engagement on a Facebook page. (As in… making a statement or asking a question with no photo or visual to go with it.)

HOWEVER, they are worth testing out now and then.

Facebook serves people the same TYPE of posts that they generally interact with. So if you have some people in your audience that tend to comment on text posts, they will be served yours too!

I think about my husband on this one. He’s the type that NEVER notices the enormous, flashy displays in a store. He breezes right by the big headlines at the top of an article – completely ignoring them, and heads straight for the small print.

Why? I don’t know!

But that’s how his mind works, and that’s what he’s drawn to.

Some people really like plain text, so give it a shot on your page and see what happens!

One final note on your Facebook posts: Consistency is KEY.

Facebook, and your audience, is looking for you to BE THERE. So whatever types of posts you are putting up, make sure you are regularly there, doing your thing.

Your people will get to know YOU, trust you, and thereby turn into loyal fans.