Welcome to episode 311 of Hit the Mic with The Stacey Harris.
Yay Facebook changes! I know you're excited, I'm excited, we can hardly contain it. Let's jump right in. We're going to talk about three big Facebook changes happening rolling out now, and over the coming weeks. They're all going to have an impact directly on you. I want you to pay attention. This one would be a good one to bookmark, and maybe highlight for your Evernote some spots in the show notes. We've got the full transcript. Because these are going to be some things that are going to impact you again as they roll out in the next few weeks.
Update number one. There are some brand new call to action buttons coming to Facebook pages.
Up until now you could do things like visit a website, sign up, watch video, call, those kind of things. Now, Facebook is actually hooking up with some third party apps to make that call to action button even cooler. Right now, they're talking about the current list of services for appointment booking, or requesting contact. Home Advisor, Microsoft Bookings, My Time, Booker by Booker Software, Booking Bug, Front Desk Porch, Setster, Simplybook.me, and Talk Local. These are going to be appointment booking softwares.
If you want to have a call to action to book a consult with you, free 15 minute call, you could hook it up through these services. They simply hit the button. Yeah. How cool is that. That's going to be a really powerful thing. There's also going to be some Foodorderdelivery.com, and Slice. They're also going to be able to buy tickets through things like Eventbrite. If you have an event happening, maybe you run a networking business, maybe you do workshops, and you sell your tickets through Eventbrite. That's going to be really amazing. Also Ticketmaster and Fandango, which are probably going to be less helpful for you.
I'm really excited about the Eventbrite connection, and the appointment booking connections. I think that's where you are going to see the biggest impact. These call to actions are going to be that big blue call to action button that sits under your cover image on your Facebook page. Again, if you want to send people right to booking a 15 minute consult, or right to booking an event ticket ... In addition to being able to connect them with lets say your phone number, or a contact form, or a sign up for a program or whatever, you're going to be able to send them right to actually doing something.
It's a really cool integration. I'm excited that they're taking this in this direction. I'm excited to see how it evolves. I'm really impressed with what they've got going on. If you want to add the button, it's the same process as adding your button now, however there's going to be some sections you can choose from like booking your service, get in touch with us, learn more about us, make a purchase or donation, use an app. If you go to book our services, you can see book now, and then you'll actually be able to select options, and see which booking service you want to connect to.
I haven't mentioned this yet, but you are going to need to have an account with that third party service. I shouldn't need to mention this, but if you don't have a Microsoft Bookings account, you won't be able to set up bookings. This may be a premium service that you need to pay attention to depending on who you're using it through. This is brand new, so some are still rollin
