When I was a kid, a boy passed me a note. “Do you like me? Y or N”. I circled Y and passed it back and from then on we were friends.

Now that we’ve grown up, we still want to know the same thing, especially if you own a business. Do your viewers “Like” what you have to offer? Will they be a friend? Are they getting what they need/want from your site/page? Are they interested in the ideas and promotions that you are offering? How can you tell?

If you haven’t already, start with a Facebook page. Then you can get some customer feedback through that page & by adding the Facebook “Like” button to your website. The Like button lets a viewer share your content with friends on Facebook. When the viewer clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in their friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website. They may even add a comment about your site.

Placing the Like button on your site is a convenient plus. There are many vairations of the button, from a small f, to a small Like button, even with a Header and Number count. You can choose the size of the box, color option, whether to show faces, a stream and a header (beware, the more you add, the larger the more real estate it takes up on your home page). For the basics, start here http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box

You can do the same with Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus and more!

These sites have made it pretty easy to add their buttons, so don’t wait!  Start finding out who “Likes” you today. 

By Vicki Fields, guest author/New LifeStyles Client Web Content Manager