If you have products or services you're promoting online, Facebook can be an extremely effective platform to use. As you may know, Facebook has a feature that lets you set up your own fan page on just about any topic you choose. Facebook makes it simple to find your target audience and create a fan page that caters to its interests. With more than 600 million members and growing, Facebook is larger than most countries. Let's explore some proven ways to get more Facebook fans and get the most out of your fan page.

1. It's not enough to have people visit your fan page on Facebook; you want them to sign up as your fans, and having a well designed landing page will help you with conversions. Facebook gives you the option of customizing your landing page. If they land on your wall, they'll just see the latest messages people have left and may not learn anything about your page. You're much better off with your own landing page that describes your fan page and its benefits. You may have noticed that any large company with a fan page uses this method to get more fans.

2. When people find your Facebook landing page, make sure there's a call to action to get them to sign up as fans. Even though everybody knows that joining the page is just about clicking the "like" button, you still should re-enforce it with a strong call to action. So, suggest that they click the "like" button, once you've explained the advantages. This is a well tested practice that is worth remembering. More people will sign up for your fan page if you remember this, and all you have to do is add an extra sentence!

3. Start groups related to your niche and get people to join them by inviting your friends and spreading the message. As soon as you've got a few of these groups actively functioning you can bulk message the entire group to your fan page by invitation. It takes time to see the results of this strategy but you won't see alot of competition so you have a better chance of gaining fans quickly. The above are some of the best methods you can use to get a large number of Facebook fans. Once your page gets popular on the social network, it will spread virally through word of mouth. Facebook members love to hit the "share" button when they like something, so you want to get them to do this with your fan page. If you want this to happen, you have to focus not only on acquiring new fans but pleasing the ones you already have. Having a very large number of fans takes time, but if you work at it regularly you can gradually build it up and have lots of high quality prospects as fans.