Facebook Marketing Plan Template (Updated)

*updates reflect changes to Facebook Pages analytics and advertising options

Developing a formal Facebook marketing plan has many benefits. A marketing plan ensures clear, consistent brand messaging, helps avoid social media blunders, and provides a way to measure success. Facebook marketing plan templates are hard to come by on the web, and the ones that are out there aren’t necessarily comprehensive.

Facebook Marketing Plan Template – Summary

The following is a summary of the comprehensive Facebook marketing plan template that I have developed, available for download below. The full document is 12 pages long and contains approximately 1,900 words that will guide you through the process of developing a professional, thorough, and comprehensive Facebook marketing plan.

Sections

The Facebook marketing plan template consists of 3 major sections:

• Current Situation Analysis
• Strategic Facebook Marketing Plan
• Reporting, Measurement, and Continuous Improvement

Current Situation Analysis

This section of the Facebook marketing plan template highlights the following:

• Goals, Strengths, and Weaknesses
  Provides a high-level summary of the brand’s existing Facebook presence
• Current Facebook Situation
  Statistics on the current activity level and engagement on the page, as well as a competitive analysis

Strategic Facebook Marketing Plan

This section of the template covers:

• Audience
• Brand Message
• Posting Frequency
• Post Content, Mix, and Ratios
• Tactics to Increase Brand Awareness
• Tactics to Increase Fan Engagement
• Harvesting Competitive Intelligence
• Contests
• Coupons/Offers
• Facebook Advertising

The full template contains explanations, suggestions, and examples for each of the above.

Reporting, Measurement, and Continuous Improvement

This section of the Facebook marketing plan template details what metrics will be measured, what the goals for those metrics are, and how often they will be reported on. Metrics covered in the template are:

• Total Number of Fans
• Overall Engagement Rate
• Other Page-Level Metrics
• Other Post-Level Metrics
• Google Analytics Metrics
• Advertising Metrics

Download the Facebook Marketing Plan Template

To download the full 12-page Facebook marketing plan template in Microsoft Word format, complete the following form. If you do not wish to be contacted after downloading the template, simply uncheck the checkbox. Need another format? Contact me and let me know what you need.

You may also be interested in the LinkedIn Marketing Plan Template.

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Recently named one of the “Top 10 Best Women in SEO,” Pam Ann Aungst, M.B.A. is widely recognized as an expert in SEO, PPC, Google Analytics, and WordPress. A self-proclaimed “geek”, Pam began studying computer programming at 6 years old, started creating websites in 1997 and has been working professionally in the field of e-commerce since 2005. Referred to by Sprout Social as a “Twitter Success Story,” she harnessed the power of social media to launch her own agency in 2011. Pam travels all over the country speaking at conferences and guest lecturing at universities. Click here to read her full bio.

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