Coaching World Issue 5: February 2013 | Page 10

H o W I g o t 1,000 Facebook Fans (in three Months) Never before has there been such an open space for anyone to have a podium to express themselves. In the past, only thought leaders, authors, or celebrities could get up on a stage and share their thoughts and opinions, but now with Facebook anyone can do it. So as a coach, how can you use this platform to spread positivity and simultaneously build your brand? From committing to your status updates to creating ads and ‘promoting’ your posts, growing your Facebook page requires a strategy. Here I’ll share my secrets to developing my Facebook fan following. Declare It on and o±ine In my latest personal development book, “Don’t Think of a Blue Ball,” I explain how the process started for me by making a declaration. “When you want to do something and you decide that you will, you will. Since I learnt