{"id":1661,"date":"2017-06-21T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2018-04-24T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T09:38:34","slug":"steal-your-competitors-facebook-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/steal-your-competitors-facebook-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 4 Ethical Ways To Steal Your Competitor&#8217;s Facebook Fans Fearlessly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to know how your competitors are getting high engagement on Facebook?<\/p>\n<p>Do you also wish to have the same kind of <a href=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/expert-tips-for-improving-facebook-engagement\/\">engagement on your Facebook business page<\/a> as your like competitors?<\/p>\n<p>For starters, it isn\u2019t that easy to find competitor&#8217;s social media followers on Facebook but you need to start from somewhere. It\u2019s here that you need to act smart to steal your competitor\u2019s Facebook fans and there are ethical ways to do it.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are 4 Ways To Steal Your Competitor\u2019s Facebook Fans<\/h2>\n<p class=\"likeheadthree\">No 1. See what all your competitors\u2019 fans like and dislike about the brand<\/p>\n<p>As majority of the information in Facebook fan pages is available for public, you can easily see what your competitors\u2019 fans are saying.<\/p>\n<p>You can see their fan pages\u2019 posts by the page admin in chronological order by selecting the <strong>Top Posts<\/strong> link and filtering with <strong>Most Recent<\/strong> below the photo icon at the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-1.jpg\" alt=\"mcdonald's facebook page\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can find out exactly all the things that interest your competitors\u2019 fans. You can know everything about your competitor from the products and services they give to their status updates, photos, videos, etc.<\/p>\n<p>This information is useful as it will help you in <a href=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/8-killer-facebook-contest-ideas\/\">creating a great Facebook strategy for your business<\/a> to attract your competitors\u2019 fans.<\/p>\n<p>There can be things about your competitors\u2019 brand that their Facebook fans do not like and give their honest feedback.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-2.jpg\" alt=\"mcdonald's facebook page comments on the post\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can read the comments and feedback and then choose any of the fans who have engaged with their post and send them the direct message from Face book messenger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-3.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting a fan from mcdonald's facebook page \" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now message them directly to like your page with a soft request. Here is a template<\/p>\n<p>Hi (Name of Competitors Fan),<\/p>\n<p>Lately we have found that you have shown your interest on Mac Donnal burger.<\/p>\n<p>We are also giving a deal from our restaurant \u201cHappiness is\u2026 Wednesdays with 12pcs of Boneless Chicken Strips at Rs. 300*!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Would you mind to get connected with us by liking our page : https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/KFCIndia\/posts\/?ref=page_internal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-11.jpg\" alt=\"Direct Messaging to a fan from mcdonald's facebook page\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You repeat this process with at least 10 Facebook fans per day of your competitor and continue for a month to see the positive results. This is how you would be able to steal your competitor\u2019s Facebook fan ethically without running ads.<\/p>\n<p>You will get the notification as per the screenshot mentioned below once they accept the request. We have tried this technique for one of our client to steal its competitor\u2019s competitor\u2019s Facebook fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-4.jpg\" alt=\"Messaging a fan of Himalaya Baby Herbal on Facebook\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>No 2. Target Competitors Facebook Fans With Facebook Ads<\/h3>\n<p>You can create an impressive ad to target your competitors\u2019 Facebook fan base and ethically steal them.<\/p>\n<p>Given below are the steps you need to follow:<\/p>\n<p>1.Go to Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ads Manager<\/a>\u00a0and select <strong>Power Editor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Power Editor\" width=\"769\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.Create a new ad campaign and select an ad set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"Setting up a campaign on Facebook\" width=\"769\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.Go to Audience and click Edit Audience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"audience facebook ads\" width=\"769\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4.Go to Detailed Targeting and enter your competitors\u2019 fan page in the interest section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-8.jpg\" alt=\"Detailed Targeting to run Facebook ads\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5.If you cannot find your competitors, then you can select a broader audience through the Interests section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-9.jpg\" alt=\"Interest targeting on Facebook\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can set-up your ad and target competitors Facebook fans.<\/p>\n<h3>No 3. Steal Your Competitor&#8217;s Facebook Fans With Custom Lookalike Audience<\/h3>\n<p>Use custom lookalike audience in combination with competitor Fan Page like this<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fb-stealing-10.jpg\" alt=\"custom audience look alike\" width=\"769\" height=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By using custom lookalike audience of people who actually came to your site with the competitor\u2019s fan page you will have much more targeted audience. This process will help you get better ad rates and cheaper conversion too.<\/p>\n<p>It really works well because those fans that you want to steal from your competitor Facebook fan page will likely to have to the same interest you are looking for.<\/p>\n<h3>No 4. Find out your competitors\u2019 active fans with Social Lead Freak<\/h3>\n<p>Not all of your competitors\u2019 fans actively engage with the page.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a higher percentage of engaged users then Facebook will show more of your content to people. This is possible only when you have active fans.<\/p>\n<p>You can use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialleadfreak.com\/\">Social Lead Freak<\/a> to look for active fans on your competitors\u2019 fan page. By using this tool you can get the Facebook user IDs of all active users of your competitors\u2019 Fan Page.<\/p>\n<p>Now set-up advertising campaign targeting those users and see more traffic to your Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that you know of some ways of stealing your competitor\u2019 traffic you can start using them to pull their fans to your products and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how you can ethically steal your competitor&#8217;s Facebook fans under their nose to have the same kind of engagement as your competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[53,59,58,50,47,46,60,57,52,51,44,45,48,49,56,42,41,43,55,54],"class_list":["post-1661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-marketing","tag-cheap-digital-marketing-agency-kolkata","tag-cheap-facebook-promotion-kolkata","tag-cheap-seo-services-kolkata","tag-digital-marketing-agencies-in-kolkata","tag-digital-marketing-agency-india","tag-digital-marketing-kolkata","tag-facebook-marketing-kolkata","tag-facebook-promotion-kolkata","tag-seo-company-in-kolkata","tag-seo-services-kolkata","tag-social-media-agency-kolkata","tag-social-media-kolkata","tag-social-media-marketing-company-in-kolkata","tag-social-media-marketing-kolkata","tag-social-media-marketing-services-in-kolkata","tag-top-digital-marketing-agencies-in-kolkata","tag-top-digital-marketing-companies-in-kolkata","tag-web-design-company-kolkata","tag-web-designer-kolkata","tag-web-development-company-kolkata"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mandmwebsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}