{"id":37734,"date":"2021-11-12T17:54:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T00:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/?p=37734"},"modified":"2022-01-05T23:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T06:14:46","slug":"how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Warm Up Facebook Accounts For Lead Gen Properly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You need to warm up Facebook profiles before you use them for lead gen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook doesn&#8217;t like it if you immediately start heavily using the platform right off the bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s unnatural and can come off as abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, we&#8217;ll show you the proper way of warming up a Facebook profile so that you can fully utilize it for your lead generation activities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-table-of-contents-block ub_table-of-contents\" data-showtext=\"show\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-6d415256-e092-4a6a-a630-45c411d06212\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\"\n                    data-initiallyshow=\"true\"><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\"><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\">\n                    <div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\"><div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column \"><ul><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#0-why-do-you-need-to-warm-up-facebook-profiles->Why Do You Need to Warm Up Facebook Profiles?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#1-step-1-engagement->Step 1: Engagement<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#2-step-2-posts->Step 2: Posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#3-step-3-messages->Step 3: Messages<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#4-how-often-can-i-add-new-friends->How Often Can I Add New Friends?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#5-how-to-get-out-of-fb-jailremove-restrictions->How to Get out of FB Jail\/Remove Restrictions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#6-how-to-prevent-yourself-from-getting-restrictions->How to Prevent Yourself From Getting Restrictions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=https:\/\/bamf.com\/how-to-warm-up-facebook-accounts-for-lead-gen-properly\/#7-takeaways->Takeaways<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-why-do-you-need-to-warm-up-facebook-profiles-\"><strong>Why Do You Need to Warm Up Facebook Profiles?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook knows that spammy behavior on its site will destroy the user experience on its platform and hurt its bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s why they use an advanced algorithm to make sure that people won&#8217;t abuse the site by being obnoxious, posting repetitively, or abusing user privileges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s not their only problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also have to deal with Facebook bots that can be installed by some users to automate supposed organic tasks such as adding a lot of mutual friends or messaging in bulk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You see, the goal of their algorithm is to make sure that people using Facebook act as naturally as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your grandma might post about her cats 3 times a day, but she won&#8217;t message 50 people a day for lead generation, that won&#8217;t make sense to the algorithm and if she did do that, she&#8217;d probably be banned or labeled as a bot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is especially true for accounts that are new or didn&#8217;t have a lot of activity in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you post too many things at once, add too many friends, or message too many people because Facebook will label this as spammy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, you know what happens next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They can impose suspensions, get you banned, and throw a wrench into your lead generation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large\"><p>Find out how you can <a href=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/warming-up-a-linkedin-account-the-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/warming-up-a-linkedin-account-the-basics\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">warm up your LinkedIn profile<\/a> to avoid going to LinkedIn jail!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why it&#8217;s critical to warm up your Facebook profile before you start using it for lead generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-step-1-engagement-\"><strong>Step 1: Engagement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, you need to be actively engaging for at least 30-45 minutes a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you scroll on your timeline from time to time this shouldn&#8217;t be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it needs to be real engagement, so this means reacting to your &#8220;friends'&#8221; post every now and then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, don&#8217;t just hit the like button, Facebook knows that&#8217;s too easy and that&#8217;s natural, use the &#8220;heart&#8221; or &#8220;care&#8221; emojis if you have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/BAMF-Facebook-Group-1-1-1024x718.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37735\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Show Facebook that you&#8217;re actually spending time on their platform so that they&#8217;ll allow you to do more with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the other reason this is effective is that it shows Facebook that you&#8217;re using a majority of its features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-step-2-posts-\"><strong>Step 2: Posts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you want to post at least one or two things every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re having trouble coming up with something original on a daily basis. Try reposting what you&#8217;ve already put out on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another tip is to share other people&#8217;s posts, you want to pick something that is truly shareworthy that your current friends will also interact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an added bonus, try keeping the topics that you&#8217;re posting about related to the industry or niche that you&#8217;re in. This helps get the algorithm to recognize who you are, and might improve searchability in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-step-3-messages-\"><strong>Step 3: Messages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you want to send messages using the Messenger platform often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever you do, do not copy and paste your messages, that&#8217;s a sure-fire way of getting banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can message existing friends as much as you want, but for cold messages, keep it to three people per hour so that you won&#8217;t get into trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your Facebook account is all warmed up you can begin to gradually increase the number of people \u2013 who aren&#8217;t your friends \u2013 that you can message on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-how-often-can-i-add-new-friends-\"><strong>How Often Can I Add New Friends?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next important consideration is how many people you add on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, it doesn&#8217;t stop there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should also be mindful of where you&#8217;re adding these people from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On your <strong>first two weeks<\/strong> of warming up, aim to add 30-50 people a day and don&#8217;t exceed 10 friend requests in a 2-hour period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure the people you&#8217;re adding are limited to people that have some form of third-degree connection to you. For example, common members in the groups you&#8217;ve joined, people that have interacted with your posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After two weeks<\/strong> you can start ramping your numbers up to around 80-100 a day, and you can also double the number of friend requests in a 2-hour period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the first month you can keep the numbers up but now you can send up to 3 cold DMs every 10 minutes \u2013 again, make sure you do not copy and paste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-how-to-get-out-of-fb-jailremove-restrictions-\"><strong>How to Get out of FB Jail\/Remove Restrictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do manage to go to Facebook jail after following our rules you can still get out, but you need to be very careful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, you need to stop sending out DMs and adding friends for at least 24-48 hours. Try to stay active through normal engagements and comments with other people&#8217;s posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that you need to start the warm-up process again, but this time to do it at a more relaxed rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be proactive because Facebook can ban you at any time if you take things too far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-how-to-prevent-yourself-from-getting-restrictions-\"><strong>How to Prevent Yourself From Getting Restrictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s simple really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not send more than 20 friend requests per hour or go above 3 cold DMs every ten minutes and you&#8217;ll be good to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You also want to make sure that your messages have variation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t just stop you from getting banned, but it also helps make sure that your messages resonate with the people you&#8217;re sending them to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, personalization is key to making sure that you get a lead hooked onto whatever you have to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-takeaways-\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Warming social media accounts is a must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Algorithms are getting smarter and they can easily identify someone who&#8217;s acting like a bot and trying to abuse the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They won&#8217;t ban you from being active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, they want you to be so that they have users who do something for their bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you also need to be naturally engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t just help with keeping with the algorithm, but it also shows prospects that you aren&#8217;t annoying to deal with, and that you&#8217;re keeping it organic with your efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You need to warm up Facebook profiles before you use them for lead gen. Facebook doesn&#8217;t like it if you immediately start heavily using the platform right off the bat. That&#8217;s unnatural and can come off as abuse. 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