Finding clients in Facebook groups.
Practical guides to choosing groups, replying within their rules and seeing the posts that matter without checking every group all day.
Start here
- How to find clients in Facebook groups without checking them all dayJoin the groups your clients are in, follow their rules, help before you pitch, and see requests while they're still open.
- How to reply to a post in a Facebook group without getting removedGroup rules, commenting or messaging, what a good reply looks like, and what not to send.
Professional services
- Web designers and developersWhere small businesses ask for a website, how they word it, and a monitor that finds those requests.
- Freelancers, assistants and marketersWhere business owners ask for admin, social media and writing help, and monitors for each.
- Real estate agentsWhere buyers, sellers and people relocating ask for help, how they word it, and monitors that find them.
Home and local services
- House cleanersWhere households, tenants and hosts ask for a cleaner, how they word it, and monitors that skip other cleaners' ads.
- HandymenOdd jobs, small repairs and installations: where people ask, how they word it, and a monitor shaped to the work you can take.
- PlumbersWhy planned work suits groups better than emergencies, where homeowners ask, and a monitor for plumbing requests.
- MoversWhole moves, labor and single heavy items: where people ask, how they word it, and monitors for each.
- Junk removalHaul-aways, clear-outs and free items nobody took: where they're posted and a monitor that finds them.
- Auto detailingPet hair, spills, smells and cars going up for sale: where owners ask, and monitors for cleaning and paint work.
Watching your groups
- How to get notified of every new post in a Facebook groupSwitch a group from Highlights to All posts, sort it by new posts, and what happens when every post reaches you.
- Facebook group keyword alerts: what they do and who can use themFacebook's keyword alerts are for admins and moderators. How they work, and what members can do instead.
- Why keyword alerts miss the posts you're looking forPeople describe the same need in different words and languages. Matching by intent reads what a post is asking for.
- Monitoring Facebook groups with a Chrome extension: what it can and can't doWhat a browser extension sees, what leaves your computer, and what happens while Chrome is closed.
- Writing a monitor that finds the right postsFind and Ignore sentences that work, examples for different kinds of work, and how to adjust from your matches.