Are you still holding out on setting up a Facebook Business page?  I must admit I was not initially sold on Facebook, and it's power to grow my business when Facebook first launched fan pages on Nov. 7, 2007. All small businesses need to make a good first impression. Facebook is a perfect way to reach out to multiple customers in your area.

(1) A Facebook page for your business exposes your business to more potential customers.

    • Fact: The areas in and around Homestead, have at least 250,000 Facebook users.

    • Fact: 1.19 billion potential business opportunities.

(2) You can connect with other businesses that could further your business.

        • Fact: You can see what your competitors are doing.

(3) Find and Target your niche audience.

        • Fact: Users have information about themselves on their Facebook; this is great to find more people like them who might be interested in the same things.

        • Fact: Allow feedback and a conversation for your customers.

(4) It is free marketing.

        • Fact: Other than paid ads Facebook is free

(5) This could be your first impression for your business.

       • Fact: Customers will often see your business Facebook Page to gain information about you.

       • Fact: The first impression is the most important in business.     

(6) You can do research on your clients.

        • Fact: Making surveys or asking for likes on a certain subject can increase your knowledge of what your customers want.

(7) Be mobile ready before you have a site.

        • Fact: Billions of people have smartphones and access to Facebook pages.

        • Fact: Facebook pages are automatically mobile via the Facebook app.

        • Fact: Not everyone has unlimited access to computers, but most people have access to a smartphone.

(8) Increase Brand Recognition for your business.

        • Fact: A chance to have your logo or name published for a large audience

(9) Share content faster and with ease.

        • Fact: The Facebook's interface is user-friendly

        • Fact: You can post, events, new products and any changes immediately

(10) Your competition most likely already has one

        • Fact: Almost every business tries to efficiently communicate with their customers

        • Fact: A majority of businesses use Facebook to easily communicate with their customers.

        • Your competition is more than likely already on Facebook getting more business opportunities.