Using a Business Page on Facebook

I love Facebook and I adore the option of creating a separate page for your business.   A Facebook business page is an extension of your personal Facebook account.  And it’s a wonderful and affordable way to announce events,  promote your blog, and dialogue with your customer base.

A few things to know about Facebook business pages:

1) Facebook business pages have “fans” instead of “friends”.

2) You cannot invite friends to join your Facebook business page but they can become fans on their own.

3) Your Facebook business page fans do not have visibility or access to your personal account or profile.

4) Any action you take to your Facebook business page will show the page’s name not your personal name.

5) If someone becomes a fan of your Facebook business page, their fan status will show up on their personal Facebook page thus giving you tons of promotion.

6) You can send updates to all your fans on your Facebook business page and target the message by geography, gender, and age.  When sending an update, just remember to check the “Target this update” box.

7) Your blog can be embedded on your Facebook business page via a RSS feed (love this!)

Visit Creative Blog Solutions on Facebook to see how I set up our business page.  The page includes screen shots of blogs we have created for clients (these are jpegs–any kind of picture can be uploaded), our blog’s posts via a RSS feed, and information about our upcoming tele-classes.  I even embedded a Youtube video called The Break up which is a must see.  Be sure to become a fan if you visit our page.  And, Oh-you must have a Facebook account to do so.  Jump in!

Did you find this social media quick tip helpful? Do you have something to add? Leave a comment!

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12 Comments

  1. Kristine
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    Great tip. Will definitely make my time on Facebook more focused. It’s very easy for me to go there and kind of get caught up. have to remind myself that I’m on there to help me expand my business and my status as a health expert. Thanks.

  2. Leandra
    Posted December 13, 2008 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    Hi,

    How much is a package for biz owners who already have a website, but just want you to take a look and make suggestions on how to improve promotion of their business? I have a facebook and myspace page for my business, but I don’t think that I am promoting my business very well on either. Based on the piece above, I am promoting my biz via a personal page as opposed to a business page on facebook. Also, on another part of this website, I noticed that there is mention of blog software that can be used to set up a blog; what blog software can you suggest that is really user friendly? Thanks!

    Leandra

  3. Bill
    Posted April 21, 2009 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

    Very good simplistic breakdown of what’s going happening on facebook. Thanks for your FREE informative explanations. I look forward to more!

  4. Kristine
    Posted May 20, 2009 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

    Great tip. Will definitely make my time on Facebook more focused. It's very easy for me to go there and kind of get caught up. have to remind myself that I'm on there to help me expand my business and my status as a health expert. Thanks.

  5. Ian
    Posted June 28, 2009 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

    great info i look forward to reading more,i tried to leave a comment on your facebook page but for some reason it didn't show up,maybe you have your account set to approve i don't know but i did become a fan. wow even problems here to leave a post hmm

  6. Terri Holley
    Posted June 29, 2009 at 12:02 am | Permalink

    Hi Ian! Thanks for your comment and the trackback. Keep coming back and reading!

  7. Ian
    Posted June 29, 2009 at 4:47 am | Permalink

    great info i look forward to reading more,i tried to leave a comment on your facebook page but for some reason it didn't show up,maybe you have your account set to approve i don't know but i did become a fan. wow even problems here to leave a post hmm

  8. Terri Holley
    Posted June 29, 2009 at 5:02 am | Permalink

    Hi Ian! Thanks for your comment and the trackback. Keep coming back and reading!

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  12. Terri Holley
    Posted July 30, 2010 at 8:30 am | Permalink

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