Facebook Fan Page Setup

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Guide to Facebook Fan Pages

Facebook pages allows brands to interact with existing customers and engage new ones. Essentially pages are profiles for brands on Facebook. Facebook pages provide real time news feeds to the walls of their fans. One of the most useful features of Facebook pages is the integration with other apps that can allow you to customize your fans experience.

How To Create a Facebook Page

How to Change a Facebook Page Name

If you are a Facebook Page administrator, you can choose your username for your pages. A custom username allows you to easily promote your presence on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/username



Guidelines:

Facebook encourages you to consider the following when creating a username for Pages:


  • Create a username that is as close as possible to your public figure or business name (e.g. AshtonKutcher, PizzaHut).

  • If you own the rights to a given name, make it your username so that others cannot obtain it.

  • Usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (".").

  • Choose a username you will be happy with for the long term. Usernames are not transferable.

  • Your username must adhere to Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

Registered Trademarks

Registered TrademarkIf you own a registered trademark: Facebook will be extremely helpful in assisting you with a custom URL on a page. All you'll have to do is create a page for your business or trade name (or, if you already have one - that's fine, too)...then, fill out a Username IP Infringement Form. This form requires you to have your trademark registration number ready. Remember, that number is in the form of "01/234567" - simply input it in the "Trademark Registration #" field. Trademark owners are exempt from the "minimum 25 fans" rule for pages! If you don't have a registered trademark for your business, I highly recommend getting one if you can afford it. LegalZoom Online Trademarks is a reputable service that will do it for you.

In the description field, tell the Facebook representative that you are not reporting an infringing user, but you are a trademark owner, and would like to secure the name of your company as a Facebook Page. The representative should reply to you rather quickly - usually within 24 hours, and assist you with getting this task done. I've done it twice - once for the company I work for, and another time for a registered trademark I own, and Facebook has been nothing but helpful and speedy in both situations.

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=username_infringement

Guides to Facebook Pages & Places

The Facebook Marketing Update - Spring 2011 | Hubspot.com
In The Facebook Marketing Update - Spring 2011, "How to use The Open Graph to connect with your market" you will find out how to:

- Optimize the Like button and the Open Graph to improve engagement
- Use iFrames for custom Facebook page content
- Optimize the Facebook page for search
- Create a contest that will accomplish almost any conversion goal
- Use Facebook Connect for eCommerce
- Make the most out of Facebook Places and Deals
- Take advantage of the significant upgrade to Facebook Comments plug-in
- Apply best practices to advertising on Facebook
Facebook Marketing Guide 2011 | Hubspot.com (PDF)
This ebook is based on a transcript from the webinar, Facebook Page Marketing with Q&A, provided by HubSpot and Social Fresh. The conversation below is structured in a questions-and-answers format between our panelists, Jason Keath, founder of Social Fresh, Justin Kistner, Senior Manager of Social Media Marketing for Webtrends, Ellie Mirman, Inbound Marketing Manager at HubSpot and Justin Levy, Senior Social Communications Manager at Citrix Online.
Build your Presence on Facebook: Get Started in 5 Easy Steps | Facebook
If you are a public figure, we highly recommend you create a Page on Facebook in addition to your personal profile. You should continue to use your personal profile to connect with your family, friends and the people who are important to you and use your Page as a public profile to connect with your fans, supporters and followers.
Facebook Pages Guide | SocialTimes (PDF)
Over the past few years Facebook has witnessed a dramatic rise in new user adoption and with that rise has come the opportunity for brands to interact directly with existing customers and engage new ones. At the end of 2007, Facebook announced the launch of Facebook Pages and last week they launched a revised edition which includes a number of significant upgrades. There are numerous ways for brands to leverage Facebook but the overall branded experience is becoming increasingly integrated into a single offering as the new Pages product highlights. So what are the primary benefits and changes for the new branded pages?
New Page Creation Flow | Facebook
We're excited to introduce a streamlined Page creation process to help businesses, brands, and celebrities easily create a presence online using Facebook Pages.
Claiming Your Facebook Place (Guide) | Website Magazine
Facebook has become an important channel for marketers - on the Web and off. The social media destinations relatively new Facebook Places offering provides busineses an additional opportunity to track the people who visit their store, office or venue...

Facebook Resources

Facebook Pages - Product/Service | Facebook
Mission: To help people share and make the world more open and connected.

A Facebook public profile gives a voice to any public figure or organization to join the conversation with Facebook users. Since November 2007, bands, sports teams, artists, films, brands, non-profits and businesses have been using public profiles (formerly called Pages) as free, customizable presences on Facebook.

By leveraging the real connections between friends on Facebook, a public profile lets users connect to what they care about. Posts by public profiles will soon start to appear in News Feed, giving you a more dynamic relationship with the public figures and organizations you are interested in.
The Facebook Blog | Facebook
Find out what's happening behind the scenes at Facebook. Facebook employees give first hand accounts of new features, products, and goings-on around the office.
All Facebook - The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More!
Facebook News, Facebook Games and analysis of Facebook.
Inside Facebook
Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers
SocialTimes.com - Covering All That's Social on the Web - News, Applications, OpenSocial, Social Media and more!
Social Gaming News, Social Media News, Tips, And More

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