Facebook Fan Page Tricks & Tips

You will get to select what type of business you are from the menu, then agree that you are authorized to represent the business with your facebook fan page.

Now Its time to create the page

STEP 1
First of all, you will want to get your basic business (or group) info in there. Click "edit the page" - scroll down to the information section. Click on the pencil icon "edit". Not a lot of space to be creative yet. Here you will simply enter your website, address, and hours you are open. That's about it.

STEP 2
Now its time for a snazzy Facebook profile image! You can use your logo, but if your logo is a little boring and/or corporate, I would really not recommend it. I suggest you choose an image that represents your company, product or service and is also exciting and eye catching. This is one of your best pieces of "realistate" on the page, so choose a good image!

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This is very simple!

After your page is created and you have at least 25 people who "like" your page go to this page: Facebook/Username

Use the drop down menu to select your page - then simply choose a username.

Note: You must have at least 25 fans before you can set up a custom URL

If you dont have 25 fans yet - try some of the tricks on this page for getting new fans - OR list your fan page on our "Tell us about your Facebook Page" Comment section.

Creating a custom landing page for your Facebook group is not as difficult as you might think!

Here is how you do it:
1. Log in to your Facebook account and do a Search for TAB Press (Static FBML boxes no longer work!)
2. Click on the link "Add to My Page" & Select the page. (this is found in the bottom left hand side of the page)

Now you will need to create the content for your Tabs/Welcome screen

1. Use Photo-shop or a similar application to create an image with width of 520px (the height does not matter)
2. Create a folder name FB on your server & upload the image in that folder. You can also use photobucket or an online file hosting service (you will just need a URL for your image)
3. Navigate to your fan page & click on the "Edit Page" tab below the Fan Page's Profile Image.
4. Locate your Tab application & click on Edit.
5. You can create a page for your fans and one for your "non-fans"

If you want to add a link to the image just add the following code

src ="http://yourwebsite.com/FB/imagename.jpg">

If you would like you can also use text after the image with HTML tags like h1, h2,, etc or use any other HTML you like.

6. When you are done click on save changes - navigate to your Fan Page and you will see a new tab with the title you wrote.

Now you can set your new page as the default landing page -- click on the edit page tab and locate "wall settings" -- set your default landing page to the new page you created.

Take a look at what companies like "Pizza Hut" and "Coke" are doing on their pages!

You can also get into more depth than just an image --- If you have some programming know how you can build out a miniature website within your FBML box. You can even use Dreamweaver to build out your page and then copy the code into your Facebook FBML box

If you have an email list this is a great way to get the word out about your new facebook fan page!

Here is what you do:

From your Facebook Group/Fan page click on Edit Page

Click Marketing

Then Tell Your Fans

You can upload a list of email addresses and they will each receive an invite to your page from facebook!

Try adding a "Like Me" arrow (or hand) to your facebook page. With some clever messaging you will be able to get a lot more of your page visitors to "like" you. If you compile this with the content hiding feature (which only allows people to see your page if they "like" you first) you are going to see more fans following your facebook page.

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