Create a Facebook Fan Page to Boost Your Popularity
Facebook is the number one social network with hundreds of millions of users world-wide.
You've probably used Facebook before, or maybe you've just heard about it.
If you're already experienced with Facebook than you've probably already seen or joined some fan pages.
About Fan Pages These pages provide an opportunity for anyone to create their own page related to a particular company, product, or service.
Facebook users become fans of your page to show their support and to receive updates that you or others post to your page.
Facebook users can send requests to their friends asking them to become a fan.
Fans can also share videos, pictures, etc with their friends, which draws even more attention to your page.
Most companies now have pages you can join.
A quick Google search for Facebook along with a company name will lead you right to them.
Creating A Fan Page In order to create a page for your business, product, or service, you'll need to first have (or create) a personal Facebook page.
It's 100% free to join Facebook.
Once you have your personal page created and verified, visit the Create a Page page.
You'll be asked for the business type and a name to give the page.
The name cannot be changed later so choose carefully.
After creating the page, you'll then have the ability to fill in information such as a Web site address, products and services offered, hours of operation, location, etc.
All of which are completely optional.
You can also upload pictures, videos, and post status messages.
To customize your page even further, you can create a customized tab and set it as the default view that users see when they first visit your page.
You should take that opportunity to encourage users to become a fan.
You can also have your fan page subscribe to your blog so that when you post a new blog article it shows up on your page for all of your fans to see.
Getting Fans Having a fan page isn't as useful without actually having fans.
There are a few things you can do to get people joining:
If y looks inactive, it may discourage others from joining it.
You've probably used Facebook before, or maybe you've just heard about it.
If you're already experienced with Facebook than you've probably already seen or joined some fan pages.
About Fan Pages These pages provide an opportunity for anyone to create their own page related to a particular company, product, or service.
Facebook users become fans of your page to show their support and to receive updates that you or others post to your page.
Facebook users can send requests to their friends asking them to become a fan.
Fans can also share videos, pictures, etc with their friends, which draws even more attention to your page.
Most companies now have pages you can join.
A quick Google search for Facebook along with a company name will lead you right to them.
Creating A Fan Page In order to create a page for your business, product, or service, you'll need to first have (or create) a personal Facebook page.
It's 100% free to join Facebook.
Once you have your personal page created and verified, visit the Create a Page page.
You'll be asked for the business type and a name to give the page.
The name cannot be changed later so choose carefully.
After creating the page, you'll then have the ability to fill in information such as a Web site address, products and services offered, hours of operation, location, etc.
All of which are completely optional.
You can also upload pictures, videos, and post status messages.
To customize your page even further, you can create a customized tab and set it as the default view that users see when they first visit your page.
You should take that opportunity to encourage users to become a fan.
You can also have your fan page subscribe to your blog so that when you post a new blog article it shows up on your page for all of your fans to see.
Getting Fans Having a fan page isn't as useful without actually having fans.
There are a few things you can do to get people joining:
- Send requests to your friends asking them to join.
- Join other fan pages that are related to yours and send friend requests to those users.
Once you're friends with them send them a request to join your fan page. - Post a button or link on your Web site that visitors can click on to become your fan.
If y looks inactive, it may discourage others from joining it.
