Facebook Business Pages Demystified for Entrepreneurs

Facebook is so popular that entrepreneurs can simply stop considering an appropriate place to socialize and just play the game. In fact, in September 2010, Facebook surpassed Google in relation to the amount of time users spent on your site. Facebook says users spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook!

With 500 million active users, Facebook is the new giant on the web. With over 50% of active users log on Facebook each day, according to Facebook, Facebook is now so important for the life of your prospects that make sense to you as a business owner to have a presence where your potential customers are hanging on a daily basis.

Let's clarify a few things that have confused business owners on Facebook. First, a business page is not to be confused with a personal profile. Facebook Pages are also called Busines Fan Pages?

Many of you who have used Facebook for a while will remember that Facebook used to call the guide companies - Fan Pages. Do not be confused into thinking that a fan page is a different product page of a business are one in the same.

All Facebook pages begin with the creation of a Facebook personal profile. True, a personal profile! You can not just jump to the created page. The email address and the name you use for your personal profile should be attached to a person and not as a catchall email info. After creating your personal Facebook profile, you are ready to begin. only the creation of this account for a platform to launch and access your new Facebook page. While logged into your personal account, visit the Facebook business link page. It will take you to the creation of a tool Facebook business page to actually create your new page.

On the right side of the page select creation under the title of "Official Page" and select "create a page for" and then select "local business". Enter your page name, then check the box next to the statement that says you are a representative of the law firm and authorized the page itself. It is important to understand that the name chosen for the title of your Facebook page will appear on top of your finished page.

It used to be that we had to enter dashes or spaces to show how non-HTML characters in the page name and URL, but Facebook has grown beyond what we need now. For example, type "My Name Comapny" (note the proper use of spacing and capitalization), and not "Ma-Company-Name". This name will appear on your new URL of the page as well. After click the creative, the next page you see will be your new brand page on Facebook. Make my updates on my personal show business page?

Once you've created your page on Facebook, you can "lock" your personal profile that was used to launch the content. Just change the privacy settings of the personal account does not show your personal information to others who are not "approved" friends.

When Facebook was created many business owners, including myself, started with a Facebook personal profile for your business. Now that Facebook created Pages, you can easily change the privacy settings of your old personal profile to funnel traffic to your business new Facebook page while maintaining the profile of the age now only for family and close friends .

When you change the privacy settings on the personal profile related to your business page, has no impact on who can view information about your company page. Also, if you post pictures of your children on your Facebook personal profile, which is the launch pad for your business page, and you have limited your personal profile to "friends only" pictures of your children will not appear on your business page wall.

Why exactly would a business owner or a business page, and not just use a personal profile?

Several reasons to have a business Facebook page are: the ability to communicate with all the people who "Like" or "Fan" type rating HIM newsletter with a single click, interact with discussion questions, a forum to create events and invite fans to participate and even create home pages and specialized trade. Your business page can be almost a mini-site!

Create your business page vanity URL

Once you have 25 people who clicked "Like" your business page, you can select a short easy to remember name to use to promote your website and business card. You can have vanity URLs for both your personal account page and business.

Tips for best practice to keep your new business page update Facebook.

It is important to understand that what you post on your wall is attached to the wall of people who clicked "Like" on your page.
 
Conclusion

If you have not set up your own Facebook business page, the time has come to consider establishing one. Facebook is increasingly popular and sought to attract the business community in its portal with payment based on population per click advertising and search integration with new Bing.com.