Make Your Business Page on Facebook


by Vladimir Petrov - Date: 2010-07-08 - Word Count: 630 Share This!

There is so much more to this website. It is an extremely powerful medium which should be used correctly in order to get the most out of it. Internet marketers across the globe are using Facebook in order to promote their businesses, it can help them to build trust and build better relationships with potential clients.

Facebook has its own marketplace. This area of the site allows people to advertise their products and services. This is a fantastic and successful way to create worldwide publicity for a business. If you are looking for particular products or services then you can use the Facebook marketplace to find them.

Setting up a business page on Facebook is quick and easy. A set by step guide is listed below:

Log onto your account, then scroll to the bottom of the homepage.

Locate the word "Advertising" and click on it, this will link you to another page.

When the next page opens locate the word "pages" and click on it.

Click on the green box labelled as "Create a Page", this is located on the right-hand side of your screen. You will now be required to enter your business information in order to set up a business page.

Once you have created your personal business page you will have an application added to your account. This application is known as "Page Manager" and can be found on your log in page at the top of the screen on the left-hand side. Clicking this link will open your business page, this is where you will go to add or edit content.

You will need to choose a name and category for your business page. This should be considered carefully. The name of your page will be used to form your keywords. These are the words that will allow your page to be picked up on when someone does a search.

The information and applications that you use on Facebook are up to you however, you should try to use applications that represent your company in its best light. People will be looking at this page and forming an idea and opinion about you and your business so you want it to be professional.

Popular Facebook Applications Which Can Be Put To Use by Your Business:

Simply RSS, this can be located at http://apps.facebook.com/simplyrss.

This application lets you show RSS feeds on your Facebook business page. You can display your business's main websites feed. Simply RSS can accept various encodings, including UTF-8.

Twitter APP, this can be located at http://apps.facebook.com/twitter.

If you do not have a twitter account then you should think about getting one as this is another powerful way to promote your business. This particular Twitter application will automatically take your "Tweets" and apply them as your Facebook status. The application will apply a Twitter style icon next to your status to inform your friends and fans that you are a member of Twitter, therefore attracting more followers. This application helps to ensure that your profile remains updated and interesting to the people who are following your business. It will also save you time as you will only have to update one networking site.

Utilising these types of applications will keep your visitors interested. A page with activity is far more successful than one that does not have any. Your visitors will become more interested in your business, which of course can lead to a successful sale. Therefore, you should ensure that your posts are regular; they should be relevant to the page or subject area and should target your audience. Make sure that you're using popular keywords, words that people are actually searching for. The more people and profile pages that you have linked to your business or even your personal page then the more it will get crawled; this will essentially lead to a higher ranking page.


Vladimir Petrov - Chief Technology Advisor www.minleys.netn
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