Facebook tips for business
Up to date Facebook tips for businesses that use Facebook as part of their social media strategy. Increase your engagement and use Facebook effectively.
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How to use Facebook as a business page
You can use Facebook as a business page, posting and liking as your business. Administrators and editors can see updates from other pages on a news feed. Facebook has recently changed the set up to this; no longer switching to “use Facebook as your...Facebook profile versus Facebook page
Companies using a personal Facebook profile to promote their businesses on Facebook run the risk of being banned by Facebook. Personal profiles are very different from Facebook business pages (or fan pages) and are used in different ways. Here is why you should not...What is a hashtag?
Can the word hashtag be written as all one word? Lets clear that argument up. Hashtag is now written as one word, even if my WordPress spell checker keeps bringing me up on this. It is a commonly used social media term and is now used in the Oxford Dictionary:...Facebook Messenger for business pages
At time of writing Facebook Messenger for Business Pages is being rolled out in the US and Canada. It will soon be available to the rest of the world. What is Facebook Messenger? If you personally use Facebook regularly on your phone you will be asked at some point to...Tagging connections on Facebook
Why is tagging useful for businesses on Facebook? I very much encourage businesses to use the Facebook tagging feature. Tagging participants from a corporate event, meeting or training session gets them involved, can reach their connections and build on business...Facebook pages: call to action button
I just found Facebook pages call to action button on my Facebook business page. I am really encouraging people to sign up to my newsletter at the moment so I intend to use it to ask people to join. The new button is also great for shopping sites as you can link...A sudden decrease in Facebook page likes?
Facebook strives to manage page likes and will monitor users, checking for authentic identity. In the last year Facebook improved their system of doing this, meaning that many businesses noticed a sudden drop in Facebook page likes. False accounts and deactivated...Using Facebook as a business only, with no personal profile
THIS POST IS NO LONGER VALID. It is possible to register on Facebook as a business only, meaning you now do not need a personal profile at all. Create as many Facebook pages as you like with no personal profile. However, there are disadvantages to this. No Facebook...Link a Facebook profile to a Facebook business page
Using Facebook as a business page means that you cannot actively request someone as a friend. They have to actively like your page. Linking your personal profile to your Facebook business page lets Facebook friends easily check out your business page. Promotion in...How to invite people to LIKE your Facebook page
As a business page you cannot request that people become your ‘friend’, but you can INVITE personal users to like your page. Do this by using Facebook as your personal profile. Now go directly to your page, using the search box. Once on the page you will...Facebook business page visibility and restrictions
How to make your Facebook business page visible Published pages are visible to the public. Unpublished pages are only visible to the people who manage the page. If your page is unpublished, you will see a notification at the top of your page when you view it. New...How to use Facebook lists; separate personal and business posts
I connect my personal Facebook page to my business page and I share updates across them both. I have clients and colleagues on my Facebook friends list. This activity is what I would encourage for social interaction, in fact that is how I get some of my business....4 reasons to post more frequently on your Facebook business page
There are plenty of reasons to post more frequently on your Facebook business page. 1. Your Facebook fans generally never come back to your Facebook page 95% of your fans will never take time out to actually visit your Facebook page. How far you ‘reach’ is dependent...About the author
I am Kelly Drewett - a freelance website designer, who builds custom websites.
I've worked with small businesses since the year 2000. I actively help you to work towards higher search engine listings.
My aspirations are for you to understand website design and SEO, to have an interest in your own website and to adopt habits for a more competitive online presence.