Comments on: Create a Fan Page (Business Page) on Facebook: Updated

By: Pedro

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:52:21 +0000

I have always been reluctant to social media sites and finally I decided to jump into. I created the landing page in facebook just some days ago…
http://www.facebook.com/ArtAndSupplies
how do you manage to get traffic ?
let’s see if this is worth it later on

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By: Derek

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:40:28 +0000

In reply to Derek.

SOLUTION: Log into page, go to edit, manage permission, remove county restrictions and select 13+ for an age. Save settings.

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By: Derek

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:08:34 +0000

In reply to Tom.

I’m having the same problem. Does anyone have any more info on how to view a page without logging in?

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By: Jodie

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:24:12 +0000

In reply to Alyson Stanfield.

I currently have 34 likes and it doesn’t work.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:24:38 +0000

In reply to Jodie.

Jodie: I think it’s 30 likes now. Do you have that? Facebook changes this all of the time!

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By: Jodie

Sun, 27 May 2012 05:55:13 +0000

I have just created a fan page but am unable to create a username for that page. I have over 25 likes, which is apparently what you need to create a unique url for a fan page. Does anyone know why this won’t work for me?

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:06:00 +0000

In reply to Larry DeGraff.

Larry: You’ll notice that this was written last spring. Facebook has changed a lot since then. I wish they’d quit messing with stuff!
Yes, their new algorithm favors personal profiles. No doubt about it. Keep posting there! But don’t forget the fan page since that is available to everyone – not just friends.
But supposedly they are rolling out timelines for pages starting tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what happens after that point.

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By: Larry DeGraff

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:35:33 +0000

I love your site and the advice you share. Please take this not as negativity but as observation and learning along the way. I followed your advice and created a fan page with my art as the profile pic. I have about one third the ‘fans’ as I do friends on my personal page after two months. These fans represent the core of people who used to respond the most on my personal page so I didn’t expect too much of a drop off. Instead where I used to average about 30 likes and 20 comments per posted piece of art, I’m now getting about 10 likes and 7 comments on my fan page. As a test I posted on my fan page and shared it to my personal page. The response was a consistent 3 to 1 in favor of the personal page. Part of it is that people were not clicking on the thumbnail image. By the way, fan page thumbnails on the wall are much smaller than personal page thumbnails. Other than that all I can think of is that maybe people are going to FB to contact others in a casual, personal way and prefer the personal page with it’s side bits about everyday life. Maybe they resent the intrusion of anything hinting at sales and marketing. The trend I see lately is successful artists NOT having fan pages but profile pics of themselves in front of their paintings on their personal pages. I also see the timeline banner as an option to include big art and a small picture of yourself. Things can change fast.
One more thing. I definitely see that with a website, blog, personal page and fan page, they are definitely cutting into each other from a traffic standpoint. All individual numbers are down, totals are up. Each has it’s strength but I can’t imaging that in 3 years I will still be trying to keep all these digital plates in the air. Thanks again. I really appreciate this site.

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By: Tom

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:16:38 +0000

In reply to Heather.

Heather,
How did you figure that out? I am having the same problem with Facebook requiring people to sign into an acct before they can view my page. I don’t want this. I want it to be visible to the world. What settings did you have to change in order to allow that. I clicked your link and now your site seems to work without a login. http://facebook.com/pinupartstore

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:21:32 +0000

In reply to Naomi Nicholls.

That’s so nice. Thanks, Naomi! Do a search on this blog for “start promoting your exhibit now” – March is right around the corner.

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