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1. How to Build Facebook Fan Pages Creation & Best Practices

3. What is a Facebook Page? A Facebook Page is a public profile that enables you to share your business and products with Facebook users.

4. What is a Facebook Page? When your fans interact with your Facebook Page, stories linking to your Page can go to their friends via News Feed. As these friends interact with your Page, News Feed keeps driving word-of-mouth to a wider circle of friends.

7. What is a Facebook Page? When your fans interact with your Facebook Page, stories linking to your Page can go to their friends via News Feed. As these friends interact with your Page, News Feed keeps driving word-of-mouth to a wider circle of friends.

9. How to Prepare Plan for the Purpose of your Page Where will you take them from there?

11. How to Prepare Plan for the Purpose of your Page Destination – Route – Like a GPS for Business! Facebook Website VALUE OFFER

12. How to Prepare Name your Page The name you give your Page is permanent, so make sure it's the one your fans and customers will recognize. http://www.facebook.com/username/

14. How to Prepare You'll be able to upload an unlimited number of photos. The most important is the profile picture that Facebook users will see (as a thumbnail) in News Feed when their friends interact with you. A logo, storefront, or group photo may work well. Make sure the image is still clear when reduced to thumbnail size. Gather Photos

17. Getting Started http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php Lower Left Only the official representative of an organization, business, celebrity, or band may create a Facebook Page. The Page creator can then add other representatives to help them manage the Page. Each Page admin will be able to update and edit their Pages from their own accounts.

19. Getting Started Step 1: Pick a category and name YOU CAN’T CHANGE!

20. Getting Started Click "upload a picture" near the top and upload the graphic or photo that best represents you. Make sure that your brand is clear even as a "thumbnail," since the image will appear at that reduced size throughout the site. Step 2: Add a profile picture Facebook specs recommend that profile pictures should be 200px wide, while height can vary as needed. What is less documented is how the thumbnail that Facebook uses across the system is generated from this picture.

21. Getting Started You’ll find the system crops images when generating a thumbnail, losing information around the edge. There is a “title safe” area within all images. So when you create your profile image that’s 200px wide, allow a 12 pixel border around crucial information (such as typography or a logo) to allow for automatic cropping. Step 2: Add a profile picture Also bear in mind that regardless of the shape of your profile image, Facebook thumbnails are square (with rounded corners), and sized based on the length of the shortest side of your image. So when designing rectangular profile pictures, make sure to keep your desired thumbnail imagery within a square boundary.

22. Getting Started Click "Add information to this Page" underneath the profile picture and enter as much basic and detailed information as you can. The fields available will depend on your Page type. The more details you can add about who you are, what you do, and when and where customers can buy your products, the more successful you will be. Step 3: Add information

26. Getting Started Step 3: Add information Boxes Tabs

29. Getting Started Like user profiles, Pages have multiple tabs. By default, your Page has a Wall tab for you and your fans to share content, an Info tab for you to share business information, and a Boxes tab for application modules. You can choose to devote entire tabs to several Facebook applications, such as Photos, Reviews, and Discussion Board. In addition, applications built by outside developers can choose to use Page tabs. Step 4: Make it rich and engaging

30. Getting Started Click the “Publish this Page" link to share your Page the with world. Unlike a phone book listing or website, this public profile has the power to let your customers engage their friends on your behalf. Step 5: Publish

31. Getting Started You can personalize your Facebook URL (web address) by selecting a unique username. It will appear in the location bar of your browser after "http://www.facebook.com/" when you view your page. You must have at least 25 fans to claim a username URL. Step 5: Claim a Facebook URL http://www.facebook.com/username 25 MIN! A Facebook username should have a clear connection to one's identity. Impersonating anyone or anything is prohibited by Facebook’s policies.

33. Getting Fans The best way to start getting fans to your page is to invite them. Start with your network of friends. Invite Your Friends Select friends from your network and send them invitations to join your fan page.

34. Editing Your Page Optimize your Page's performance by clicking the "Edit Page" link and setting a variety of controls. For instance, you can control the default landing tab for users who are not yet fans of your Page. You can also choose whether or not to allow fans to share Wall posts, photos, and more; allowing these will enrich your Page and increase its reach across Facebook.

35. Updating Your Page Updating your Page regularly with fresh photos, upcoming events, and the latest promotions means your Page won't just look like a profile, it will feel like one, and that will keep users coming back. Facebook users are used to getting information sorted by what happened most recently. If you keep your Page active, which you can do through mobile integrations and applications, you'll find that your fans are more engaged and more interactive.

36. Have a plan – be organized