Written by:Charlie Marval
2/24/2010 10:45 AM 

An important part of a balanced social media diet is having a Facebook fan page. Fan pages are separate from your personal profile and are designed to promote an idea, product, service or an organization. Think about fan pages as your business profile versus your personal profile.

Here are some resources I hope you'll find useful in getting your page up:

• Start by logging in to Facebook and follow this page. There you will be able to provide all the settings to start your page:
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/#!/pages/create.php
• Once you setup your page, Facebook allows you to have your very own vanity url. In order to qualify and get your own http://facebook.com/companyname you have to have 25 “fans” (visitors can click on a link at the top of the page labeled ‘Become a fan') Unlike friends, fans do not have access to your personal profile and are not automatic friends. Once you have your 25 fans follow the link below to get instructions on how to pick what you want your vanity url to be if available.
  http://socialmediarockstar.com/how-to-set-change-and-transfer-facebook-usernames
• Facebook also allows you to have your own landing or welcome page. The following article explains how to do just that.
  http://mashable.com/2010/02/22/build-facebook-landing-page/
• So now you have your very own Facebook page ... now what. Follow this link for some excellent ideas on spicing up your page by making your page more interactive and engaging:
  http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/technology/article/5-fantastic-facebook-fan-page-ideas-to-learn-from-matt-silverman
• Track your reach: to find out statistics about your fan page such as fan interaction go to http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/ and click on "View Insights" under your fan page.

Happy Facebooking!

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