facebook again sorry

[tomp1986]

hi guys

i am looking at putting a business facebook page together

the problem is i dont have personal one and dont use or intend to use it for personal networking

carnt seem to be able to set it up for my business only and seam to be wanting some personal info.

also any advice to get the best out of my facebook page business wise would be great

thanks again

 

[popunder]

Start here I think: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

 

[wecandobiz]

But I think you'll still need a personal page to set it up and act as administrator. There is no obligation for you to play an active role in Facebook beyond your Business Page, but you still need to be able to sign in!

You may be interested in our 5 Minute Guide to Facebook for Business here.

 

[altteam]

But I think you'll still need a personal page to set it up and act as administrator. There is no obligation for you to play an active role in Facebook beyond your Business Page, but you still need to be able to sign in!

You may be interested in our 5 Minute Guide to Facebook for Business here.

That's true. I have my personal aacount and I have created the "page".
But I really don't understand what to do next with my page. You can't invite friends, you may only sit and wait while anybody will notice and "like" your page. Does anybody know what to do next, when you have a page there? It sounds stupid I know, but I haven't had my personal account before.
What I'm doing now - refreshing news, searching for some pages relevant to mine and "like" them ))))
May be to create the "group" is better than to create "the page"?

 

[BPM-UK]

Invite your friends from you business fan page is totally fine. When you update etc from your business side it will update with your business name. Nothing personal will be seen, unless you want your information on there.

Happy to give advice as I also run Manage My Social Media

Dont mind giving UKBF peeps some help ...

pm if you want to

Thanks James

 

[Newcott]

You will need a personal page to set up a fan/business page.

Just put in the very basic information required and set all your security (under account settings to private) no one will be able to see your details unless you invite them to friend your personal account.

Non of your fans on your business page will be able to see your personal if you don't want to.

Worst case if you have to make up your own personal details.

Won't take you 5 mins.

 

[wecandobiz]

Before you start going crazy inviting everyone, get the content sorted. If you have a blog stream content to the page. Think about adding videos and photos of products of whatever. Otherwise when you invite people they'll wonder what's there for them.

As someone has said though, is this going to be a critical new business initiative for you? What does your company do? Are your customers or market likely to engage with you on Facebook even?

 

[popunder]

For Facebook I'm finding Get10,000Fans.com really useful at the moment, some good tips on there (some free, some not). Not all relevant to me but may be to others.

 

[tomp1986]

thanks for the answers guys

i have set up a business page but it wont let me search for friend and it seems like it is american is there a differance?

it keeps trying to get me to a page to get me to get a personal account and i dont want one

can i get round this

 

[zigojacko]

Create an account using your business name (this is technically against their guidelines), then edit your preferences/permissions to prevent anyone from finding you or viewing any of your profile.

Then create your business page. Any interaction on your page will not show any association to your account that you are logged in to.

There is no other possible way to create a page without signing up to the site first.

Hope that helps.