Comments on: How to Create a Business-friendly Facebook Profile

By: When Worlds Collide « Careers

When Worlds Collide « Careers — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:51:25 +0000

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The Facebook Creed - for business — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:19:03 +0000

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Weekend Project: Facebook and Linked In Profiles | Business on Purpose — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:15:55 +0000

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By: Rhiannon Bryant

Rhiannon Bryant — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:20:23 +0000

I am a heavy user of facebook for personal use but I have got myself completed messed up with facebook when setting up an account for my boss who is an artist.
I created an account via the link “Create a Page for a celebrity, band or business” then when I was synching twitter for him I had to add a personal profile for him. Now he has 2 accounts, a personal and business one both linked to the same log in and I cannot delete his personal one. Is there a way to get rid of his personal one or do I need that to keep the Artist one.
Sorry to use this forum for my question, but there is nothing I can find about it on facebook help.

By: Kevin Warhus

Kevin Warhus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:20:43 +0000

Great advice! I agree that these are all great steps in making an effective facebook fan page for any business. I believe the most important thing to understand is why customers are there. They are becoming fans of particular businesses to show other their brand preferences of their favorite companies and build relationships with them. For this reason it is important to understand how to increase the value of that relationship.

I work for a company called ShopTab that you might want to check out (http://www.facebook.com/shoptabapp) as this application helps businesses build customer loyalty in a similar fashion as mentioned above in this blog. We saw a huge opportunity for eCommerce business owners who wanted to leverage and monetize their Facebook presence. Facebook ShopTab App allows these business owners the ability to create a shop tab directly on their Facebook fan page.

We feel with the use of personalization through social media sites like Facebook companies can continue to build valuable relations through various media vehicles and keep their customers involved and happy.

Thanks,
–Kevin (http://www.twitter.com/shoptab)

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Aungkk's Blog — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:57:07 +0000

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10 Things to Do Before the New Year — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:01:59 +0000

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By: Mike H

Mike H — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:16:50 +0000

Just an update… after reading a bit on facebooks FAQ I think the reason I don’t have a “limited profile” option is becuase I didn’t have anyone set to limited profile before the whole privacy settings migration. It says if you had any users in “limited profile” before the new privacy settings, they would be migrated to a friends list titled “limited profile”. It appears that on the flipside if you had no one assigned to limited profile, then you just get an empty friends lists section.

I guess now I can just create a friend list named whatever I want and use the security settings to make it a limited profile. Does anyone know if people in one of these friends lists you create can see all your friends who have not been assigned to lists? It sounds like after their whole security fiasco there will be no way to hide that.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:55:46 +0000

Ok I can’t get “limited profile” to work either. When I click on “add to list” next to a friend it says “you have no lists”. Am I not seeing it becuase I am testing it on current friends vs a new friend request?

By: How to Create a Business-friendly Facebook Profile - Spunje

How to Create a Business-friendly Facebook Profile - Spunje — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:17:03 +0000

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By: collegiatelivin

collegiatelivin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:58:41 +0000

nice write up, especially the idea of maximizing what FB already has in store for you…keep it professional and the people will come.

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:24:13 +0000

Excellent point, Ari. Not all of us have Pages, but this works great for those who do.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:52:15 +0000

Great ideas! I’d add that depending on the view you want to show off, you may want to consider creating a Facebook fan page (if you’re an artist, politician, or other brand) in addition to the profile. For instance, there are some people I’d like to engage with as a businessman but who I don’t want to be profile friends with; in this case, I point them to fan me at http://facebook.com/ahassociates.

By: Pervara Kapadia

Pervara Kapadia — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:19 +0000

Thanks so much for the information – a very simple and lucid language. Unfortunately FB settings do not work to the best effect. If for instance you use an application and you would not want a certain list to see this – they still get the posts. This is really sad part.Add to this there is no email id provided of FB where you can register / bring to their notice the feedback /complain

By: Meryl Evans

Meryl Evans — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:18:36 +0000

Kevin, when you “add a friend,” there’s a drop down next to “Add to List.” Here’s the screen shot to help you:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n292/merylke/FB_add_friend.gif

Thank you, Sherrilynne and Leora. Leora — yes, FB is more varied than Twitter and even LinkedIn. But it’s a good thing because people who don’t use social media tend to be on Facebook, so it’s a good way to reach potential business clients. Hence, I think more and more of us will use it for both and the complex settings makes it possible … once you figure it out.

By: Leora Wenger

Leora Wenger — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:52:39 +0000

Great post, Meryl!
“my Twitter tweets feeding into Facebook status updates” – I am so glad you decided against this. I find it better to be selective about what you put into Facebook.

“You just never know what spills over” – yes, too true!

I decided to use the Fan page to my blog as my business side of Facebook. Facebook is a lot more complex than Twitter because of all the varied settings and the ways one can manipulate a page (ex. with FBML). Thanks for some clarification on ways to use it for business.