If I tell you that Facebook is an opportunity for you to make money online. Would you believe me? Well that’s true judging by the stupendous traffic and it’s soaring members every single day, I would say Facebook is really “the bomb”! ![]()
Just like any other platform, making money on Facebook isn’t a piece of cake as you must know the audience there are not the type of “hungry dog” looking for money all around. No! No! sir! They are there for the purpose of catching fun and making new friends.
I don’t need to blabber too much and waste your precious time! The aim of this article is not to tell you about what Facebook is and what it isn’t, as I’ve written some articles on it before.
The essence of this piece, is to teach you how create a facebook fan page and how to promote it as well!
Creating a Facebook fan page isn’t a difficult thing at all it’s just about getting the demographics right! We shall be looking at how to get this done in few easy steps.
Let’s get started!
Step 1; You will need to Log-on to http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Step 2; You will be given several options to choose in creating your Facebook fan page, the next thing you want to do is to look through the options and choose which one is applicable to you. You will be required to either set up a fan page based on the following categories;
Local business or place; If you’re a small business owner this is good for you. For instance, if you own a restuarant down town or a shop along the road. Using this option is just okay!
Company, organization or institution; If you own a company or website this is good for you.
Artist, Band or Public figure; If you are a music star, sports star, actor, actress, head of states/presidents this page is good for you. Most popular musicians, actress, actors, etc…Use this medium in creating their fan page.
Community or Cause; If you’re an NGO or any other non-governmental group this is good for you.
Entertainment; If you’re an entertainer or comedian this is the page for you.
Brand or Product; If you’re promoting a brand or product this is good for you.
Step 3; For the purpose of this article we shall be using the company/organization or institution option as an illustration.
Enter your company/organization or institutions name, check the terms and conditions box and click submit! That’s all and you’ve eventually created a fan page.
You will then be taken to the main page where you can do some customizations or edit the profile such as entering the mission statement of your company, date of creation, etc…
How do I promote my Facebook fan page;
I assume here that you’ve decided on which fan page to create, the next thing is to look for how we can promote our newly created fan page.
Let’s look at three simple but effective ways by which we can promote our fan page;
1. Suggest to Your Facebook friends; One of the best ways to promote your fan page is to suggest it to your Facebook friends provided they share the same belief with you.
2. Use Facebook Advertisement; Facebook as we all know is the most visited site after Google averaging millions of visitors daily. This means that you can quickly promote your newly created fan page to this hungry visitors and you’ll see your fan base increase sporadically.
3. Tell your site readers; You can also promote your fan page on your site by including the “like box” feature on your site. This means that if your readers like your blog, they can easily become your fan by clicking on the “like button”.
So that’s just about it! I hope you have learnt basic ways of creating a Facebook fan page and also how to promote it. The next thing now, is to take action based on what you just read and create a fan page for your business. Chao! ![]()
Remember this is a site that’s genuinely designed to help beginners make money online!