Create Facebook Fan page the simple way

By Brankica

how to create facebook fan pageThis is an old post I have edited and now reposting for several reasons.

The main one is that not all of you (yes, you reading this now) have done this yet and I think it is about the time you do!

I have found two solutions for you.

Get someone to do it for you

I can help you with all your Facebook needs.

Do it yourself

Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a Facebook fan page.

STEP 1

Go to Facebook Fan page creation. You will see this:

create facebook fan page

 

STEP 2

As you can see there are 6 different options to choose from. They are pretty self explanatory. For a blog, I would choose the top right box – “Brand or Product”.

The box will change into this:

create facebook fan page step 2

 

STEP 3

From the drop down menu, choose “Website”.

STEP 4

Type in your Fan page name. The first letter must be capitalized.

Facebook will warn you if you can not use the name for some reason. I would recommend, even before you start creating the fan page, to think of several options.

Branding would be a great idea, so naming your page by the blog makes a lot of sense.

STEP 5

Check the box to agree with Facebook terms.

STEP 6

Hit the Get Started button. That will open your newly created Facebook Fan Page and you can start customizing it!

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This will take 1 or 2 minutes of your time. You can not be that busy that you can’t go and create the page now!

With 500+ million users Facebook is irreplaceable in traffic generation and social networking, so please do this for your blog.

If you go now and do it, post the link to your newly created page in the comments and I will go and like it :) I know it isn’t much, but one like is better than none.

Leave your opinion related to Facebook fan pages in the comments. You don’t have to comment directly on the topic of creating one, just give me your opinion on anything related to these fan pages :)

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Comments

  1. Jane@Blogging Tips says:
    04/10/2011 at 9:09 PM

    Hey Brankica,

    Really simple and superb guide for everyone to create a FB page. I like the picture very much. Face+Book LOL!

    Cheers,
    Jane.

  2. Janet @ The Natural Networker says:
    04/10/2011 at 9:20 PM

    Brankica, aloha. This is terrific. Love the idea that you have someone you know to be good at Fiverr for this. Will share this info because you are making life so easy for everyone.

    Though my page is not new, please do come Like it.

    http://www.facebook.com/janetcallaway.thenaturalnetworker

    Hope all is well with you and that you are busy with exciting projects. Have not seen you around much these days. Aloha. Janet

    • Brankica says:
      04/10/2011 at 11:29 PM

      I am busy with a bunch of stuff, so I am doing almost no commenting, hope I will be forgiven.

      I did like the page however :)

  3. Mandi says:
    04/11/2011 at 1:25 AM

    Lol I found it so hard to find a category for my blog fanpage..
    I’d appreciate any likes, and visits to my blog :) xx

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/FrouFrou-Fabulous/167270989994723

    I liked your page btw, Janet!

  4. Sam @ Weekend Getaways says:
    04/11/2011 at 2:35 AM

    Nice Post i was not aware from this option. You have explained it in very simple way how to create Fan Page on facebook. It will make easy to create a fan page on facebook for any person who have a account on facebook.

  5. Marcus Sheridan-The Sales Lion says:
    04/11/2011 at 9:12 AM

    Hey Sharpy, glad you’ve brought this up. Because I’m pretty much a tech dufus, I’m going to fiverr to get this done, and make my page look a little more ‘perty’….Thanks for the link ;)

    Hope your week is a great one!

    Marcus

  6. Alexis says:
    04/11/2011 at 9:20 AM

    You’ve just reminded me that I have to update my fan page and make it nicer.After I finish a report I’m working on now I’ll take some time to improve my FB fan page.
    Thanks.

  7. Al Smith says:
    04/11/2011 at 10:09 AM

    Great stuff. Thanks ! Luv the Face in the book, too. I am new to all this and look forward to learning more from you. I am going to do this !

    Thanks Brankica Luv the name.

    Al
    Positive Attitude Solutions

    C A R E: Communicate, Appreciate, Respect, Encourage.

  8. Riya @ Couponseasy says:
    04/11/2011 at 12:11 PM

    I don’t have a Facebook fan page but I’m soon going to start it as FB is great place to get visitors and expand your network.

  9. jordy3738 says:
    04/12/2011 at 8:04 AM

    Brankica, as always, this is an excellent post. I do NOT have a FB fan page.

    I think you are getting to know me a little by now and will understand why I ask this next question.

    Do Facebook Fan Pages get picked up by Google, Yahoo or Bing and placed in the search engine results pages?

    I haven’t done much research about FB. I know some pages do get listed by the search engines and others don’t.

    • Brankica says:
      04/12/2011 at 9:35 AM

      Yes, they do. But I can hardly imagine anyone Googling a fan page when they can search for it directly on Facebook.

      The point of a page, is not being found on Google but connect with people on Facebook. You can’t really SEO your page so why sweat over it. I would always choose more fans over being indexed in Search engines.

      As you said, I know you a bit by now and I would say you are too obsessed with search engines :)

  10. Linda@positive, success, confident, change, action, choose says:
    04/12/2011 at 10:13 AM

    Thanks for the alert, Brankica.
    I did start a page but need to go and improve it and finish what I started. I love the way you make tech stuff so simple that even I can follow it!

    • Brankica says:
      04/12/2011 at 9:47 PM

      Lol, glad you found it easy to follow and if you ever get stuck with techie stuff, I am more than happy to help :)

  11. Sire@Born To Blog says:
    04/12/2011 at 9:24 PM

    OK, for some stupid reason it won’t upload a picture for me. I select it from my PC, a relatively small file, and all it does is says Uploading Picture’ but it just hangs there. I let it go for an hour or so and then went to bed in disgust.

    It’s doing the same thing today. I tried using Firefox and Chrome but with no success. Maybe it doesn’t want me to have a fan page??? :(

    • Brankica says:
      04/12/2011 at 9:42 PM

      OK, that happens to me all the time, BUT I let it be like that for a few minutes and then click on the View Page in the top right. When it takes me back to the page itself, it shows the photo as uploaded and in the right place. Have you tried that?

  12. Leah Baade@Social Media Victoria says:
    04/12/2011 at 9:25 PM

    Thanks for this post, Brankica.
    It really is this easy to put up a Facebook page. I’d add that businesses can get extraordinary results from adding a customized landing tab. This can encourage visitors to like the page, enter a contest, or sign up for a download or enewsletter. This is a great lead generation tool that is often overlooked.

    • Brankica says:
      04/12/2011 at 9:45 PM

      I agree and I use it on some of my pages. However, I do think that the best thing to have on the landing page is just an invitation to like the page, cause that is what you want them to do.

      People click out when they are offered too many things :) I actually have a too busy landing page for this blog’s fan page, LOL…

      I definitely do agree that it is a great lead generation tool, especially now when it is easy to set it up to show different landing pages to fans and non fans.

      Thanks so much for the comment!!!

  13. Delena Silverfox says:
    04/14/2011 at 7:05 AM

    Hey there, Brankica!

    Again, you’re so awesome. You even did the shopping around on Fiverr for us! =)

    I took the plunge recently and built an extremely clumsy FB fan page. It has 51 fans now, all of them targeted. And a lot of them are coming from my other fans’ friends list, because I don’t recognize them from my blog (which gets few comments still, but it’s better than none). I’ve been considering purchasing one of the how-to products out there to build it into something better.

    And speaking of outsourcing, I’ve also been thinking about hiring someone to write my natural parenting basics book from my notes and outlines. That way I’d have a little something to offer as incentive to Like my fan page or join my mailing list. Then I’d only have to figure out where I could host a PDF for free download.

    Ah well. One thing at a time, yes? =)

    Delena

  14. Jeevanjacobjohn says:
    04/15/2011 at 10:05 AM

    Thank you for the great tutorial, Brankica !

    Even though I already have a FB page, I thanking you for all newbie bloggers out there (since I am a newbie blogger, I think I can represent them :D ).

    FB page would be a great tool to market your blog. But, unfortunately I haven’t used FB much (to market my blog).

    Anyway, thank you for the great post !

    Note : Advanced congrats on winning the Famousbloggers contest (I know this because you have one among the awesome posts – excellent quality for the post, great number of comments and shares). :D

    Jeevan Jacob John

  15. Patricia@lavender oil says:
    04/15/2011 at 11:46 PM

    You know me and facebook LOL Maybe I’ll get around to it when all the other tasks are completed. You do make all this techie stuff sound simple….though for me it never is ;-)

    Patricia Perth Australia

  16. Jens P. Berget says:
    04/19/2011 at 2:08 AM

    Hi Brankica,

    I have set up several Facebook fan pages for other business, but only one test page for myself. It was very easy to set up. The things I spent more time with than anything else was the landing page. I have tested several scripts and ended up with one called like spinner. Now, after the iframe change, I’m looking for another scripts :-)

    - Jens

  17. Bruce says:
    05/09/2011 at 9:29 AM

    I’m confused, (but then I confuse easily)!
    I have a Facebook account, that is my “personal” one, where I want to connect with friends & family, & I want that to be separate from my on line activities as related to my blog. I have always resisted using the “like” button, as I didn’t want my mother in law seeing me “liking” some blog about the latest “back linking technique” e.g., ~ some things are better kept to myself when it comes to family!

    Is there some separation between FB/Personal & FB/Business? Can some one point me to a place I can hone up on the basics? I think I’m missing out by not understanding FB for business/branding purposes.

    Is having a FB page like having another “blog” in effect, where constant new content is key?

    ~Bruce

    • Brankica says:
      05/09/2011 at 8:04 PM

      Hey Bruce, you need personal account to manage the fan page but it doesn’t show you there. When you post on the page wall, it shows posts as page’s posts not your own/ You can use filters to set up who can see what on your personal profile, so your business related contacts can’t see your private photos and your mom can’t see your…business stuff :)

      Having a fan page is a great way to share stuff from your blog, promote it but at the same time promote others (help and you will be helped) and most important – communicate with your fans.

  18. Pam Lawhorne says:
    09/02/2011 at 10:20 AM

    Hey Brankica!

    Great tutorial!

    I’ve had my page up for a while but I get people who ask me all the time about setting one up themselves. Will share this with them!

    Pam

  19. Brigitte says:
    11/02/2011 at 5:40 PM

    Great post – Fanpages can be daunting at first but once you get the hang of it you realise the basic set up really is quite easy.