Creating a page in Facebook for your business, organization, band, etc… is not an intuitive process, as I found out when trying to make one for our Gibens Creative Group. I had to Google for help. I finally figured it out thanks to Setting-Up a Facebook Business Page: What to Know; but, I wanted to do a step-by-step how-to with screenshots to make it as easy as possible for our clients, followers, and anyone else. So here’s my step-by-step for setting up our sister-company, Redmagnet, Inc.
Step 5 |
1. | Go to facebook.com |
| 2. | Make sure you have a personal Facebook account. If you do not, go ahead and set one up. | |
| 3. | Log-out of Facebook. | |
| 4. | Return to their main page. | |
| 5. | Click “Create a Page for a celebrity, band or business.” | |
Step 6 |
6. | Select the type of business, the name of the business, and then type your name to certify that you are an “official representative” |
| 7. | Click “Create Page” | |
Step 8 |
8. | Select ” I already have a Facebook account” – if you do not, then stop and create a new account and go back to step 1 and start over. |
| 9. | Put in your Facebook login info | |
| 10. | Your Page has been created. Now you want to fix it up. | |
Step 11 |
11. | First thing you want to do is add your logo. To do this, roll your mouse over the large question mark image on the top-left of your page and click “Change Picture” and then select “Upload a Picture” from the drop-down menu. |
Step 12 |
12. | Because Facebook doesn’t seem to do to well with transparent gifs, I boxed my logo in clean white box with a border and saved it out as a gif. |
Step 13 |
13. | It usually takes me a few tries before I get my logo looking like I want. Don’t be afraid to try different variations of your logo and upload them to see what it looks like in order to get it right. |
Step 14a |
14a. |
Once you find the right one, be sure to go to the photos page and delete the ones you aren’t going to use. Select Profile Picture. |
Step 14 b |
14b. | Next click “edit Photos” |
Step 15 |
15. | Select “Delete Photo” and the click “Save” |
Step 16 |
16. | Go back to your main page. |
Step 17a |
17a. | Click on the Info tab. |
Step 17b |
17b. | Now, enter in your company’s information and click “Save Changes” |
Step 18 |
18. | Now enter in the Detailed Info and then click “Save Changes” |
Step 19 |
19. | Now that you have your logo and basic info added, click “Become a Fan” You have to become a fan of the page in order to connect it to your profile. I bit wonky, but that’s how they do it. |
Step 20a |
20a. | Now it will show you has a “Fan”. |
Step 20b |
20b. | Your page still isn’t public, so if you want to upload some more photos or apps or whatnots you can. When you are ready to make it “live” Simply click – “publish this Page” |
| 21. | Now in order to work on your new business page, you log into your personal Facebook account. | |
Step 22 |
22. | Click on the Ad & Page Link at the bottom. |
Step 23 |
23. | And then “Pages” |
Step 24 |
24. | Now you can select to edit your business’ page. |
(Quick note on logos. As you can see from Step 24, it’s better to use a square shaped logo or to put your logo in a square shape in order for it to be recognizable as a thumbnail.)
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