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Did you get your username for your Facebook Public Profile?  (Also known as Fan Page or Business Page)  It was a crazy dash on Sunday evening, June 28th to get the required number of “fans” to be allowed to get your personal url for the Page.

Facebook had originally said that anyone with a Public Page and 25 fans could get their url, but suddenly changed their mind on Sunday to 100 fans!  People were scrambling to get to that magic number.

There was even a chat set up by my friend Hazel Grace Dirksen at Socialbees http://facebook.com/socialbees to help Page owners get 100 fans by midnight!  I called it the “Race to 100 Facebook Fans!”  It was a lot of fun and I made some new friends with incredible Pages on Facebook.

So, do you have a Public Page?  Did you get your url for the Page?  If not, contact us and we can help you through the entire process.  From setting up the page, customizing it, promoting it to get Fans and ultimately getting your Facebook username.

My new Facebook username for my Public Profile Page is http://facebook.com/socialmediatraining

Come on over and join in the fun!

Just when I was getting good at setting up Fan Pages for my client’s businesses and services, Facebook has gone and changed the design!   At first I really freaked out and panicked.  But as I begin to see what they have done and downloaded the February 2009 edition of “Facebook Pages” I was pleasantly surprised.   All they have done is make the Fan Page look like your User Profile. 

Some of the features include:

• Easier Publishing through an Enhanced Wall
• Update and Share with statuses
• Tabbed Structure similar to your Profile
• Additional tracking of visitors through Insights

When designing your Facebook Page, here are some key elements you should consider:

• Select a name and category.  These can’t be changed.  If you find you don’t like them later, all you can do is delete the page and start a new one.  So be sure before you set them up.
• Upload a picture or logo
• Enter a short statement about your business, product, band, etc.
• Select the Tabs you would like on your Page.  The default is Wall, Info and Boxes.  You can have six tabs on your Page
• Then decide which applications you would like under your Boxes Tab.  There are many to choose from or you can develop your own.

I have gotten my Page and one client Page re-structured, and it wasn’t too bad.  Facebook is giving us a heads-up that we need to go ahead and work on the re-design before they pull the trigger for the switch-over.  So if you need help, just let us know.

All of this information was compiled from the Facebook Pages Guide.