Creating Facebook Fan Pages

When Facebook announced the Fan pages, there were a number of mixed reviews.  Some were hailing it and its integration to the new advertising platform and some hated it – claiming it was turning Facebook into Myspace.  Whatever your stance is, here are 6 reasons you need to make a Facebook page for your website or company now!

1. Pages are public. Fan pages are not all behind a login and that makes it easy for search engines to index them and drive you traffic based on keyword searches.

2. Fan Pages include links.  Because the pages are public, you can get some nice facebook.com link credit.  You can’t use an anchor text, but hey, it’s free.

3. You can send “updates to fans” in just a few strokes of your keyboard. When done smartly can develop relationships with your fans and encourage interaction and even bring in business opportunities or joint ventures!

4. You control the page.  Making the page before you start accumulating fans is critical.  But if you haven’t already ramped it up, don’t not do it just because you already have fans.

5. You can be seen in News feed.  When a someone joins a Fan page, it’s published in their News feed for all their friends and followers to read (unless they have turned this off).  It makes someone joining your Fan page somewhat viral.

6. It’s free and easy. Making a Fan page takes just a few minutes – add some information, get a vanity URL, and upload a logo and some interesting applications and you’re done.

Here are some great quick start videos provided by Taylor Marek of Create A Fan Page. If you can’t get the look you want on your own, Taylor is available to do it for you!!!!

Once you have your fan page up and ready to launch, the next important thing is to be able to drive traffic so that you can get more fans to interact with!  So get your FREE copy of “Facebooking Craze For Internet Marketers” and get the party started!