Facebook Page Question

Updated on March 19, 2012
E.B. asks from Virginia Beach, VA
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I have a personal Facebook page. I comment on friend's activities or news, play Words with Friends, etc. Now I have become a consultant for a business (home party-type business) and I would like to start a business page, where I can conduct online shows, advertise new products, inspire customers, promote upcoming events.

My question: how do I start this business page (and yes, it's recommended by the company). Do I log on to Facebook using my current log in name and password, then create a page for my business? Wouldn't they be interconnected? Or do I go to facebook.com and start from scratch as though I never had a Facebook account before?

My basic concern is that the two are completely separate. I don't want customers to see that my cousin's ex-husband's new wife is gossiping about her, and what my score was on Words with Friends. How do I ensure that? I would appreciate any information from those of you with both a personal page and a business page. Thank you in advance!

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Thank you everyone. I did it yesterday. I appreciate all the help.

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N.B.

answers from Minneapolis on

I ditto ditto what Rachel said...I have a personal one, one in my daycare name, and another I am the administer for, for my small daycare association. I also belong to several private, invite only groups. SO lots of options out there.

They are not inter-connected in any way. The business one people just need to "like" not click to be "friends" with me and wait for approval, etc. If you have questions, ask them in the "help" section. It IS helpful!

Good Luck!

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R.D.

answers from Richmond on

I have a Facebook page for the company I work for. You start it under your own name, as you are going to be the administrator. From there, you can switch back and forth between business and personal without having to log out and back in. From a strangers POV, there is absolutely, positively NOOOOO link between the 2 pages.

Send me a PM if you have questions, it's really very easy.

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S.E.

answers from New York on

dont do it from your page create a whole new one.. u will have to first go to yahoo or hotmail or whatever you use for your email and make yourself another email address.. you cannot have 2 facebook accounts on the same email address

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N.P.

answers from San Francisco on

I created a page about the crazy high water bill in our city. I logged on with my regular facebook account and created a page. The page's name is whatever you make it. It's a completely separate page from your personal account. It just lists you as the administrator. If anyone clicks on your name under the "Who administrates this page" section over on the right hand side of the business page, they'll be directed to your personal facebook account HOWEVER, your regular security permissions apply for your personal page. If someone you don't have friended stumbles upon your personal page, whether by accident or by clicking the link from your newly created page for work, they will encounter just your page as you had set it up for perfect strangers to see, so no worries about that. I have my privacy settings such that stranger can only see my profile picture and my timeline picture. Otherwise they get a message that states "You and N. are not friends. If you'd like to contact her, message her here." Or something to that effect. Someone who doesn't have any facebook account at all will see, "N. is on Facebook. To connect with N., sign up for Facebook today." Along with my profile picture. That's it!

In addition, on your personal page, over on the lefthand column, you'll see a section entitled "Pages", and you can click the link that leads directly to your business page. So anyone who is your friend and has access to your personal page, can see that you have a public business page and will be able to navigate there.

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R.R.

answers from Los Angeles on

I ditto Rachel D, this is exactly what I did as well, and it works just like she said, absolutely no need to start from scratch : )

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G.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I manage 4 "like" pages for the company I work for. It is very easy to do.

Here is the FB help page to walk you through it.
http://www.facebook.com/help?page=255100294550008

They are totally different sites. I log in using my regular FB account and then I can go to pages and I am that person automatically. I do not log in differently. You can choose to switch to your own name or the business name on the page too. But it is a totally different but linked account.

The only people who see what you post on your business are the people who have gone there and "liked" it. If your friends have not liked it they will not see your posts and vice versa. No one on that business page will have access to any other account page.

The only ones that can make changes to the account are the ones you allow to be administrators.

I took a class at the local Vo-tech called FB for your business. About the first hour was wasted, the teacher was having to walk people through making their first ever email account so they could get an email address to make a FB account...yes, their very first email account.

It was frustrating for those of us that are FB savvy. I recommend you find the local high school vo-tech and call them to ask if they offer any adult training classes. This is one they do every semester or so.

She taught us one very important thing. You need to always make sure you have at least one other administrator. If you every get booted off the account you loose the business page and are taken off as admin. You cannot every get that back by searching or any other way than to be invited by another admin. Therefore you need to make sure you always have a relative or friend that you can make an admin for the page. They have the same authority as you though. They can post stuff and change settings too.

I have an alter email account so I made a FB page with it and it's my other admin on my own personal "like" page for my own business stuff. But for the 4 that I manage for the company I work for the owner (hubby), their daughter, and their son are all admins. The daughter will occasionally come in the store and say she likes something I posted or some thing didn't quite look right. She is always kind and nice so I really don't mind.

If you have a smart phone you'll need to add the FB app. Once you get logged in and stuff you can see the little lines on the top left. Click on them and it will show you a menu. Scroll down and you should see your page. Touch it and your business page should show. You may need to click on the bottom where it says "wall" instead of "activity".

To add a picture from your phone to your page and not your personal page you'll need to be on your "like" page. Under the world it will say Share a Photo. Click that. An upload option window will pop up. I always click photo.

Then it will ask if you want to choose from gallery or capture a photo. I use the gallery option because I take lots of pictures of girls ball gowns and leos, dance shoes, dance and gym bags, etc.....choosing from the gallery takes me to my phone's photo albums. Choose the one that has the picture you want to upload. Select the photo by clicking on it. You should go right back to the "like" page and the picture should be showing on the post, just add a comment and then click post in the top right corner.

Repeat as many times as you have pictures.

I enjoy this new option for me. I am computer illiterate so for me to know how to do this is so fun!

Good luck. I hope you still take that class though. I really learned so much.

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L.A.

answers from Austin on

I agree, do it seperatly from your own page. .

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G.T.

answers from Redding on

I would create a whole new one.

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