Discuss the fun task of marketing a t-shirt shop. Where to advertise, local marketing tips, word of mouth, press releases, search engine marketing, keyword advertising, magazines, etc.
When you set up your Facebook did you need to make it under a fan page off of your own Facebook acct? Or is it possible to set it up under the name of the clothing company?
ALSO, is it possible to make it where your facebook URL is facebook.com/(clothing company name) or maybe i'm too used to Myspace?
Did you actually set yours up on its own or based off of your own profile? Is there more features if its on its own vs being underneath a personal profile?
I currently have my clothing company under my own page but I just opened up a separate page for the company on its own and its saying in order to secure a username I have to be an administrator, is there anyway to make the new page have its own URL?
Appreciate the help! Facebook seems a little confusing.
Last edited by Rodney; September 4th, 2009 at 01:05 PM.
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I'm not sure I understand. You have your own Facebook Profile (under your own name), and you want a Facebook Page for your company, yes? I don't think I know what you mean by having your clothing company on your own page.
Basically, I have this:
1) Personal profile, nothing to do with the business really
2) My Retro Campaigns Facebook Page, that's not tied to my personal page (though obviously the login is the same).
Yes, you will be the administrator of your new Page, and actually now that I look at the link I posted about usernames, it looks like a Page (versus a Profile, which is your personal account) has to have 25 fans before you can change the name to www.facebook.com/yourcompanyname. Why they have that arbitrary rule I have no idea.
Yes you can do tons with a Page as opposed to a profile, not least of which is create ads for your business. Also, if you know a little HTML you can probably get the hang of FBML, which is Facebook's MarkUp Language. It's fairly similar and you can create apps with it or make boxes and tabs for your Page with an app called Static FBML which reads and can display HTML/FBML. The "Welcome!" page (my Page's landing tab) is just a Static FBML box with HTML in it.
Page development is all relatively new, so there's a lot of experimenting and pushing the envelope. It's fun. Mine is a work in progress; I have a couple more little things to add before I'm satisfied.
I'm not sure I understand. You have your own Facebook Profile (under your own name), and you want a Facebook Page for your company, yes? I don't think I know what you mean by having your clothing company on your own page.
Basically, I have this:
1) Personal profile, nothing to do with the business really
2) My Retro Campaigns Facebook Page, that's not tied to my personal page (though obviously the login is the same).
Yes, you will be the administrator of your new Page, and actually now that I look at the link I posted about usernames, it looks like a Page (versus a Profile, which is your personal account) has to have 25 fans before you can change the name to www.facebook.com/yourcompanyname. Why they have that arbitrary rule I have no idea.
Yes you can do tons with a Page as opposed to a profile, not least of which is create ads for your business. Also, if you know a little HTML you can probably get the hang of FBML, which is Facebook's MarkUp Language. It's fairly similar and you can create apps with it or make boxes and tabs for your Page with an app called Static FBML which reads and can display HTML/FBML. The "Welcome!" page (my Page's landing tab) is just a Static FBML box with HTML in it.
Page development is all relatively new, so there's a lot of experimenting and pushing the envelope. It's fun. Mine is a work in progress; I have a couple more little things to add before I'm satisfied.
Right, the way I have my company page set up is under my personal profile like yours where the login is the same. for both.
I was asking if I went and set up the business page on its own (w/ a different login) would there be more options and would I still be able to change the URL?
Right, the way I have my company page set up is under my personal profile like yours where the login is the same. for both.
I was asking if I went and set up the business page on its own (w/ a different login) would there be more options and would I still be able to change the URL?
If you created it as its own Facebook Page, then no it wouldn't be any different than if you had logged out and started a page from scratch. Same options. If you post your Page address we'll be able to see for sure.
edit: Never mind, I found it. Yes you should be able to change the name and you have the same options as any Facebook Page.
Yo man, definitely set it up using your facebook account. I did it both ways and I found the other way is easier, because it's not physically tied to your facebook, but that way you can set up mobile updates, and I found it's easier to "suggest" the page to your friends, and personally, I just like being able log in under mine, and be able to handle everything from one login rather than switching back and forth. But either way you have all the same features (except the mobile updates one).
Another question for you, since I have fans on my page and if I add them, would they be seeing my personal page as well?
Add them as friends you mean? Then yes they'd see your personal profile, but people can click "Become a fan" on your Page and they just become fans, there's not anything to add.
I think Rodney posted a link to it on Twitter a while back. It is fantastic and takes you through steps to create a successful facebook fan page for your brand.
Add them as friends you mean? Then yes they'd see your personal profile, but people can click "Become a fan" on your Page and they just become fans, there's not anything to add.
So if I'm understanding correctly, unlike Myspace I wouldn't be able to proactively reach out to people and add them (w/out them seeing my page), I have to pretty much spread the link around to build up the friends base that way?
That would probably be the major benefit to starting an actual facebook page for the business, correct?
So if I'm understanding correctly, unlike Myspace I wouldn't be able to proactively reach out to people and add them (w/out them seeing my page), I have to pretty much spread the link around to build up the friends base that way?
That would probably be the major benefit to starting an actual facebook page for the business, correct?
You as an individual can "friend" anyone and they will have access to your personal profile, without anything to do with your Page.
You as a Page administrator can market/advertise/link your Page (www.facebook.com/yourcompany) anywhere and people can become fans and interact on the page without ever seeing your personal profile. In fact your posts on your Page won't even have your name, it just looks like Your Company posted a link or made a comment.
Additionally, anyone can view your Page, whether or not they are Facebook users (they can't interact of course); whereas non-Facebook users can only see a limited version of your personal profile.
I would say if you want to use Facebook for business, definitely start a Page. It's fun, too.
? for Facebook users w/ clothing lines 
