The last step in maximizing your Facebook Fanpage is to integrate that page into your website, blog and other social networking sites.
Phase 3: Integrating Your Page
1. Link to your new fanpage.
Put a link or button to your new fanpage on your regular Facebook profile, your blog, and anywhere else you can think of.
You can find some nice buttons and instructions for installing them at http://www.socialmediabuttons.com/. There are other places to get buttons too, but this is the one I use.
2. Sync your fan page.
If you like, you can sync many popular blogging platforms with your Facebook fanpage. I have my Blogger-based website to update my Facebook fanpage every time I write a new post with a link to that post on my fanpage wall.
[LDSP: A simple way to do this is using the Notes function on FB or an app like Networked Blogs. Both are quick, easy and automatic once you set them up. Fans can read your entire post without visiting your blog.
Or another option is to use a program like HootSuite. It takes a little more work, but it lets you schedule which blog posts to sync, including archived articles. HootSuite allows you to offer a teaser on your FB page, but then the reader has to click to your blog to read your actual article.
There are pros and cons to both options. Pick the one that works for you.]
There are many other aspects of a fanpage, but that should be enough to get you started. It is a great place to announce things and interact with fans.
You can take a look at what I have done at my page: http://www.facebook.com/authormichaelyoung, or if you have any questions about how to set up and configure your own page, feel free to shoot me an email: thecanticlekingdom@gmail.com.
Good luck!
Michael D. Young is the author of the novels The Canticle Kingdom and The Last Archangel. He is also the author of the inspirational pamphlet "Portrait of a Mother". His work has been featured in various online and print magazines such as Mindflights, The New Era, Allegory, and Ensign. You can visit him at his website, www.writermike.com, and his facebook fanpage, http://www.facebook.com/authormichaelyoung.
2 comments:
joined your facebook fan page.
Thanks for this series! I especially appreciate your note, LDSP. I've used Networked Blogs for a long time. It might depend on how you set it up, but Networked Blogs has only ever given a preview of my blog articles on the FB profiles/pages I use it on, with links to click through to the full article.
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