It’s no doubt that Facebook has the most users on the net. They claim that they have more than 200 million users using Facebook now. So imagine that you have more than 100 million possibilities to get more loyal visitors to your site. Even big companies like Starbucks, Coke, and Apple have their own Facebook account and fan page. Facebook fan pages have cool features to market your websites or products.
Before you begin, it would be nice if you read this post from smashingmagazine.com which will give ideas and inspirations of what a Facebook Fan Page can do. It’s worth reading.
Follow the steps below to create a Facebook Fan Page:
- First you need to have a Facebook account — I won’t write how to make a Facebook account. Google it!
- Create a Facebook Page with this link.
- If you want to make a fan page for your website then select Create a Page for a: > Brand, product, or organization: > Website
- Give your fan page a name, and check the checkbox.
- Create Official Page.
So now you have your own Facebook Fan Page. The next thing to do is complete your information details then give your fan page a photo (or your website icon). Then you need to make a welcome page. A welcome page is a custom page that you can make to put your message or give away a gift for your fans. With a welcome page you can have cool features like putting your RSS feed, Twitter updates, and exclusive content for fans only.
Follow the steps below to make a custom welcome page in Facebook:
- First you need to add the Static FBML app to your fan page. Go to this Static FBML app page and click the “add to my page” link.
- Go back to your Facebook Page, go to “Edit Page” > “Apps” > “FBML – FBML” > “Go to App”.
- In this page you need to fill “Box Title:”; mine uses “Welcome!”, it will show in the tab.
- In the “FBML:” box you can add HTML content and FBML content.
- See how it looks in action here.
Customize your page to look more professional; it will increase your credibility and increase your fans or loyal visitors. Have fun!