My first installment, as promised, is how to create a custom landing page for your facebook fan/business page. This is only for PAGES … this won’t work for your personal page or groups. The difference?  Personal pages have friends, business/fan pages have fans and groups have members and they all act a bit differently … I might get into that sometime down the road, but for now, here’s how to create your own, custom “become a fan” landing page: 

Creating the page is easy and the people at The Social Media Guide have written a great set of directions. So, instead of me re-creating the process, I”ll just direct you to their site. You can check out their page here. This link will open a second window, keep that window open so you can scroll through the directions as you set up your own page. 

I’ll start by saying, the process took less than an hour. The directions are very well written and most people who can follow directions and click and check as they are suppose to should have no problem setting one up. If, on the other hand, you are the type of person who throws away the directions upon opening any box … well, you’re on your own! 

Before you start, decide what kind of page you want. My page is really wordy … and I will probably change that soon. Some pages are just graphics and some are a mixture of both. 

Here are some examples: 

  • Sierra Club (inclues a newsletter signup)
  • BlissWeddingsMarket.com (lots of links to their website)
  • Coca-Cola  (“click to enter” starts and application ~ I haven’t gone that far because I want to know what I’m agreeing to before I agree to it)
  • eWomen Network (clean welcome page with a “become a fan” button above the fold)

Here’s the basic steps: 

  1. Add the application that will allow you to create the page and add it to your page
  2. Edit the new page and add your HTML code (this bit might be difficult for some … let me know if you need help with this part)
  3. Under Settings you will add the “Tab” (your new page) and set it as your default landing page

That’s it. After you set up the page anyone who isn’t a fan will be directed to your new custom landing page and after they become a fan they will end up on your Wall just like normal. 

You can invite anyone in your facebook friends list to become a fan, and they can then invite their friends, and so-on and so-on. I have 2 fans so far!  (Thanks sis!) 

Try it! You’ll like it! 

 
The above assumes you already have a business or fan page. If you don’t, then you’ll have to do that before creating a custom landing page … start here. And btw – I’m not affiliated with The Social Media Guide, I just think they have a great site with tons of good information.

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