Facebook Fan Page Tips For Your Home Business
One of the best ways to brand yourself or your home business is to create a Fan page on Facebook.
Facebook is one of the most powerful social sites used to connect individuals and businesses. A Facebook fan page, also known as a page, is an excellent option for home business owners to create a personal brand, show their presence, and build engaging and long-lasting relationships. In March 2009, Facebook launched dramatic layout and feature changes to Facebook pages (fan pages) that will ultimately benefit you.
Creating a Fan page is actually very easy to do but you want to get some good tips before you move forward.
One of the most important things to consider is the name (username) you choose. If at all possible try to get your main keywords in there to help you come up in the Facebook search feature. Remember, once you choose the name that is it, you cannot change it.
Example: My new Fan Page is geared towards promoting my Step Ladder Network Marketing System. I am marketing to network marketers interested in learning how to use internet marketing to take their home business online.
The name I chose was Step Ladder Internet Network Marketing. I was able to add Internet Network Marketing keywords to my fan page name.
Now this is another tip you may want to consider if you have the budget to purchase a domain name.
The Fan page address given to me by Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Step-Ladder-Internet-Network-Marketing/213222347609
If you are adding a link in your blog or other places to promote your fan page, why not buy a domain name and redirect it to your fan page.
I purchased the domain name www.StepLadderFanPage.com and when you click on it, you will be redirected to my Facebook fan page. It is simple to do and now I can add the easy to use name to my blog and other sites.
I found a great article while searching for Facebook Fan Page Tips and provided a link to it below.
http://socialmouths.com/blog/2009/12/16/make-your-facebook-fan-page-shine/
It is time to start getting the most out of Facebook and a Fan page gives you a great opportunity to brand yourself and your home business seperate from your normal facebook page.
Take your time and get as many Facebook Fan Page tips possible before you create yours.
Do you already have a fan page? Leave your comments and link to it below and I will publish it. No spam please.
See you at the top!
Jeffrey Taylor
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Jeffrey Taylor is a 15 year internet marketing veteran who teaches small businesses and network marketers internet marketing skills combining social media with SEO. | 






I have created a fan page and recommend it to others. The one snag I hit is how to get newbies to build their fans.
Friending is easy to build a base because you can friend someone and they will probably friend you back.
But with fans you must invite people and the relationship seems harder to get the momentum going. What do you suggest to newbies to get their fans to start to go viral?
Julia