How to Create a Facebook Fan Page for your Direct Sales Business

Hello friends, I hope you are all having a great week!  I just love this time of year!  I had an amazing time sharing my company and products at a local holiday shopping event.  

An easy way to continue to share with your direct sales customers, hostesses, and team members is to have a Facebook Page.  It gives your friends another avenue to interact with you and a way for new customers to find you.  Even if you have a personal Facebook account that you use regularly, having a Facebook Fan page allows for a different type of interaction and also expands your audience.  A Facebook page for your direct sales business is an ideal way to connect with your customers on Facebook, while a Facebook Group is better suited to interacting with your team.

With a Facebook Page you can add additional graphics & media, post links to sites that your readers might find interesting, and engage in a more casual conversation. You can also use your page to "like" other Fan pages and comment on those pages from your Facebook Page as opposed to your personal account.

Are you ready to create a Facebook Fanpage for your direct sales business?  Then let's get started!

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com/pages to get started.   You’ll see a screen like this:  

Once you are there, click on the Create Page button in green at the top. 

2. Click on Brand or Product in the upper right box. You’ll be prompted to choose a category.

3. In the category dropdown, select Category.

4. Type in the name you want to give Facebook Fan page name under the Category dropdown box.  It's very important that you follow your company's guidelines when naming your Facebook Fan page.

5. Fill in some basic information about your Direct Sales business.  Here, you can give a short description about yourself and your direct sales business, as well as links to your direct sales website itself and to other social media profiles (such as your Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram account.)  Hit 'Save Info'.

6. Next you’ll be prompted to upload a profile picture. I strongly feel your profile picture should be an actual head shot of yourself and not a logo or a picture of the products.  Fans like to know who the person is behind the Fan page.  You can always add logos and picture of products to your cover photo.  If you don’t have a good picture at the moment, feel free to skip this step – you can always add a picture later.

7. Facebook will automatically add your new Fan page to your Favorites for easy access.

8. Select your Preferred Page Audience 

And your done!  Easy peasy, right?

You’ll be taken to your page, which has the admin panel across the top. Feel free to explore the various settings and options. There are all kinds of prompts to help you understand what to do.  You can invite your friends, add a cover photo, update your page info and update your about section all from your Admin panel. 

Feel free to click on this link to become a Facebook fan of Mompreneur Studio...I would love it if you did!

Now for the fun part!  Post your first photo or status update from your new fan page!!

Don't forget to also share your new Facebook page on your personal Facebook wall.  Announce to the world your new direct sales business and encourage your friends to check out your page and 'Like' it.  Have a blast marketing your new business through your Facebook fan page.  Have fun with it!  Your enthusiasm will be contagious and everyone will want to check out your new business.  

I hope you all enjoyed learning the basics on how to create a Facebook Fanpage for your direct sales business.  I hope to share more social media tips with you in the future.  I strongly feel that social media is the future of Direct Sales and I always try to share social media tips and tricks with my team and with YOU.  Have a great week!!

 
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