Category Archives: Facebook

Facebook has risen as THE social engagement tool of the century. While customization is slim, you won’t want to ignore it’s potential for increasing your bottom-line, promoting your brands and building upon core audiences thru technique and best practice.

How many LIKES do I need to get a Facebook Username?

The current count is 25 to change your username.

– The term used to be called a Vanity URL in Facebook but has been simplified to Username– It used to be harder to find  to but has been added in your BASIC SETTINGS now

– You should claim your business name (username) ASAP, before someone else does – as names go fast and become unavailable

– Example: The process to get your Fan page web address looking more like this:
http://www.facebook.com/SimpleInbound

– You HAVE  to have a personal profile BEFORE claiming or creating a FAN PAGE
(yes this means 2 Facebook pages – YOUR PROFILE and YOUR FAN PAGE)
(Though you only need to sign up for one account) Continue reading How many LIKES do I need to get a Facebook Username?

How to get a Facebook Fan page username (Vanity URL) in an hour?

How do I get one of those cool Facebook URLs?
How can I change my username for my fan page?
How can I get my Facebook site address to look more like Oprah’s?
How can I claim my Facebook Fan Page Username?

http://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey

This has been a nagging problem I’ve dealt with over the years for any business wanting to kick start their Facebook page AND change their FB url to a proper to username that doesnt look like this:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/SimpleInboundcom/229145510434227

First let’s get a few facts out of the way:

01- Facebook requires at least 25 LIKES before you are able to change  your name to a user name (vanity URL)

02- Getting started with people LIKING  you when you have very little followers is many times a HUGE ordeal (and takes time)
(thru traditional means) Continue reading How to get a Facebook Fan page username (Vanity URL) in an hour?

Facebook Fan page – How to Select all friends at once (using Suggest all Friends)

This tutorial assumes you have signed up for both a personal profile in Facebook and created a Fan or Business page
If not,  this won’t work as you have to suggest friends from your personal profile TO your Fan page
Fan pages themselves cannot suggest friends

01– Must use Mozilla Firefox Browser for this to work
(Install per http://www.mozilla.com)

02- Install free plugin “Greasemonkey
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

03– Install “Facebook invite all friends button” per script (click install)
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/89653

04– You will have to restart Firefox on each install
(also let it upgrade to most recent version if the prompt comes up) Continue reading Facebook Fan page – How to Select all friends at once (using Suggest all Friends)

How to import feeds into your Facebook fanpage (or account)

01–  Open fan page

02– Click on Edit page

03- On left click “Apps”

04– Look for “Notes” towards the bottom –  then below it click on “go to App”

05- On top it will say “Write a note” – though go to bottom of left column where it says “Edit Import Settings” (under “subscribe”)

06– Look for “Web URL” on this page – Now paste in your RSS feed address to its right

07– Check the Agreement box Continue reading How to import feeds into your Facebook fanpage (or account)