Tips and Tutorials

Facebook has gone back and forth with how many Fans you need for your Business Fan Page to get this “pretty url”.

When pages first came out it was 25 fans, then they jumped to 100 and then 1000.  Many business owners sent in their feedback saying “Hey Facebook for business is also for the small business owner, don’t alienate us by making it 1000 fans.”  So they lowered it to 100.

Currently as I write this they have lowered it to 25 fans.  So if you haven’t ‘prettied’ up your Facebook  Biz URL go and do so today.

Note: Make sure when you  entering the custom business name you are doing it in the right area so that it creates your pretty  BUSINESS page URL.  You can also change your personal profile name in the same area so be CAREFUL.
Once you change it you can’t edit it.

Keep the name you use consistent with what you call your Facebook Business Page or what your domain name is.
Remember this is the url that you can also put at the bottom of your email signature on business cards, on a billboard sign etc.

Facebook at least offers the ability to get a pretty url for both your PERSONAL profile and your BUSINESS page but what if the social media site doesn’t offer that what do you do?

You can use URL shortening services like TinyURL or bit.ly to make short versions of the url link.

You can purchase a domain name set up a 301 redirect to a landing page  “Find Me At”  with ALL of your social media buttons with direct hyperlinks.

You can use http://www.unhub.com for FREE  and set which site it lands on with ALL of your social media buttons and links on top.   Here is my unhub page which lands on my blog site   http://unhub.com/virtualbiz4u

If you need help with figuring out “How To” set up your pretty url on Facebook for personal and business feel free to take the Facebook For Business Online Class which will show you how.

Post what that new ‘pretty url’ is HERE so we can all fan your Facebook page.  If you have a hub account or a custom domain feel free to leave a comment too.  Tell  us a little bit about yourself  and what your favorite social media site you use most often.