Facebook Pages: This is Big
Posted by Nick O'Neill on November 7th, 2007 12:51 PMLast night Facebook launched the new Facebook Pages offering and it’s significant. There was discussion about significant changes to groups and this is it. Rather than creating groups, brands can create their own “Pages” that can have applications, fans, photos, videos and more. In addition to having an interactive brand page their is an analytics service that provides information about: unique views, number of fans, new fans, removed fans, wall posts, reviews and photo views.
When Facebook said that they would soon be removing the limit on messaging groups, this may be it. You can send out a message to all the fans of your brand with what appears to be absolutely no restrictions. I previously discussed the impact of having applications for groups and now it has happened but with little fanfare. One example of a great application for brands is Craig Ulliot’s Request for Proposal application. This application enables brands to place a form on their page where they can receive sales leads.
While the pages are free, it appears that there is no official “Page directory” that we would expect. Instead, brands must leverage Facebook’s new Social Ads system to promote their pages. This is similar to how sponsored groups were previously structured except that there was a page that you could find sponsored groups from. I’m hoping that Facebook will make a Pages directory but I don’t expect it to launch soon given that this would compete with Facebook’s Social Ads system. I will be writing a follow-up post that reviews sample Pages. Will you be launching a page for your brand?
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November 7th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Made one already
November 7th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Made one already
November 7th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
me too:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8431870131
November 7th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Maybe I’m stupid, but I can’t see how can I create a Page for my brand. Is it in a closed invitation only or something?
November 7th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
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November 7th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Thank you Nick!
November 7th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
me too:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8431870131
November 7th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Maybe I’m stupid, but I can’t see how can I create a Page for my brand. Is it in a closed invitation only or something?
November 7th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
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November 7th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Thank you Nick!
November 7th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
It’s going to also revolutionize the hosting industry the way this works.
November 7th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
It’s going to also revolutionize the hosting industry the way this works.
November 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
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November 7th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
The biggest problem right now as I see it, is that anyone can create a page claiming to be a brand owner. How do you reclaim ownership of your own brand page? As an example there are two Microsoft pages, none of which has any content. Probably a poor start by the biggest Facebook Ads supporter.
November 7th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
The biggest problem right now as I see it, is that anyone can create a page claiming to be a brand owner. How do you reclaim ownership of your own brand page? As an example there are two Microsoft pages, none of which has any content. Probably a poor start by the biggest Facebook Ads supporter.
November 8th, 2007 at 5:26 am
Essentially, these “Pages” replace Groups as the means by which organizations and companies establish a presence on Facebook. So here’s a question: are some of the communications restrictions of Groups (such as not being able to message more than 1,000) still in place on Pages?
November 8th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Essentially, these “Pages” replace Groups as the means by which organizations and companies establish a presence on Facebook. So here’s a question: are some of the communications restrictions of Groups (such as not being able to message more than 1,000) still in place on Pages?
November 8th, 2007 at 11:34 am
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November 9th, 2007 at 2:19 am
I have 10 fans of FacebookEconomy.com’s page on Facebook, and I am convinced the business pages are the greatest thing since sliced bread!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8431870131
November 9th, 2007 at 3:19 am
I have 10 fans of FacebookEconomy.com’s page on Facebook, and I am convinced the business pages are the greatest thing since sliced bread!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8431870131
November 27th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Has anybody seen interesting and effective ways that companies transfered their users from facebook groups to pages? I’d like to see my page http://upenn.facebook.com/profile.php?id=210158... get some of our hundreds of group members, ideas?
November 27th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Has anybody seen interesting and effective ways that companies transfered their users from facebook groups to pages? I’d like to see my page http://upenn.facebook.com/profile.php?id=21015866216 get some of our hundreds of group members, ideas?
December 7th, 2007 at 4:49 am
Suddenly it all becomes clear… I set up a page last night and have been trawling Facebook help and Google to see how pages can interact with (become fans of) other pages or create an alliance with groups - to increase cut-through… but you gotta pay for that! Cheers and thanks.
December 7th, 2007 at 5:49 am
Suddenly it all becomes clear… I set up a page last night and have been trawling Facebook help and Google to see how pages can interact with (become fans of) other pages or create an alliance with groups - to increase cut-through… but you gotta pay for that! Cheers and thanks.
May 19th, 2008 at 9:04 am
One problem business pages( a corporate entity) is that the page must be created by an individual. Corporate identities and multiple identities are forbidden. Thus Microsoft’s pages must be attached the profile of an employee. What happens if the employee moves on, gets disrguntled or simply changes role so that business , or brand, page is no longer relevant to that individual?
Turning this on its head. If a business decides it needs a Page, it will have to find an employee willing to accommodate that Page in his/her profile. Maybe Facebook should allow the creation of corporate IDs?
May 19th, 2008 at 9:05 am
One problem for a business (a corporate entity) is that the page must be created by an individual. Corporate identities and multiple identities are forbidden. Thus Microsoft’s pages must be attached the profile of an employee. What happens if the employee moves on, gets disrguntled or simply changes role so that business , or brand, page is no longer relevant to that individual?
Turning this on its head. If a business decides it needs a Page, it will have to find an employee willing to accommodate that Page in his/her profile. Maybe Facebook should allow the creation of corporate IDs?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:04 am
One problem business pages( a corporate entity) is that the page must be created by an individual. Corporate identities and multiple identities are forbidden. Thus Microsoft’s pages must be attached the profile of an employee. What happens if the employee moves on, gets disrguntled or simply changes role so that business , or brand, page is no longer relevant to that individual?
Turning this on its head. If a business decides it needs a Page, it will have to find an employee willing to accommodate that Page in his/her profile. Maybe Facebook should allow the creation of corporate IDs?
May 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
One problem for a business (a corporate entity) is that the page must be created by an individual. Corporate identities and multiple identities are forbidden. Thus Microsoft’s pages must be attached the profile of an employee. What happens if the employee moves on, gets disrguntled or simply changes role so that business , or brand, page is no longer relevant to that individual?
Turning this on its head. If a business decides it needs a Page, it will have to find an employee willing to accommodate that Page in his/her profile. Maybe Facebook should allow the creation of corporate IDs?
September 25th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
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