Note: This post has been updated to help people with issues.
I added a new post (Part II) for anyone that went through the steps in this post and their Facebook Business Page still do not show up in the list.
Part 1 (see below) : (Continued) Go to Part 2
Does your Personal Page Work Link to your Facebook Business Page?
I’ve been trying to ramp up my facebook page engagement lately and noticed that a lot of personal profile accounts (that “liked” my business page (myself included)), “work information” linked to a blank community page. I was spending too much time sifting through personal page information for a clue as to where their facebook business page. This led me to create a tutuorial on how to link “work info” to the correct facebook business page. We all could use that extra bit of “free advertising”…right?
Facebook is always changing, is your Business Page Link Displayed Correctly? In today’s economy you can’t afford not to.
History:
I believe the reason why most profiles won’t be linked correctly is because when we first created our facebook profiles (starting in 2004 for colleges and in 2007 for the rest of us), we didn’t have facebook business pages.
Since then, Facebook has made millions of additions and modifications, and one of the additions was the Facebook Fan page until April 19, 2010 which evolved into the Facebook Business Page. Facebook needed a page to link your “work information” to and did not want external links so by default created a blank page.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook )
FACT: Facebook only counts likes on your Facebook Business Page from peoples personal profile accounts, not from other facebook business pages.
Current:
But now the majority of us have become facebook savvy and have our own sparkling Facebook Business Page with no connection from our personal profiles. This tutorial will show you how.
STEP 1:
Facebook Business Page Link – Go to your Personal Profile Page
– Hover over your Work Information link and see what pops up.
– If it’s a blank pge like the photo below…then you have a little work to do!
If you see your page, then STOP and continue on with your day! 🙂
Still with me? ok then let’s fix this!
Click on Update Info (see below photo)
STEP 2:
Facebook Business Page Link – Edit Your Work Information
– Go to the Work and Education Section
– Into the first box, Start typing your Facebook Business Page. A list of pages should pop up, select your page.
If you don’t have a business page, then CREATE ONE!! (Tutorial coming soon)
**Update: If your page does not show up, then check for the correct name.
Open up your facebook business page and copy the url
STEP 3:
Facebook Business Page Link –
Enter Your Postion, City/Town, Description and Time Period Worked
Enter the information
Postion, city/town, description and time period
Time Period:
If this is current check on “I currently work here”
Add Years
– Click on “Add Job”
– Hold off a minute before you click on done editing
STEP 4:
Facebook Business Page Link –
Remove erroneous Jobs (with incorrect link)
– Click on the X next to the erroneous Job
– A box will pop up “Are You Sure?”, Select YES
– Then click on “Done Editing”
STEP 5:
Facebook Business Page Link – Check your work!
Click on Your Name – top right
STEP 6: Correct link? AWESOME — YOU ARE DONE!!
– Hover over your work information and see if your business page pops up.
– If no — then go back into your work section and make sure you have the right page selected.
If it’s your page, then you are golden! GREAT JOB!!!
Facebook Business Page – did it work for you?
If you have gone through all the steps above and your business page still does not show up please go to my new post to Part II: Solutions if your facebook page does not show up
Please Let me know if you were able to link your Facebook Business Page in the comments below
— I’d really love to hear from you.
Best Regards,
Joyce van den Berg