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How To SELECT ALL When Suggesting Fans for your Facebook Business Page

By Debe Maxwell, CRS

Real Estate Agent with Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 228209

March 11, 2010 12:47 AM

How To SELECT ALL When Suggesting Fans for your Facebook Business Page

How many of you have tried to suggest friends for your Facebook business fan pages and had to one-by-one, click each and every one of your friends? You'll quickly find that you cannot select the first friend and scroll to the bottom, hold down the shift key and left-click your mouse, selecting that last item and have them all highlighted! Why, that would be TOO easy! What a time consuming effort to have to go through and select them one-by-one, especially if you have more than 5 friends !

Well, now, you can 'select all' on your Facebook page with just a few clicks of your mouse!

I was complaining that my original business Facebook page had accidentally been deleted and that the worst part was going through and clicking each friend, one-by-one, again to get all of my fans back! It is such a time-consuming effort, as you well know!

Well, I figured this out thought I'd share it with you!

Here's the script to SELECT ALL friends on Facebook, using FIREFOX:

1. This tutorial requires use of Mozilla Firefox browser. Download Mozilla Firefox here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html

2. Once it is installed, start the Mozilla Firefox browser. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 to install an “add-on” called Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey enables user scripts to run on Firefox.

3. After downloading & installing Greasemonkey, go to http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57990 to install the script that will enable the “Select All” option on Facebook. Click “Install”. A pop-up for the add-on will appear:

Select All Facebook step 1

Click “Install” again. The script is now saved as an add-on for Firefox.

4. Now sign on to your Facebook page. You will see the following when clicking "Suggest to Friends":

SELECT ALL Facebook Friends Step 2

5. You’ll notice there is a new field at the bottom of the “Suggest” box. Adjust the range (Start from: & Till:) or just leave the pre-filled boxes as is (which is what we die). You will then “Click Them” All friends will then be highlighted.

Select All Facebook step 3

6. Then click “Send Invitations” It will take a couple of minutes for this to process so, don't repeatedly click "Click Them," just be patient.

That’s all there is to it! What a time-saver, huh?!

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Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Fred: Oh, I'm just keeping up when it comes to Facebook but, I'm having a blast meeting up with old buddies from high school and college!

Kristin: Thanks so much! Yes, I'd definitely get one done--route your AR posts there and you'll keep it rolling! Now you'll know how to quickly and easily get your friends to become fans of your new business page!

Lori: Isn't he?! All I did was mention that it was taking me forever and since I had two business pages (working on a 3rd one), he figured out a way to do this. I had spent alot of time on FB trying to figure it out myself and he did it in one afternoon! Enjoy!

Mar 11, 2010 01:15 AM

Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Keith: Yes, it does and it's also a great way to let your FB friends see what you're doing in your business as well. Good luck!

Mar 11, 2010 01:17 AM

Gerry Michaels

Glasswork Media Arts - Gettysburg, PA

GettysburgGerry Social Meida

Thanks for the reminder that I have been seriously neglecting my Facebook fan page. I really have been meaning for too long now to get some updating done, and give it the attention it deserves. Great post thanks Debe

Mar 11, 2010 01:26 AM

Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Hi Gerry! Now is a great time to get one done! I still have to upload some photos but, I'm trying to juggle clients and social media as best I can--the face-to-face wins every time! LOL

Mar 11, 2010 01:37 AM

Thom Abbott

MyMidtownMojo.com |770.713.1505 | Intown Atlanta GA Condo Living - Atlanta, GA

Midtown Atlanta GA Condos For Sale

Leave it to Debe and Company to figure things like this out!

Now, if there was a way to keep track of how many times you have invited someone, but they DON'T become a Fan. If they are not interested, it's bad Facebook manners to keep inviting them. Any suggestions on that one?

Get to see you in 2 weeks Yippie!!!!

Mar 11, 2010 02:15 AM

Larry Story ALC

Total Care Realty - Greensboro, NC

Beneath it all is the Land, Covering all of NC

Debe,

Excellent. I have to get Greasemonkey loaded up first though. Thanks loads. Hey have fun with Craig at your meeting he was telling me about the lender last night.

Mar 11, 2010 02:23 AM

Liz Loadholt

Liz Loadholt- AgentOwned Realty- Covering SC - Mount Pleasant, SC

Realtor--Broker-in-charge - Trainer--Relocation Director Covering SC

Debe ---- please tell your hubby thank you for me, too --- this is great and I love Firefox --
The AgentOwned Realty <br/><br/><br/><br/>Company - Mama Liz Signature with blue

Mar 11, 2010 02:32 AM

Cherise Selley

Selley Group Real Estate, LLC - Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs Realtor

Debe...great tip because I had the same difficulty...are you going to make several facebook fan pages? Also, would you mind if either my husband (Gordon) or me gave you a call to ask which programs you use to do your graphs and everything else?...Brad Andersohn gave us an exhaustive list and it would take half the year to figure things out...Thanks, Cherise

Mar 11, 2010 02:37 AM

Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Thom: I just complained to him that I was tired of clicking 1,000+ friends and VOILA! He figured it out for me and took me virtually MINUTES to do it! As for the repeated FB 'fan me' emails, I don't know what the etiquette is on that. Let me know if you find out and I'll do the same. And, I can't WAIT for ATL either--WOOHOO!

Larry: Thanks and good luck with it! Hey, why don't you join us?! A great AR group, for SURE!

Mama Liz: I'll do! I love Firefox but, even if I didn't have it, the download is so quick, it would be worth it just to save clicking on all of those friends individually! Good luck!

Cherise: I've got one 'real estate' (general), one 'homes for sale' and one 'things to do' as well as my personal page and my volunteer page! It's alot to get going with but, a post every few days is not alot of maintenance. And, absolutely, give me a call anytime! I'd love to chat with you!

Mar 11, 2010 03:14 AM

Kirsten Lindquist

Pacific Union International - Sonoma, CA

Realtor - Sonoma Wine Country

Debe: Firefox instead of IE? My corporate tech guys are saying don't do it but most tech savvy realtors use it. What's with the conflicting opinions?

Mar 11, 2010 07:25 AM

Craig Rutman

Helping people in transition - Cary, NC

Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Debe, what a great tutorial! Thank you so much for this. I've bookmarked it and I know it's going to come in handy when I launch my fan page!

Mar 11, 2010 07:52 AM

Laura Cerrano

Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Debe, Thanks for the tutorial, I bookmarked it. Goodness, I wasn't very good at the old FB, I'm still trying to figure out the new version---you're leaps ahead!

Mar 11, 2010 08:40 AM

Laura Cerrano

Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Debe, Thanks for the tutorial, I bookmarked it. Goodness, I wasn't very good at the old FB, I'm still trying to figure out the new version---you're leaps ahead!

Mar 11, 2010 08:41 AM

Laura Cerrano

Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Debe, Thanks for the tutorial, I bookmarked it. Goodness, I wasn't very good at the old FB, I'm still trying to figure out the new version---you're leaps ahead!

Mar 11, 2010 08:42 AM

Laura Cerrano

Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY

Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Debe, Thanks for the tutorial, I bookmarked it. Goodness, I wasn't very good at the old FB, I'm still trying to figure out the new version---you're leaps ahead!

Mar 11, 2010 08:45 AM

Jane Peters

Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles real estate concierge services

Is your husband available for Facebook consults? Thanks for posting this. Does Grease Monkey have any other uses besides this one?

Mar 11, 2010 11:53 AM

Steve Shatsky

Dallas, TX

Hi Debe... now this is really very useful information! Thank your hubby for all of us! :)

Mar 11, 2010 03:39 PM

Joan Zappa

Eagles Wings Realty - Montrose, CO

Professional treatment of our clients, brings awes

DEbe, thanks for the info. I really like your new Facebook page, too bad your so far away, I could pick your brain for several hours. Good information as always, I will need to try this as my business page is lacking.

Mar 12, 2010 02:14 AM

Nu Nu

777S INC (Videos by Vegas Bob) - Las Vegas, NV

Thank you for the tips and I just opened a FB account.

Mar 13, 2010 08:28 AM

Debe Maxwell, CRS

Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC

The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Hi All! Sorry I had to post and dash but, thank you ALL for your comments and yes, I have relayed to Ray the 'thank you's'! One thing that cam up in an Active Rain University class this week with Mike Mueller was that he prefers to organically obtain fans on his page rather than to suggest them to your friends. I do understand that theory but, I also find that most of my friends are okay with the suggestions and enjoy keeping up with the real estate market via my business fan pages. Of course, either way is fine--just user preference.

Thanks again for your comments and I hope you have a fabulous Sunday!

Mar 14, 2010 04:57 AM