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Be yourself........on your Facebook business/fan page that is.

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Shoreline New Hampshire & Maine

So now you have a Facebook business/fan page but when you post something on it you always showed up as whatever you named your page if you were an admin and most of us are.

Happily Facebook has now made a change and you can post on your business page not only as the name of that page but also as yourself.

Here's an example that explains it better. Portsmouth NH Real Estate is our business page. On my personal Facebook page I'm Realtor Jim Lee and my partner is Ann Cummings. Before the change anything either of us posted on out business page appeared there as "PortsmouthNHRealEstate". Now we can either still be PortsmouthNHRealEstate or we can easily switch to our personal profile and post a comment or link there as either Jim Lee or Ann Cummings.

This new feature lets you mix up your postings on your business page by either using the logo on that page or using your personal profile.

Here's how that looks on Facebook. This is me below as an admin on our Portsmouth NH Real Estate pageThe bubbling portsmouth nh and seacoast area real estate market

And this is me as myself on the same Facebook business page.

portsmouth nh realtor jimlee

Easy to make the change so you too can now actually be yourself on your Facebook business page.

Step 1. Go to your business/fan page. If you have not already upgraded it go ahead and do it now. They're all going to be upgraded to the new format soon anyway. Next click the gray "Edit Page" button in the top right.

portsmouth nh realtor ann cummings and jim lee remax coast to coast

 

After clicking the Edit Page button you're taken to this screen below

Portsmouth NH Real Estate on Facebook

Choose the "Your Sellings" link on the top left and your screen should then look like the one above. Simply UNCHECK the block that says: "Always comment and post on your page as "whatever your page title is", click the "Save Changes" button below that and you can now post "you" on your Facebook business page but also still post as the admin default on the same page.

 

Posted by

Jim Lee , REALTOR®, Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)

http://JimLee.com  RE/MAX Shoreline

100 Market St., Suite #200, , Portsmouth, NH 03801 Phone: (603) 431-1111 x3801

Visit New Hampshire Maine Real Estate.com to search homes, get Seacoast area information, and find out how great living on the New Hampshire and southern Maine Seacoast really is.

 

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Lori Baden
EXP Realty LLC - Pgh International Airport, PA
Broker in the Burgh!

Just a thought to share.

I recently had to redo my Fan/Biz Page, as I joined another firm.  I couldn't take my old firm name with me, Bee Realty.  And well, I realized, someday it might be a possibility that my last name could change too.  As could my location.   So I had to think about MY PERSONAL Branding.  Who I am, and what wouldn't change.  Which is why I finally decided upon Outdoor Lori.  It can go with me whereever, whenever.  And it is me.   Just something to think about about since we put a lot of effort into these pages and if they develop over 100 fans, FB still doesn't allow us to rename them .  :(   My lesson learned is your heads up.

Mar 04, 2011 03:48 AM
Jim Lee, REALTOR, CRS, ABR
RE/MAX Shoreline - Portsmouth, NH
Buying or Selling? Ann & Jim are the local experts

Point taken Lori. We don't plan on moving anytime soon but you never know. Everyone should heed your great advice.

Mar 04, 2011 07:34 AM
David Popoff
DMK Real Estate - Darien, CT
Realtor®,SRS, Green ~ Fairfield County, Ct

Jim, thanks for the tip, sometimes FB makes things just to complicated.

Mar 14, 2011 01:29 PM
Paul Gapski
Berkshire Hathaway / Prudential Ca Realty - El Cajon, CA
619-504-8999,#1 Resource SD Relo

Great Post! Facebook can be so rewarding for our business we just have to take a little time out of our days and post interesting and compelling information. Its a great way to stay infront of our contacts and touch them.

Mar 23, 2011 05:59 PM
Donna Paul
Keller Williams Realty Gold Coast - Dix Hills, NY
Long Island Home Specialist,All About Real Estate

Jim: I've been thinking about this so much... Now I have branded myself as Donna Real Estate. Instead of using my last name.

Apr 24, 2011 01:50 PM