Andy Black
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I need somewhere to document what I'm doing so I can make a repeatable process. Also... most of you guys probably know more about Facebook and pages than me so will likely steer me right if I keep going round in circles.
I have created a few pages just to see what the process is, but never went live with any of them.
Funny how I've been self-employed for nearly 20 years without a Facebook page or a website to speak of.
Anyway...
Day 1
Created a Facebook page for my business.
I wasn't sure whether to create a public persona page and have a photo of me on it, or build a business page without a picture of me at all.
I'm active in forums and Facebook groups, and a reasonable amount of people know me. Someone pointed out that a lot of folks might want to follow *me*. I have some people following me on Soundcloud, Facebook, YouTube, and in this forum, but I've never tried to grow any of those channels.
At this moment a public persona page feels like a slippery slope in the wrong direction. My goal is to build business(es) that do not rely on me, but use my lead gen skills instead. Let's see if I can do that without domain authority etc.
I decided to start how I mean to continue and not have my name or face on it.
I've put up a simple little logo and a background image I like.
Got my vanity URL
I couldn't get my vanity URL initially. After a bit of Googling it turns out that getting 25 Likes/Followers would allow me to do that. I invited all 500+ friends and 80+ of them have Liked the page. Some are personal friends, some are people who are following me because of what I post here and there.
Note: It's freaking simple to do. I had to wade through so many long form articles to do what is essentially:
End of Day 1
I'd like to personally message everyone who Liked my page to thank them, and then ask them what they're hoping I write about. Except I can't freaking find a list of who likes the page.... ffs...
Anyway... back to work.
I have created a few pages just to see what the process is, but never went live with any of them.
Funny how I've been self-employed for nearly 20 years without a Facebook page or a website to speak of.
Anyway...
Day 1
Created a Facebook page for my business.
I wasn't sure whether to create a public persona page and have a photo of me on it, or build a business page without a picture of me at all.
I'm active in forums and Facebook groups, and a reasonable amount of people know me. Someone pointed out that a lot of folks might want to follow *me*. I have some people following me on Soundcloud, Facebook, YouTube, and in this forum, but I've never tried to grow any of those channels.
At this moment a public persona page feels like a slippery slope in the wrong direction. My goal is to build business(es) that do not rely on me, but use my lead gen skills instead. Let's see if I can do that without domain authority etc.
I decided to start how I mean to continue and not have my name or face on it.
I've put up a simple little logo and a background image I like.
Got my vanity URL
I couldn't get my vanity URL initially. After a bit of Googling it turns out that getting 25 Likes/Followers would allow me to do that. I invited all 500+ friends and 80+ of them have Liked the page. Some are personal friends, some are people who are following me because of what I post here and there.
Note: It's freaking simple to do. I had to wade through so many long form articles to do what is essentially:
- Get 25+ Likes/Followers.
- Click "About".
- Click "Edit @userName".
End of Day 1
I'd like to personally message everyone who Liked my page to thank them, and then ask them what they're hoping I write about. Except I can't freaking find a list of who likes the page.... ffs...
Anyway... back to work.
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