Danger: Facebook personal profile is not a business page #QandA

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One of the things I get the most questions about for Facebook is on the personal profile. Questions like: “Do I need a personal profile to create a business page?”, “How can I start a page for our business without people knowing that I created it?” “Can I delete the personal profile after I have created the business page?”

Watch the screencast video about Personal Profile vs Business Page

This screencast video shows examples of pages and I show how you quickly can recognize a personal profile or business page.

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Discover the New Facebook Timeline for business pages to attract fans

Facebook Timeline for your business page

Facebook introduced the Timeline on our personal profiles in 2011. It was only a matter of time before it will be rolled out to the pages section on Facebook.

February 29, 2012 Facebook introduced Timeline for their business pages. Now you have until March 30, 2012 to optimize your page so it looks great in Timeline. That is the date that all pages will automatically switch to this new layout.

Facebook Timeline for pages

Facebook Timeline for your business page

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10 pages every small business blog should have

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About a year ago I wrote an article on the 10 pages every corporate blog should have in Dutch. It has become a very successful article in ErnoHannink.nl.
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Last week a client asked a question that got me reading that article again. A sort of competitor replied on her blog on a post. The remark she added did not add much to the post, and the commenter added 4 lines to the comment with promotion for her service. My client asked if she should just remove the comment or what the blog etiquettes are.

OK, when you want to remove comments from your blog once in a while, it is good to show on your site that you can do this. You may want to remove offensive comments in your blog. Especially comments that are not against you but other people.

So what pages should each small biz blog have.

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