I have written in a previous article about the simpler ways to connect your blog into Facebook. Now we'll go ahead a step further than that: we'll create a Facebook Fan page.
It may sound a bit over-the-top to create a Facebook Fan page for your blog, but it could really help increase your blog's audience share. With this, you can easily interact with your fans and discuss topics from your blog or anywhere else. The following instructions will help you create your very own fan page.
First, go to the Facebook Home page. From there scroll down to the bottom of the page then click the "Advertising" link. From the Advertising page, click the Pages link. Once the page loads, click on the "Create a Page" button. The next page will let you create your fan page. You have to choose your category and type in the name of the site you'll be promoting. After that, you have to confirm that you have permission to create the page and then type in an electronic signature. This is a security measure on the part of Facebook. It is part of their Terms of Use that no user is allowed to make fake pages or "unofficial" fan pages and violators may get their accounts disabled. So just be careful.
After your page has been created, you have to customize it by putting up a logo, your blog's and maybe your own information then publish the lot. Then you can start sharing it to your friends and begin building a fan base.
The Embedded Facebook Fan Page
In conjunction to your Facebook Fan page, you can take it up a notch by embedding your fan page in you blog. You can increase your fans this way, and you can also advertise your fan page which advertises your blog. XD
Anyway, there are three ways to go about this. You can either:
1. Go large. You can show your streams and your fans. It will take a lot of space and it could be hard on your blog's real estate. If you really need to save space, then you can try the second option.
2. This just shows some of your fans and a count of the total fans you have in your page. This is the most used format in most blogs.
3. The last option takes the least amount of space and the most simplest among the three. It is just a simple button with the fan page's name and a bit telling your readers or users whether they are fans or not. If you have yet to start a fan base, I think opting for this button might be better, for obvious reasons.
Please remember though that changing the javascript to just show the "Become a Fan" button and nothing else, is against Facebook's Terms of Service. The code can be tweaked, yes, but that violation could lead to your page's termination. With that said, you can place the code in your site by going to this link. Select which items you want to include in your widget then click the "Other" button to generate the code you need to insert in your theme.
But if you want to bypass the hard coding part, then you can install the Facebook Fan Box plugin in your website. Well, whatever you decide, these will help draw more traffic to your site.
Wait for my next post about creating a Facebook Application for your website or blog. It won't be easy, but it would be cool to know.
I am a stay-at-home mom blogging about my family, my interests,pet peeves and experiences about blogging, WordPress and Facebook. Look me up at http://slackermommy.com
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