Add an artist page in facebook

Facebook includes an option to create a customised page as well as a normal personal account. Separate pages on facebook get listed in search engines like google.

This is how we added a page.

• logon to facebook
• go to http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=904#!/pages/create.php
• complete 'Official Page'
• select 'artist' then 'writer'
• enter the name for the page (take care - this can't be changed after it is created without deleting and recreating the page)
• if appropriate, confirm that you are the right person to be doing this
• 'Create official page'
• go though the steps to add some content
• upload an image
• edit page information
• complete the wall settings
• add some 'info'
• complete the settings, switch off 'publicly visible' until you are ready to publish the page
• on left hand panel, select 'write something about' and complete some basic information.
  
• If you want additional tabs
• select 'Home'
• on left panel expand 'more' under 'applications'
• select 'adverts and pages'
• at the bottom of the list select 'Static FBML' application
• and 'add to page'
  
  
• select 'Home'
• on left panel expand 'more' under 'applications'
• go through the options one at a time
  
  
• for additional tabs
• edit application 'FBML 1' which is your new additional tab
• edit the name of the tab
• and enter the text or html for you want to appear in it
• 'save changes'
• 'add another fbml box' if you want another one, this is at the bottom of the page
• at the top select 'edit' next to your page name
• then under applications select the new 'FBML 1' and edit and save as before
  
• if you want to add youtube videos on your additional tab, see http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-customize-your-facebook-page-using-static-fbml/
  
  
• select 'edit' at the top by your page name, then select 'view page'
• drag and drop the tabs to the order you want
• remove any you don't want
• select 'wall' then add any links you want to be on your link page
  
• select 'Home'
• on left panel expand 'more' under 'applications'
• select 'wall settings' and change the landing tab to be the one you want to appear first when people open your page
  
• 'view page' to check it appears as you want, and, if you are happy, set its profile to public
  
• Connect to twitter if you want your page updates to be notified to twitter
  
• If you have a blog or website, select 'promote this page..' and copy the html given onto them

To edit the page later,

• Home
• in left hand panel, expand 'more' under 'Applications'
• select 'Adverts and pages'
  

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