Question Facebook - Business vs Personal - Virtual Assistant Forums

#1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011

I'm creating my business facebook page, ideally I want a completly seperate page from my personal. I read somewhere one of the requirements with Facebook is an individual name must be attached to any Facebook page created. And that name can only have one FB page at a time.

Is this true? Will I need to turn my personal FB into my business FB? Sure will take the fun out of FB for me because I use it as a tool to connect with my friends and family. If I make it all business then I have to stay strictly business. Surely I'm mistaken.

#2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011

Good question. I am having the same problem. By the way, love your site.
Wendy

#3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011

I know others that know how to explain this better will jump in here, but this is the way I'm set up. I have a personal profile page on FB and a separate FB business page. You set the business page up through your personal profile page but they are separate...separate walls for posts and if something is posted on your personal FB page it won't show up on your business page.

Hope that helps some.

#4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2011

Thank you. I'm in the process of updating the site. I have a better software now. But glad to hear someone liked it.

Thanks for the FB advice. This is how I am currently proceeding with the site. Having the business connected to the personal based on my understanding of the rules. But I'll check back in case someone has other options. I would prefer one totally seperate, but I'll take what is offered. Rules are rules.

#5 (**permalink**) 06-10-2011

Jessica, as I understand it you can have your business page but it must be linked to your personal page. I just created another page to use for my business. I have another personal FB page that I use for family and friends. They do no interact on my business page. I also used another email address for my business page. I have no idea how to make my page sparkle but I am hoping I can get some input from the forums.
Wendy

#6 (**permalink**) 06-14-2011

Yes, you set the business page up using your person FB account - the two are still seperate..it's just you have to be a FB user to create the page. The two won't interfer with eachother and you have the option to 'use facebook as (your page)' so you can switch between the two

. As far as I'm aware you can have more than one fb page per fb account

#7 (**permalink**) 06-14-2011

Hi Jessica,
What others have mentioned is correct. You create a page through your personal profile. They are completely separate and do no interfere with each other. I was wondering the same thing and googled it and found out that this is the only way you are able to do it.

#8 (**permalink**) 06-14-2011

I have my business Facebook page associated with my account as well as being administrator for 5 of my clients pages. It's actually so much easier now than it used to be to keep the page separate from your individual Facebook account since they let you switch between being logged in as yourself or as 'the page'. No worries on your personal status updates pulling into your page feed or vice versa!

#9 (**permalink**) 06-16-2011

I have created my business Facebook page through my personal Facebook page as others have suggested. The two do not seem to interfere with each other and I have some cross posts from friends and family.

#10 (**permalink**) 06-17-2011

what I did is I created a fanpage using my personal facebook account. I have yet to "customize" the fanpage and get more followers or likes.

#11 (**permalink**) 06-21-2011

You have to have a personal profile to have a business page. You don't have to show who is the administrator of your page which will link you to your personal profile but I suggest that if you chose to use Facebook as a marketing strategy, you should show to your fans the person behind the page. The best way to split the personal and business is to create lists on your personal profile so that you can chose who will see what you publish on your personal profile.

From my own experience, it is really difficult to build up fans if you're not building relationships on your personal profile first and then inviting them to like your page. Facebook is not making it very easy to invite people to like your page anymore so you have to be very creative.

By the way, you can have several pages and administer other pages as well.

#12 (**permalink**) 06-21-2011

I keep my privacy setting about as tight as you can get them on my personal FB profile. So even though I show myself as administrator of my FB business page there is still basically no connection between the two. I like to keep as much distance between the two as possible and it's pretty easy to do.

#13 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011

I like the idea of keeping them seperate too and agree with setting privacy settings!

#14 (**permalink**) 07-05-2011

Thanks for all the good information. I have been wanting to create a business page so this is very helpful.

#15 (**permalink**) 07-07-2011

Another way that many businesses are setting up their fb accounts is by setting the business itself up as a personal page, no link back to your personal page. It makes it a little easier to communicate doing it this way it think.