Yesterday at my Womens Success Referral Group, the question came up of why you can’t always post on someone’s business page. The most likely answer is that they have their post set to only allow their posts.

Go to your Business Page

Go to Settings

Click on the General tab

The third option is Visitor Posts. Make sure it says Anyone can publish to the Page. If necessary, click the Edit link on the right and change the setting. Be sure to Save your change.

Then make sure your Notifications are set to let you know when activity happens on your Page.

Should someone make a negative post, you can delete it and block them from your Page.

If you manage a Facebook Group, you need to be sure you are gathering emails from that group! Facebook owns the group. You own the emails! And having emails open so many marketing doors for you. Here are detailed instructions from Social Media Examiner on how to gather emails from a group.

I received a notice from HootSuite which is a tool I use for scheduling social media posts. They are an official Facebook Partner.

HootSuite will no longer allow me to make a post to a personal Facebook profile. So I can make a post and schedule it to any other social media platform. I can schedule to Facebook business pages or groups. But I can’t post to a personal profile.

Why? Facebook is tightening up on people who use personal profiles for business. It has always been against their rules. But since January when the new algorithm came out, they are watching personal profiles more closely. Having HooSuite block personal profile posts is one more step.

PLEASE! Stop making business posts on your personal profile now! Set up a FB business page and use it to promote your business. I know it sometimes seems harder to make a business page work for you. But you need to abide by Facebook’s rules or they will shut down your personal profile. They can turn you off with no notice, with no recourse. You can send complaints and requests to be reinstated but who knows if you’ll get an answer.

If you need help setting up the business page or learning how to use it:
Join my Friday Free-For-All call to ask your questions.
Schedule a one-on-one meeting with me to do the set up together. I can save you time and give you suggestions to make it more beneficial

Check your settings on Facebook to cut down on how Facebook uses your info and how they sell your info.

From your personal profile,

Click the drop-down arrow on the top right corner and select Settings

Go to Apps and Websites on the left side navigation.

On the Active tab,

Select an app then click the Remove button to deactivate it.

These are 3^rd party apps that have access to your Facebook profile, Friends, etc.

Go to Ads > Ad Settings

Click the button at the far right beside Ads based on data from partners

Change to Not allowed

Click the button at the far right beside Ads based on your activity on Facebook Company Products that you see elsewhere

Change to Not Allowed

Click the button at the far right beside Ads that include your social status

Change to No One

Many of you have businesses that would benefit from Facebook Groups. But they are work! How do you grow the group? How do you get people involved? This podcast will give you some real guidance in practical steps.