Free Variations of Fan Page

This Post taken from ViperChill by

Ana Hoffman

And the best part about all of this? I’m giving away my exact fan page and don’t even need to touch Photoshop in order to edit the text on the page.  I’ve created 7 versions of my template for you to use however you like. The colours included are: Black, White / Grey, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Green, Red and Gold.

Alternatively, you can use your own background images, but simply use my code for adding a second page and integrating the users Facebook name.

1. First of all, you need to go to the ‘Create page’ option, which you can find here. The quickest page to set up is the one on the top right row, a Brand or Product page. Note that the first letter of your fan page name must be capitalised.

2. You will be shown your empty Facebook fan page. Under the image on the top left, click Edit Page. A new menu will appear, so click on the Apps option once it does. Scroll down the page until you see the app Static FBML. Add the application  to your page. Clicking on ‘Go to App’ will allow you to customise the text box.

3. The first field, Box Title, will be the name for your page tab, so use something like “Hey!” or “Welcome” here.

4. Download this zip file, which contains the template code and my 7 example templates. Each template comes with its own code. I have hosted the images online for you, but I recommend you put them on your own server.

5. Edit the part of each template where it says “Your Text Goes Here”.

5. Edit the part of each template where it says “Your Text Goes Here”.

Note that when you are the admin of the page, you will see things very differently. Log in with another account (or a friends) to see how the page will look to every else.

6. Go back to your Edit Page options, and this time select Manage Permissions. Change theDefault Landing Tab to the page you have created with Static FBML.

7. Enjoy more people “Liking” your Fan page and then being converted in other ways through the second page.

Social Media

Almost exactly two years ago to the month, John Bonner asked me to add him as a friend on Facebook. My first reaction was “not another social media site to take up my time!” I had 4 friends at the time and never used it to do anything other than posting my profile because my Social Media consultant said I should.

I was about to launch my 6th book and I thought I’d get around to it, but didn’t see the benefit.

So, after 30 seconds of contemplation I added John as a friend and then decided to see who his friends were. Wow! Was I ever surprised! His friends are Deepak Chopra, Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Robert Kiyosaki, and a major number of heavy hitters as well as authors and well known speakers.

Okay, I was hooked! I stayed on Facebook for an hour requesting all of the big name personalities on John’s page to add me as a friend. When I got up the next morning I had 95 friends and they were all well known people.

Now what I did was what 99% of all Facebook users never do. I called them, emailed them, thanked them for adding me amd kept up the dialogue. Even now two years later I still keep up with those who are open to communicating with me.

I had been on LinkedIn nearly since the beginning in 2003 when I met the founder Jake Swearingenat San Jose State while I was taking their Masters in Business program. But honestly I never gained any business nor any contacts that I didn’t already know there. The barrier of having someone having to introduce someone I didn’t know kept me from meeting anyone new.

So I listened to my Social Media consultant Claudia Guzman from GetGlobalAssist.com and started a Twitter account, moved my flip videos to YouTube.com and focused my activity on MySpace towards well known authors and speakers.

Social Media is extremely powerful when you use it correctly. I’ve recorded a segment on helpful hints in using the major sites, please right click on the link and listen, and then use the techniques.

Social Media is an audio program you can download to hear the actual steps it takes to transfer files from your computer to your website/blog.