This article is indeed a informative one, the video it self showcase the whole site. we do really know that we must get our business some publicity. Check out mine at http://www.inboundsales.net/resources/the-business-owners-guide-to-success-in-the-20-world/

Excellent. And so simple. And your hair, looks good…blog on!

Great tip! Seems simple once you see it but definitely saves me some head-scratching. Cheers Rich

Great video. I’d been wondering how to do that.

It’s also important to have your pages “wall” set to show all posts, not just posts by page.

Thanks for this tip, very helpful!

Can you tell me how to post on another business’s FB page as my business (The Beachmere Inn), rather than as me the administrator. I would like to have biz to biz conversations, but seem to only be able to do so under my admin page, which is also my personal FB page. Thanks

I have the exact same question as Sarah.

I’m working on a friend’s business page and they don’t want it tied to their personal accounts, yet they want the ability to post on other business/personal pages using their business name. Just a biz to biz conversation like Sarah mentioned. I don’t believe it’s possible but thought I would check too. If Facebook allowed business pages all of the same functionality as personal pages, there probably would be a huge decrease in businesses paying for ads for additional exposure on that particular network.

Anyway, I would love to hear the answer to Sarah’s question as well!

Thanks, Amy

Amy, check out the following post: http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2010/09/posting-to-a-business-page-from-your-business-facebook-tips.html

I think that will answer your and Sarah’s question.

If they want to post as their business, they’ll need to be an administrator. However, FB hides the administrator, so there’s no visible sign. Your business fans can’t see any of your profile info unless they’re also your friend.

Hope this helps.

Hi Rich,

Thanks for covering this topic, I really appreciate it. I’m glad to know business pages have this ability.

I have one last question. Can you post as a business on other pages if you don’t have a personal profile/page? My friend does not have a personal page but is the administrator for the account. I watched your video and immediately tried this on his business page and was unsuccessful. It’s either too early in the morning for me to be attempting to work, or I’ve hit another snag. I type in the @ + the name of the business (which I have already become a fan of) and a link does not appear. Hmmm….

I’ll continue working away at this. Thanks again for all your help.

Amy,

I know there are limits to what you can do with a business page that’s not connected to a personal profile, so that may be one of the limitations.

As far as the @ goes, make sure that the page is a fan of the page, not the person, and sometimes you may need to refresh the page or wait a few minutes.

Hey Rich & Jaica – How do you comment on a thread that’s posted to your business page, as yourself & not as the admin? Is there a way? Do you actually have to change your admin settings to do the post? <-that scares me a bit… Great video post! Thanks! Heather DeSimone

Having the same issue that Sarah posted. I know other small businesses that can post to other pages using your (@) trick from there business page…but I can’t seem to get it to work.

When you use the @ function from your personal profile to post a message on your business page do all of your personal friends get that message as well or just the people who liked your business page?

Rich: Excellent video. I will give this a try. I’ve yesterday that there is a way to link several employees to a business fan page (not just an admin setting) and heard it was “new.” Do you know anything about that? Also, would be nice if you can comment on other facebook postings with your company name instead of your personal name. Do you know how to do that?

Quick question regarding business pages on FB. My client has a personal page (set up with their business name as the “name” on the page), and then a business page that branches off that. My client wants to be able to post updates to the business page via his mobile devices – is that at all possible, or does he need to set up a new page and make it a business page, not personal? Any input is appreciated.

Thanks, Rich – we’ll give that a shot. On another note, though, what if we were to take down the existing personal profile with the business page attached, and just start over, with a business profile? We’d be able to post to the business profile, then, wouldn’t we?

Update: you can now post, comment or like as yourself on a page you admin: http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2011/02/post-to-your-facebook-business-page-as-you-and-more.html

 Ahhhh! Interesting! My quandry is how to reply to a post on your page, as yourself.

Thank you very much for posting the video – it worked great. I found that after my page post was done, I was able to go back into the profile post and change the “lock” setting back to my original custom who-sees-what setting.  To double check, I went back to my page post and it had not disappeared.

Thanks again.

Thanks Rich for the clear instructions in your video. Classy!  :-)

Rich, I just read your report “11 Biggest Mistakes Small Business Bloggers Make”.

It’s clear & simple. Business saavy. Excellent presentation. Well put together, but not so polished that the life’s been wrung out of it (a la corporate). Technically sound. Readable. Just the right amount of information. Focussed on what’s essential. Contains experience, not theory. Gives practical actions.Wow! I’ve read many, many articles on blogging, but yours is the best.You’re a great all rounder Rich! I’m looking forward to seeing of your work.I’m going to have to lift my game. Perhaps wait a few months before you checkout my sites…  :-D

Clear instructions. Well done. Thanks!

Problem is… Any discussion following that post will be happening on your personal profile, not on the company page.

The only real way of doing it seems to be creating another Facebook profile (which, in theory, Facebook doesn’t want you to do) to be used as the page admin, and then keep your real personal profile as a non-administrator of the page. 

Facebook needs to fix this so that we can do it without jumping through hula-hoops…

So it’s a year later, but instead of saying “Everyone”, it says “Public.”  Though I’m logged in as myself then going to the business page, making a comment and pressing Public, it still shows my post as the adminstrator.  My co-administrator does not have this problem.   help??