Facebook is really coming into it’s own with marketing. It did struggle for a few years to get the formula just right and not upset their 600 million users who after all, are there to share news with family and friends.You probably already have your personal account set up – but if you’re thinking of setting up a FanPage or Like Page for yourself then you’ll have to be a bit inventive if you want to use your name as your brand.
I set my personal FB accout up as:
http://www.Facebook.com/IreneHouston
… all good and dandy
But when I wanted to create FB Fan Page or Like Page and use my name I found I couldn’t as my name had already gone — because I had it already as my profile.
So this is where you have to be a little more inventive if you want to use your name, a couple of alternative workarounds are:
‘YourNameLive’ or
‘YourNameOnline‘
I chose the latter and you can visit it here:
http://www.Facebook.com/IreneHoustonOnline
Remember – you need to have at least 25 Fans or ‘Likes’ before Facebook will allow you to choose your username.
