Can You Sell Your Facebook Fan Page?
Can you sell your Facebook Page?
I get asked this question a lot – and it’s a good one. There are thousands of pages with vibrant, active, engaged communities that are truly valuable to the right owner. Many of these pages are unbranded, i.e. pages like “I Love Coffee” or “Stuff College Kids Say.” Now, you may be thinking, why would anyone want a page like this? There are tons of reasons, none better than the fact that there are power in numbers If you’re a t-shirt company that markets to college kids, wouldn’t a page like Stuff College Kids Say be a great one to control? One of the greatest marketing advantages Facebook offers is the ability to continuously message your fans, so a large, targeted community is a marketer’s dream.
Back to the question at hand. YES, you can sell your Facebook Fan Page.
There are actually a few companies whose exclusive task is to find and buy popular Facebook Pages. If they can make money off pages, good for them. For page creators, they’ve created a new way to monetize your Facebook Page – sell it all at once. Many page admins start pages just for fun, but find themselves with a potential asset once the page explodes. Selling the page for a lump sum is a great way to cash out from the hard work you put into growing a page.
Readers, I ask you – have you considered selling your Facebook Fan Page, and if so, were you able to get a decent price? Let us know in the comments!
Guide To Cheap USC Storage for the Summer
There was nothing more frustrating then finding a reliable, safe Storage USC Company. Lots of fellow students had the same issue. Now, a group of those students have started what I believe to be a revolutionary new way to store your dorm junk for the summer. Scholar Storage is offering a full USC Summer Storage Package for only $150.
If that price sounds too low, you’re right. The competition, AKA Self-Storage Facilities, are at least $200 more expensive. They’re just a flat rate of $150 for the entire summer. On top of that, they send your FREE packing supplies and boxes and they even come directly to you to pick-up the boxes for the summer. It gets better… they drop it off for you next semester!
It just doesn’t make sense to pay more. The time is right as exam season is just starting to pick up and Trojans everywhere are focused on anything but summer storage. You can order directly from their site and reserve your spot. They’ll send you the free boxes and packing supplies as soon as you place your order. The system is super easy to use and all you have to do is pick a day for pickup.
Don’t overpay for USC Storage – store safely and securely with Scholar Storage. It’s the best $150 you’ll ever spend.
Facebook Fan Page Tabs Are Coming Back in 2013
Page admins, marketers, and creative brands rejoice – it looks like Facebook is bringing back tabs to Facebook Fan Pages. When the Timeline took over, custom tabs, welcome landing pages, and fan-gates lost their spot in the limelight. Landing Tabs were gone, so the ability to create intriguing landing page offers and fan-gates went with them. Now, it looks like Facebook is bringing back the Tab Layout.
In a blog post from Mashable, a newly redesigned Facebook Profile Page was leaked. In it marked the return of – you guessed it – tabs. This is part of a redesign that is slowly being tested and rolled out to a small percentage of users, according to the post.
While there have been no reports of pages having tabs again, it’s not out of the ordinary for pages and profiles to be changed separately, but in the same way. This is typical in a redesign rollout from Facebook and that’s why we’re anticipating the return of Facebook Fan Page Tabs in 2013!
Best Way to Watermark PDFs
I am extremely happy that I came across this tool that lets you waterpark PDFs such as White Papers, Design Comps, and Wireframes. It’s called A-PDF Watermark made by A-PDF and here’s a link: http://www.a-pdf.com/watermark/index.htm
So far, I’ve used it without fail to add my watermark on top of design comps for clients. That is, when I send them design choices in the early stages of a project, I added a watermark so they couldn’t be used outside of the project. This is highly recommended for all web designers/devs as a means to ensure your designs will not be misused or re-produced. It’s also a benefit to the client for the same reasons.
It’s built w/ an easy to use GUI and I like the flexibility they offer for watermark styles. You can upload a logo, like I did, or use one of their watermarking tools i.e. shapes, texts, etc.
Again, the link is: http://www.a-pdf.com/watermark/index.htm
New Features in Facebook Timeline for Brand Pages
At the end of March 2012, all Facebook Pages will be migrated to the Facebook Timeline for Brands Layout. This will give Facebook Pages the same look and feel as individual profiles. Here are some of the key changes that you need to know:
- No More Default Landing Pages: Facebook has removed the default landing page. All users, fans and non-fans, will always land on the main Timeline Page. You cannot change this. You can, however, use landing tabs in conjunction with Facebook Ads to send users to specific landing pages. You can still use the Fan-Gate in this method.
- 810 Pixels in Width: This is a huge change. No more 520px boundaries – you can now go full width to 810px. This gives pages a lot more room to add design, functionality, and content. We should see some really beautiful timeline apps (formerly known as tabs) with this new, extended width.
- Icons for Timeline Apps: Instead of those small 16×16 icons with tabs, you can now have 111×74 Icons for your Timeline Apps. Facebook has placed this section in a prominent space – directly to the right of your profile picture. Be sure to take advantage of these icons as calls to action to click over to those apps.
- Private Messaging: Fans can now directly message the page, allowing for private 1:1 communication between fan and brand.
- New Admin/Insights Panel: The Timeline Rollout also brings anew Admin Panel with fresh stats and a nice user interface.
- Fill the Timeline: Facebook allows brands to add “Milestones” to help fill their timeline. Examples could be launch date, first product release, ten year anniversary, $1M Revenue, etc, etc.
- Pin Important Posts: You can now pin posts that you feel are important, keeping them at the top of your timeline for 7 days.
Startup Thoughts
If you’re into web development, you’re probably into startups and for good reason. Many of the best startups are driven by the best hackers aka. web devs. One startup that I like in particular is Bloggers Compete, who run blog post contests. They basically connect bloggers to advertisers through contests in a win-win situation in white hat blog link building. They are filling a need in the blogger outreach space – focus on need. Here are 3 great tips for a startup mindset.
1) Determination – You need to be 110% determined to make your idea/product/service work. Never give in, never give up, keep pushing. There will be battles along the way and you may even go in reverse sometimes, but stay determined.
2) Passion – Do you LOVE your idea? Do you LOVE the space that your idea fills? If not, you might as well just take a 9-5 job and not love that as well. Passion feeds motivation, and you’ll need a lot of it to get a startup up and running. Find an idea that you’re passionate about and turn that idea into a startup.
3) Willingness to Listen and Change – You don’t have all the answers. The quicker you realize that and accept that you’ll need help, the quicker you can get this thing going! Find a mentor, talk to people, ask for insight, etc. There are a lot of smart people on Twitter, start there.
How To Remove The Scrollbars From Facebook iFrame Custom Facebook Page
Switching from Static FBML to iFrames sounds like fun for Custom Facebook Pages. But now you have those annoying scrollbars going vertically and horizontally. Here’s how to remove it in 3 easy steps:
1) Add Facebook Javascript SDK to your code, right before the closing body tag “” as follows:
<script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
FB.init({
appId : 'YOUR ID HERE',
status : true, // check login status
cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session
xfbml : true // parse XFBML
});
// ]]></script>
Replace YOUR ID HERE with the Facebook App ID found in the Application Settings of the iFrame App you created.
2) Call the Facebook set.size parameter by placing the following code in between ” and “:
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
FB.Canvas.setSize({ width: 520, height: 1500});
}
function sizeChangeCallback() {
FB.Canvas.setSize({ width: 520, height: 1500});
}
// ]]></script>
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.Canvas.setSize({ width: 520, height: 1500});}
function sizeChangeCallback() { FB.Canvas.setSize({ width: 520, height: 1500});}
// ]]></script>
3) Change your settings inside the Application Settings –> Facebook Integration. Select the option for Canvas Type: iFrame and iFrame Size: Auto-resize
Thats it, you’re done! If your page extends further than 1500px in height, change the parameters in step 2 accordingly.
Further Reading: Learn how to link to other iFrame apps within a custom Facebook Page
How To Link To Other Tabs or Sections in Facebook using iFrames Custom Facebook Page
Facebook has switched over to iFrames for Custom Facebook Pages, and with this switch, developers have been experimenting with new functionality across pages. Naturally, with such a big change, there are some bugs/nuances that need to be discovered. While working on a custom Facebook Page for a client, I ran into this situation.
We wanted to have multiple customizations on the page, each on it’s own Tab (I know they’re not tabs anymore, but for lack of a better word, we’ll stick with calling them Tabs). In Static FBML, if we wanted to link two custom tabs together, we’d just grab the URL and create an HTML link. This won’t work with iFrames, due to the way Facebook displays the links. By default, links will open up inside the iFrame and when using this trick to remove scrollbars from Custom Facebook Page iFrame, the links will not display correctly. Instead, the content in the iFrame will reload to show you a blue Facebook image that then links to the original link you had. This of course adds an unncessary middle-step that breaks the flow of your page.
To correct this, simply define the target of the link, as follows:
(a href=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/YOUR_LINK_HERE” target=”_top”)Link Text(/a)
(replace parenthesis with <>)
That’s it! The link will now work as it should.
Cener Social Media Client Identified As Social Media Success
The Examiner published an article on businesses’ use of Social Media and identified Cener Social Media client Larysa’s Fit Club as one example of a business that has done so successfully. To Succeed With Social Media, Businesses Need Goals, published January 12, 2011, examines particular uses and examples of successful Social Media Marketing.
“Establish yourself as an expert: There are many businesses where customers are specifically looking for someone who is known to be an expert in the field. These include financial planning firms, insurance agencies, and health and fitness facilities, among others. By producing quality content that establishes you (and your business) as a category leader, you give your customers confidence in your abilities, and give potential customers a reason to give your business a try. Larysa Didio — who co-owns PFX Fitness in Pleasantville with her husband Steven — has successfully used social media to highlight her expertise as an expert consultant in nutrition and healthful living. Didio produces useful videos, writes articles and doses out valuable advice to her community of more than 1,400 on her Larysa’s Fit Club Facebook page that ties in with a well-produced and frequently updated website and blog. Didio is frequently interviewed for news articles and television segments — further building the strength of her brand.”
Read the original article here.
How to Hide Content From Non-Fans on Custom Facebook Page Design
A very popular technique in Custom Facebook Fan Pages is to hide content from users who have not yet liked your page. That is to say, if someone isn’t already a fan of your page, they won’t see the content you set for fans only. This can be done pretty easily, using the Static FBML application that you already installed on your Fan Page.
This is just a basic example, but with some imagination and creativity, you can create some really amazing hidden content landing pages.
It’s important to focus on height when designing and coding the hidden content fan pages. If you want to make your life easy, set both the hidden page and the visible page at the same height. You can use CSS to set a background image or you can just place the image/text right inside the HTML. Here is all you need to make this work:
<fb:fbml version=”1.1″>
<fb:visible-to-connection>
Place Fan-Only Content Here
<fb:else>Place Non-Hidden Content Here</fb:else>
</fb:visible-to-connection>
</fb:fbml>
This would result in non-fans only seeing the text “Place Non-Hidden Content Here” while Fans (those who have liked your page) will see “Place Fan-Only Content Here.”
Going back to the note about height, if you were to create two landing pages, one for non-fans and one for fans, and set them both the same height, you could replace the content with the HTML for the image and you’d be good to go. Example:
<fb:fbml version=”1.1″>
<fb:visible-to-connection>
<img src=”URL OF IMAGE” height=”400″ />
<fb:else><img src=”URL OF IMAGE” height=”400″ /></fb:else>
</fb:visible-to-connection>
</fb:fbml>
Pro Tip: Try removing the first and last lines of the above code if you’re having issues.
Pro Tip: If you’re the Admin of the Page, you will always see BOTH hidden and non-hidden content so test it out with another account to see how the user would view the page.
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