Setup
- Create it from a real personal profileFacebook pages are managed by people. Use the owner’s profile, with two-step sign-in on.
- Category and detailsThe most specific category, address or service area, hours, phone, website and a short description.
- Action buttonCall, Book, Order or Send message, whichever you actually want people to do.
- PhotosA clear logo as the profile picture and a real photo of the place or work as the cover.
- ReviewsTurn on recommendations so customers can leave them.
- Give access properlyAdd staff and agencies through Meta’s business tools with their own logins, never by sharing your password.
What to post
- Events, with Facebook’s event feature.
- Hours changes, closures and specials.
- Real photos and short videos, often the same ones as Instagram.
- Answers to messages, fast. Facebook shows how quickly you respond.
Written by Nikita Huttenlocher, founder and lead engineer at Huttenlocher Technologies, a web design and software company in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.