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Click here to jump to the Photographer’s Guide to Facebook Timeline for Business Pages

 

 

 

 

See more Facebook Timeline Covers Template video tutorials here.

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is a little checklist to follow with some tips while getting your new Timeline for business pages ready.

1. Upload your new cover photo. Haven’t grabbed your FREE Paint the Moon Facebook Timeline Cover Templates yet? What are you waiting for … get them here while they are available as a sampler preview for a limited time! You can use the blank “Make Your Own Template” if you wish to create yours from scratch. Be sure to read Facebook’s guidelines for cover photos to be certain you are following all the rules before posting.

2. Upload a profile photo, preferably your logo or something clearly associate with your brand. It should be simple, clean and something that stays consistent (your cover photo is the place to get “crazy” and creative when you want to switch things up). Profile images are perfectly square at 180 pixels – there is a profile photo template included with the Paint the Moon Cover Templates (you may easily change the background color as you wish). Remember that your profile image is the avatar for your business everywhere you go on Facebook – it’s seen in news feeds, ads, next to your comments and all your “stories” (in a very tiny 32 pixels square – so keep it clean and powerful).

3. Select which apps and views you’d like to appear in your apps area and arrange them as you desire. The top three apps should be the most important to your business as they will be “above the fold,” with the remainder accessible by clicking the arrow to the drop down menu.

4. Think about a plan to post daily to your page to keep your fans engaged as well as pinning a post that is most important to the top of your page every week. Be authentic, helpful, honest and kind … a little bit of humor and beauty mixed in there goes a long way too.

5. Take advantage of the new Admin Panel to monitor your Page Insights, new activity and always be timely in responding to your personal messages if you choose to have this feature turned on.

6. Add events and milestones to your Timeline to flesh it out, tell your company’s back story and create a visually interesting appealing Timeline. Also take a moment to go through photo albums and delete any past photos that you aren’t incredibly proud of. Look at the past posts and content and decide if they are building the impression you want people to have of your company. If not, delete and clean things up. You can also add past photos to your album and date them appropriately to show up on your Timeline in the correct spot,.

7. Good news for us photographers is that research shows that photos posted generate twice as much engagement versus all other types of posts. Keep your page visually appealing … even more important for the photo industry.

8. Check to see that your most important posts are checked to be “Allowed on Timeline.” You can do this from your Activity Log. Not just your own posts, but posts from fans as well … highlight glowing reviews and feedback, etc.

 

 

 

Hello, everyone! I hope you don’t mind that I am combining the posts for the past two weeks. I had to prioritize my time last week to get the Free Timeline Cover templates released, but I think it was worth it. Hopefully you do too! Remember the Timeline covers are only free for a limited time, so you’ll want to go grab them if you haven’t yet. Click image below to access the download page.

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As always, I loved browsing through all your amazing images and you certainly make it difficult to pick just a few to showcase. I have to admit, I loved looking at all the Spring images as I’m looking out my window and rain and a wind so harsh it blew over all our fences last night! And the monochrome images were just as beautiful.

 

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My photo of the week is for “A Perfect Pair.” The love between my daughter and our horse is like no other. :)

Listed below are the links to the photographer’s original images posted on Flickr. Click the corresponding numbered link below (in no particular order – note that this is not a contest or “best of”). The theme for week nine photos was either “Framed” or “Is That You, Spring?” and for week ten the themes were “Monocrhome Tones” or “A Perfect Pair.”

1. Maibritt K Photography
2. Janelle Keys Photography
3. Rebecca Leimback Photography
4. Kerstin Styche Photography
5. Stephanie Smith Photography
6. Kate T Parker Photography
7. Annie Morris
8. Westlight Photography
9. Erica Finnan Photography

 

 

The themes/ideas are below for the eleventh week of 2012.

 

If you need a refresher on the guidelines and details … please see the original post for the 2012 Let’s Do 52.

• I love all the photos being shared on the Paint the Moon Facebook page and invite anyone involved with the group to come share too! If you’ve been to the Facebook wall and wondered about the Timeline changes you’ve seen, thinking everyone has disappeared … don’t despair! Everyone is still there and just as active as ever, but Facebook changed things so you have to click one more time to see everyone else’s posts outside my own.

 For important Facebook page changes …

 
 

And for a detailed guide with visuals to lend a hand as Facebook changes every business page over to Timeline by the end of the month …

 
 

 

 

• Be sure to keep checking in on the Paint the Moon blog and Facebook page for articles, inspiration and the weekly themes!

 

Important Let’s Do 52 Links:

Original Let’s Do 52 Flickr Group
Original Let’s Do 52 Details (again, for us old folks)
Paint the Moon Facebook Page – Come Share, Be Inspired, Ask Questions

Let’s Do 52 – Kids Click Too! Flickr Group
Let’s Do 52 – Kids Click Too! Original Blog Post

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