{"id":4495,"date":"2012-09-13T06:28:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2012-09-13T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T17:13:33","slug":"creating-a-facebook-page-for-your-salon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salonmonster.com\/blog\/creating-a-facebook-page-for-your-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Facebook Page for your Salon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like most stylists I know you probably have a Facebook account. You’ve probably friended some clients and once in a while post an update about your work, but get a bit weirded out by the lack of personal \/ work separation and don’t really know how to use Facebook to improve your business. Well, it’s time you created yourself a Facebook Page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook pages are a great way to communicate with customers as well as a terrific marketing tool.<\/strong> Unlike your personal profile your page is visible to anyone on the Web and your clients can like (follow) your page without interacting with your personal profile.<\/p>\n

So, let’s look at how to set up a Facebook Page for your salon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, open up Facebook and log into your account if necessary.<\/p>\n

Next, click the “Create a Page …” link located in the left hand navigation:<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/a><\/p>\n

If you can’t find that button the you can create a Facebook page here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click on the Local Business or Place image:<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Select the “Spas\/Beauty\/Personal Care” category and enter your business’ details:<\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Then click the “Get Started” button. \u00a0This will bring up the following screen where you can set a profile picture for your salon’s page:<\/p>\n

\"facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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Your profile picture should be an square image 180 pixels x 180 pixels in size. \u00a0Most square images will work well so long as they are bigger than 180 x 180, anything smaller than that will be blurry and pixelated. \u00a0Here is the image I created for this:<\/p>\n

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Because I am uploading this image from my computer I click the “Upload From Computer” link, select my file and click choose \/ok.<\/p>\n

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Then I click the Next button at the lower right of the screen:<\/p>\n

\"facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook will now ask us for a quick description of our salon. \u00a0Enter an amazing write up of your salon in the main text box:<\/p>\n

\"set<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook allow you to link to some other Websites and social profiles you have. \u00a0I would recommend adding in links to any sites and social media profiles you have as well.<\/p>\n

Some good things to link to are:<\/strong><\/p>\n