How to Create A Facebook Event Page For Your Business

Step -1: Getting Started

Log in to the Facebook program home page with the email address and password that you registered with.  If your Company has created a Fan-Page on Facebook, make sure your event is created from that page.  To do so, go directly to that specific Fan Page and follow the next steps.  You can also add the event page to your personal profile.

Step -2: Locating Event Page Access

Select “My Events” from the facebook navigation menu. If you do not see the tab labeled “My Events” on your main page navigation, look for the tab that has a “+” symbol.  That should take you to a page listing all the events you are currently hosting and or planning to attend.

Step -3: Creating an Event

Select the “Create Event” button and proceed to Step-4 below.

Step -4: Inputting Specific Event Details

An event details page should appear, complete all the details about the event, include the time and place. You can always edit these later, but try to get as much detail in as you can initially.

Step -5: Setting level of access for your event

Choose from one of there main levels of access for each event.  It is Open, Closed and Secret.  Choose the level of access to your event that best suits your goals. If the event is open, anyone can see the details and add himself or herself to the guest list. If the event is closed, only the time and description is shown to uninvited guests. Facebook users can request to be added to the guest list for complete event info. A secret event will not appear in search results and will only be viewable by those people you invite.

Step-6 : Publishing Your  Event

Click “Create Event” to complete your event details.

Step -7 : Personalizing Your Event Page

You can upload photos, videos and relevant links that relate to your company’s event. Select the media asset you want to add to personalize the event page.  Use the browse feature to find a photo on your hard drive to upload. . After you have added specific media to your event page, its time to think about promoting your page.

Step -8 : Promote THE Event Page

The easiest and most effective way to promote your page is to Invite potential guests. Select your friends on Facebook and other users from your email database to invite to your event. You can even send emails to people not on Facebook just by selecting the option to import contacts from your email program.

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