9 Steps To Create An Opt-In Form On Facebook

September 24th, 2009 by admin

I have to admit that even though I’ve been on Facebook for several months I still get confused when I attempt to do something new. Oh, I know about posting to my wall, sending messages and having friends but when it comes to finding and using some of the other features and applications available…

I get as lost as anyone else!

You see, 1 of the things I’ve been wanting to do since I started my Facebook account was get a FriendsWhoCare signup form on my wall. Well, let me tell you - It Can’t Be Done!

To put a signup form on Facebook you have to create a fan page. And while I’ve know this little tidbit of information it’s taken me awhile to figure out how to do it and make it available for everyone to see.

Yesterday however I finally managed to not only create a FriendsWhoCare fan page I was also able to get a signup form for the newsletter on it. So today I’m going to tell you what I did to create my fan page, put a signup form on it and most importantly make it available for everyone to see.

8 Steps To Put an Opt-In Form on Facebook

Login to your Facebook account and scroll to the bottom of your page. At the bottom of the page you should see a link for Advertising, click it. At the top of the next page you should see a link for Pages, click it. The page that comes up should have a large green button close to the top that’s labeled, “Create a Page.”
Fill in the “Create a Page” form. If you’re unsure about how to fill out this simple form just become 1 of my fans and I’ll show you a short video on how to do it.
Now because you want your fan page to be similar to your Facebook wall you should install the applications you want on your page to create the tabs and boxes you want to appear. If they don’t appear in the same order as on your wall you can drag and drop them into the correct positions when you view your page.
To get a signup form on your page you must install the Static FBML application because it allows you to use HTML code on your page. Aweber has the directions for adding a signup form on their blog. And while I recommend Aweber I’m sure the directions will work for other autoresponder forms as well.
Make sure to include your company information and logo, any RSS blog feeds that are relevant, videos, images, etc. on your page.
To make your page available for people to see without them having to login to Facebook, set the Age Restrictions inside of Settings to be “13+ and older.”
If you would like people who are not your fans to view your signup page first, go into your Wall Settings and select your ‘default landing page for everyone else” from the drop down menu containing your tab titles.
Now 1 of the things I did on my fan page was link my FriendsWhoCare Blog to my fan page wall. This was done using the Note application. The Note application is a default application when you create a page and it make it easy to link your blog to your page. When you edit the Note application you’ll see a box on the right side that contains “Note Settings.” Use the link under it to import the RSS feed for your blog.
When your done publish your page, write to your page wall and start promoting it. Because pages are not the normal default for your Facebook account you will have to send traffic to it.

Now my fan page tabs are not exactly the same as my Facebook account tabs. I have included a Twitter application (Social Twitter) on my fan page that shows my business twitter messages and of course the Static FBML application for my signup form.

Getting a fan page with an opt-in form on Facebook does take some time. In fact it’s taken me a couple of months with a lot of trial and error to figure it out. However I hope the above information will help you get your own fan page done in less than a day. And when have 1 feel free to leave a comment with your fan page link.

To Your Success,
Susan

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