Your Fan Page Wall… All Posts, or Only Posts By Page?
You’ve probably noticed that a fan page can set the wall view to posts by the page only, or posts by both the page and fans. I’ve seen a number of each searching through various fan pages, and it got me thinking about why a fan page admin would want to hide posts by their fans.
If you’ve followed us for any period of time, you’d know that we believe that the value in social media for businesses is interaction. If you’re interacting with fans who post on your wall, it makes sense that you would want other people who happen upon your page to see that interaction.
This makes sense, as most of the fan pages I find that have “only posts by page” visible are solely broadcasting information and not interacting with users. Do I want to like a page that won’t respond to me if I try to interact with them, much less hide that post from users who land on the page? Absolutely not.
Think about this with your own page. Does your fan page invite users to post? We recommend turning your wall to settings to “all posts” and start interacting.
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Interaction is key! You are completely correct. I do not know why businesses would wish to hide posts from their fans, except maybe to limit spam. Even in that case, it's not an issue if they regularly check their own page and maintain it.
Thanks for sharing Dillon! Now with the Spam Filter, this should be even less of an excuse.
Hello this is interesting.
In my case I have made a account for a business and within that I have created a fan page. On the main account I have settings which shows everyone's posts. For the fan page I have set that only posts made by the account are shared. Now I want to update the wall by posting messages just to the fanpage how can I do that?
I know this question might sound like n00b question but any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I am finding that seems to be the problem. Facebook is a different kettle of fish. It is all about interacting, updating, keeping current, asking people questions
The more we engage our fans the better for sure. That is why it is called a "social" network. Thanks for the comment!
Interaction is key! You are completely correct. I do not know why businesses would wish to hide posts from their fans, except maybe to limit spam. Even in that case, it's not an issue if they regularly check their own page and maintain it.
Thanks for sharing Dillon! Now with the Spam Filter, this should be even less of an excuse.
I am finding that seems to be the problem. Facebook is a different kettle of fish. It is all about interacting, updating, keeping current, asking people questions
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