How Do I Start a Facebook Page?

Time:2010-09-08 19:10:00 Source:Ezinearticles Author:Christopher Lee Jacobs

Facebook. The new MySpace. Starting at Harvard as a way for students to keep track of one another, it has turned into one of the largest social networking sites in the world. Anyone can use a Facebook account. From the teenager down Mulberry Street, to the business executive on Wall Street utilize social networking sites just like Facebook to keep track of friends or market new ideas or sales.

Some people will look at it and think that it's too hard to set up or that it couldn't benefit my business. Well, I'm here to tell you that it's not too hard and any business can benefit from social networking.

Today I'm going to show you how to set up an account from start to finish.

The very first step is to make sure you have a personal email account that you won't mind being tied to Facebook. Any email provider will work, like Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail etc etc. Every time you get an update or email in Facebook, you're going to get an alert in your personal email account. I personally set up a "ghost account", an account that's only purpose is to be tied to a social networking site, for my Facebook. I don't give anyone else the email address because I don't use it but for the alerts that Facebook sends.

Once you've set up your personal email account it's time to set up your Facebook!!

Go to your favorite search engine and enter "Facebook.com" or place it in your address bar and you're here! I'll even provide the link here.
Then BAM!!! Look at what we got here!

You're here at the sign up screen and everything we need to get started is waiting for us.

As you see at the bottom right corner, you're automatically prompted to start an account. For those of us that already have an account, we sign in at the top page.

Now as a side note, you'll be required to enter your full name. Facebook wants it to be your "legit" name but there are ways around it if you so choose. Today we are going to assume you use your real name. **Wink Wink**

After the name has been filled in you will be asked if you would like to allow Facebook to search through your contacts on your personal email address. The reason for this is to see if your friends already have a Facebook so you can connect with them.

As you see in the bottom left side of the box, you have the option to skip this step but if you don't know anyone on Facebook then it might be a good start at finding people to start you off.

Your next move is to set up your profile with certain information like school history and employment history. Facebook does this so when you meet new people or come across old friends they will have a brief update of the things you've been up to.

But as you can see, you'll always have the opportunity to skip to the next step.
Almost done!

The final step to take when setting up your brand new Facebook is to set up your picture so people searching for you can match the name to the face.
This can be done one of two ways. You can upload your picture from you picture files right off your computer or you can set up your webcam to take a quick snap shot.

Congratulations!!! You are officially ready to get your social networking underway! The sky is the limit from here on. Be sure to check in often for more articles on how to use your Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Christopher_Lee_Jacobs

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