I Want to Set up a 2Nd Fb Account

[PampChefJoy]

I have about 300 friends (I think), and I have trouble filtering through all their wall posts and status updates on a daily basis. I have TT's fan page separate. I have no idea how I would cope if I had to sort through and look for important business messages on my personal wall... I'm certain I would miss something

On the flipside, it's true - I do not have a personal relationship with everyone on my TT fan page because I don't really use it for anything but announcements. There's less "banter" on a fan page (for me, anyway).

 

[NooraK]

I posted this in the Official Discussion Thread, but thought I'd copy here as well:

I got a more detailed response from HO!

This is what I had sent in response to the answer I got yesterday:

I would like to get some more clarification on my previous question. I must admit, my initial reaction to the response was “I’m printing, laminating and saving this!” because it seems contradictory to what the policy states. After mulling it over, I feel it isn’t the right thing for me to do, to run with this answer while still having doubts about whether I’m following policy.

I am a member on ChefSuccess, and we have had several discussions on what can and can’t do, and there are some vast differences in how consultants are interpreting this portion of the policy. I would like answers to the following question:

Are consultants allowed to create a Page for communication with their customers?

Facebook has three different ways to participate: Profiles, Pages and Groups. Each of these is mentioned in the second training course, but the portion about Pages only talks about the Pampered Chef main Page. The training does promote Groups, but doesn’t address whether Pages are allowed by consultants.

The policy states that groups must be privatized so only those specifically invited may be able to join and view the groups information. A Page does not allow the owner to keep the information private, but does cover the need for a contact to “opt-in” to receive information from the Page. A Page allows the owner to post statuses, like one does with a Profile, whereas a Group does not. With a Group, the member has to proactively remember to come visit that Group, and if my customers are anything like myself, they’ll never do it.

I would greatly appreciate any additional information you may be able to provide. As I mentioned, there are a couple of discussions going on ChefSuccess.com, and you may wish to refer to those for more detail on the debate of the issue.

This is the response I received:

Thank you for contacting The Pampered Chef. If you are using your full name and proper title, you can create either a personal account (profile) or a business account (page), however we strongly recommend and encourage Consultant's to create personal accounts (profiles) due to the fact that business accounts cannot be found in search and cannot send or receive friend requests.

The online training courses were designed based on a Consultant creating a personal account (profile). The purpose of being able to use social media for your Pampered Chef business is to help you socially connect with friends, family, current and former coworkers, and even strangers. Personal account profiles will be a better way for you to do this than a business account page.

You are not required to have your personal account profile or business account page marked as private. This is why the policy only states that groups must be made private.

I'm so glad to have a definitive answer, and will now go ahead and create a Page for myself

 

[babywings76]

Add the page application called "FBML" and you can add as many tabs as you want, and change the name of each tab.

Joy, is there a way to rearrange the tabs at the top of a profile page? Mine has Flair and Boxes as tabs and I want them gone. I want "Notes" to show up without having to hit the + sign.ETA: Nevermind. I just found that if I click on a tab, I can drag it into the position that I want! Woohoo! If and when I set up a Page, though, I'll be looking into the FBML app you suggested.

 

[Bren706]

I have my settings for private, so they can't "like" me, if they can't see me.
I haven't had anyone like me yet who isn't a friend, and wasn't invited. However, I can tell people to search for me, and friend me, and THEN they can like me!

Are those private settings controlled through your profile? or your page? (Just trying to set my page up and don't see a place to set privacy, etc.)

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Are those private settings controlled through your profile? or your page? (Just trying to set my page up and don't see a place to set privacy, etc.)

Through my account. I changed it again though, because from what Noora found out, it doesn't have to be set to private! :thumbup: This way, people can find and like my business page, without access to my private page.

 

[cookingwith_tara]

Add the page application called "FBML" and you can add as many tabs as you want, and change the name of each tab.

Joy, that option is only available if you have a page, right? Not on a profile?

 

[babywings76]

Joy, that option is only available if you have a page, right? Not on a profile?

Tara, I just tried it, and it doesn't work for a profile. But I discovered that I could just click on a tab and move it to where I wanted. So I moved my notes and events tabs to go right after my photos one. Not sure if that's info you needed, but just thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[cookingwith_tara]

I like the idea of having a tab that says Recipes, Kitchen Tips, etc.. that would be sooo nice

 

[PampChefJoy]

Joy, that option is only available if you have a page, right? Not on a profile?

Yes, it only works on fan pages, not profiles or groups

 

[Bren706]

What is everyone using for a user name? Just your first and last name? or are you including "Pampered chef" anywhere in there?

 

[ChefBeckyD]

What is everyone using for a user name? Just your first and last name? or are you including "Pampered chef" anywhere in there?

Becky Deemter - Independent Director with The Pampered Chef.

Actually, the policy states that we are supposed to use our name and clearly identify ourselves as Independent Consultants, so we aren't mistaken for "THE" Pampered Chef.