A reader asks:
How can I change my occupation on my Facebook personal profile so it links directly to my business/fan page?
When you edit the “Info” area of your personal profile, the first listing under “Education and Work” is “Employers.”
The only problem is, when you add your employer, Facebook automatically creates a Community Page if it can’t find an Official Page (which most of call a Fan Page or Business Page).
So, you have to teach Facebook how to find – and link to – your Official Facebook Business Page. And thankfully, it’s an easy process!
Here’s how:
1. Log in to your Facebook Personal Profile.
2. In the top right-hand area of your screen, inside the blue ribbon, click the “Profile” tab.
3. Click “Edit Profile” (upper right-hand area, directly below the blue tabs).
4. Then click “Education and Work” (fourth selection on the list).
OR… from your Profile, zip over to the left-hand sidebar, beneath your profile picture, and click “Info.” In the gray strip in the middle of the page, where it says, “Education and Work,” click the “Edit” pencil icon.
5. In the “Employer” field, it asks, “Where have you worked?”
6. If there is already something there that links to a Community Page, click the x to “Remove Employer.”
7. Now you’re going to re-add your employer, only this time you’re going to link directly to your employer’s Official Facebook Page (instead of the Community Page, which is like Wikipedia for Facebook).
8. Type in the EXACT NAME of your Facebook Page. For example, I typed in “Blogging Bistro, LLC” because that is the name of my Facebook Business Page.
As you type, Facebook will search for a Business Page with that title and when it finds it, Facebook will prompt you to add it.
9. When you confirm that you want to add your page, Facebook will instantly insert the thumbnail image of the page along with a link to it in the “Employer” area.
10. You can then customize the remainder of the form by entering your position at the company, the company’s location, a description of the company and how long you’ve worked there.
See, I told you it was easy! Try it and let me know how it works for you.
