Are you aware of the option to add a "follow" button to your personal facebook page?
You can view one on my page at fb.com/keridwyn (it's a grey box near the top).
This allows people to follow your public posts without having friend status with you. In other words, when you share a post publicly, anyone who is following you AND your friends will see it.
Reasons why you may want to add a follow button:
You get a lot of friend requests but don't always want to friend them. Maybe you own a school. Or work with clients. Or are an expert in your area and like to educate others. Or you just don't want to be facebook friends with everyone. Maybe you like to limit friends to people you have a certain level of intimacy with but still want to allow others to see what you have to say.
Other benefits of adding a follow button:
Get the word out more with public posts. When friends or follows see these posts, they can share them and everyone they share it with will see it and be able to share. If you share something privately and a friend shares that post, only your mutual friends will see it.
Less awkwardness. You get a friend request from someone who doesn't fit your definition of facebook friend. If you delete the request, they become a follower automatically and will see your public posts (and they won't be notified you didn't friend them).
Expand your reach as an influencer or knowledgeable source. Here's an example: Say I take a workshop from a yoga instructor named Lisa. Lisa doesn't know me, she only taught me some moves! But I am a fan of Lisa and want to learn more about her. Plus, she seems pretty cool and I want to hear more about what she's interested in. Now, if Lisa has a "Follow" button, I don't have the awkward choice of deciding if I should send a friend request to her to stay in touch. I can just follow her! Thanks, Lisa!
Having a follow button is helpful for me as I'm in the wellness industry as a Hypnotherapist and because I run a Seattle entertainment blog. I get followers for both reasons. I choose to post some content publicly, some to "Friends-only" and some to select group of friends. It's pretty great to have this feature.
You get the point.
So you want to have a "Follow" button too?
Great. It's easy. Here's how:
1) Go to facebook.com and be sure you are logged in to your personal account (you'll see your current personal profile pic at the top to the right of center.)
2) Click on the down arrow on the bar at the top of the page. It's a tiny down-pointing triangle at the top near the far right side. This pulls up a drop down menu.
3) Select "Settings" from the drop down menu. This will pull up a new screen.
4) On the left, click "Public Posts."
5) On the next screen, in the center near the top it says "Who Can Follow Me" - select "Public" in the grey box.
Facebook explains this (and a bit more about checking who is following you) here.
Any questions? Just ask. You can message me directly via my form at keridwyn.com/contact. Oh, and of course you can also follow me on facebook at fb.com/keridwyn. :)
After you set up your follow button, give yourself a gold star!
- Keridwyn
instagram.com/keridwyn
As a social media marketer for 8+ years, I've had this question a lot. So I finally wrote a post about it. Gold star! :) Hope it helps. Drop me a line in the blog comments or via FB if it did.
As a social media marketer for 8+ years, I've had this question a lot. So I finally wrote a post about it. Gold star! :) Hope it helps. Drop me a line in the blog comments or via FB if it did.
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