Have you been meaning to start your own blog, but don’t have the time to set one up?
Then there’s the writing part.
Between writing a blog post and scheduling updates to your Facebook Page, there’s never enough time.
What if you could write notes on your Facebook Page and have them automatically shared with your fans in their news feed?
On this episode of Social Snacks, we’ll take a look at the new Facebook Notes and how to use Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages.
This way you can quickly create new blog posts directly on your Facebook Page, while helping you grow your businesses Facebook presence.
What is Facebook Notes?
When Facebook Notes first launched, it was a quick way to write short notes to your friends and fans.
They weren’t visually appealing, but they got the job done.
Early last year, Facebook announced a new Notes layout.
This was likely done so they could compete with Medium and LinkedIn Pulse which offered their own platform to create new notes and blog posts.
At the time, Facebook Notes was only available for Facebook Profiles.
Here’s a comparison of the old Facebook Notes layout and the new one.
Fast-forward and you now have Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages and Facebook Notes for Profiles and a very inviting platform to create new content on.
The Ultimate Guide to Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages
Creating a Facebook Note on your Facebook Page works great - once you've set it up.
Here's how you do that.
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Step 1: Go to your Facebook Page
Step 2: Add the Notes Tab
Click on the “more” dropdown to access notes on your Facebook Page.
If you don’t see it, go to manage tabs and add it.
Step 3: Create a Note
Once you’ve Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages, click on the notes section and create your first note.
You can choose to publish your note now or save it as a draft while you are still working on it.
Here is what a a finished note looks like when published on a Facebook Page.
Features of Facebook Notes
As you are using Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages, here are some things you’ll want to keep in mind when writing a note.
This way you can take full advantage of all of the powerful features offered in Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages.
Add headings, quotes, code and more to your Facebook Notes
- Add a header image to each note (size: 1200 x 445px)
- Include hyperlinks in your notes
- Tag people, pages and Facebook Groups
- Notes has their own feed, but only for profiles
- Add photos to notes and resize them (max height is 720 px)
- Video cannot be embedded in Facebook Notes
- Add captions to photos
- Include section headings
- Style text (bold, italics, underline, quotes, code)
- Create lists (bulleted, numbered)
- Comment, like and share notes to increase engagement
- Embed Facebook Notes on your blog
Why Use Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages?
You’re probably wondering. I have my own blog, why should I use Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages?
While you can publish to your own blog - which is a great idea, chances are, Facebook’s trying to keep you on their site as much as they can.
Therefore, it makes sense to publish Facebook Notes to Facebook Pages because this should also result in higher reach for your business on Facebook (see the Facebook native video research).
Here are some other reasons to consider as well.
- Facebook Notes standout in the news feed
- Facebook Notes get indexed by Google
- You can run Facebook Ads to target a Facebook Note
- Leverage the power of Facebook's 1 billion plus users to drive website clicks to links in your notes
Overall, I’m really impressed with the new Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages.
They are very easy to create, they're visually pleasing, and they allow you to tap into other Facebook tools such as Facebook Ads, to take advantage of the full Facebook experience.
This also gives businesses even more reason to market their business on Facebook.
For those of you who also have your own blog and want to take advantage of Facebook Notes for Facebook Pages, be sure to check out these notes business tips to help you come up with ideas on how to use the new Facebook Notes in your business.
Over to You
Do you have questions that I didn't cover on using Facebook Notes on your Facebook Page?
If you’re using other platforms such as Medium or LinkedIn Publisher, I would love to hear which one you think you'll prefer more.
Please share your ideas with me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or in the comments below.
Very cool! Thanks! The video helped!
Glad to hear you found the video helpful @ed_troxell:disqus. If you have any feedback on the style of the video, let us know. We work to keep them under five minutes, but jam-packed with information. You can watch other ones here. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQPLIBK6Jhdmn9guf2t2oMwxYnBxi-6hk
Thanks for the valuable feedback @ed_troxell:disqus.
Great article!
One question though…I have a FB page and i post recipes on it among other things. I want to write the recipes on the NOTES and just add the URL as a link in my post, instead of having an endless post…Is there a way to do this and make sure that the note wont be on my followers feed? since the original post will be there, i don’t want to swamp them with two very similar posts …Thanks:)
Facebook doesn’t provide that level of controls. Notes go out to all of the people who are following you. We wouldn’t be concerned about swamping someone with a post here and there. If it’s the same post you’re sharing, that’s another story @talrom:disqus.
I just started using the notes. I saved the draft 3 times, accidently clicked out of it, now cant’ find it anywhere! Help!
@disqus_QtD66aCdGi:disqus, you can try going to http://www.facebook.com/notes. There, you’ll see notes your friends have written. You can then click on “my notes” and you should see any Facebook notes that you have written or look under my drafts to see saved notes. Hope this helps!
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