How to Create the Perfect Facebook Page for Your Business.

 Facebook now has over 2.23 billion monthly active users. And as small business owners and brand managers, there’s a very good chance you’ll be able to reach and connect with your target audience through Facebook.

Great! So where should you start? And is there an easy blueprint to follow?

From creating our Facebook Business Page to posting several hundred times over the past few years, we’ve experimented a lot with various Facebook marketing tips and have enjoyed figuring out the best way to create and manage our Facebook Page here at Buffer. I’d love to share with you how the process has worked so far from start until now!

Since things continue to change regularly with Facebook and its algorithm, consider this A to Z guide as a great jumping off point for creating a Facebook Business Page and growing your audience. Start here, test what works for your individual business and brand, and make changes as you learn.

How to create a Facebook Business Page in 6 simple steps

Step 1: Fill out your basic business info

Open the following URL to create a business Page on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/creation/

(You can also click on the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of any page on Facebook and select “Create Page”.)

Once there, you’ll see two options — “Business or Brand” and “Community and Public Figure”. Since we are creating a Facebook Page for your business, click “Get Started” under the “Business or Brand” box.

There will be a few fields to fill out (some will appear only after you have chosen a category):

• Page Name
• Categories
• Address
• Phone number

Keep in mind that you can change the category (but not the name) later on if needed.

Step 2: Add a profile photo and cover photo

Next, Facebook will prompt you to upload a profile photo and cover photo.

Profile photo – 170 x 170 pixels

This photo will appear as your icon every time you comment on a post or publish in the News Feed. Ideally, you want to upload your company logo here.

The ideal size for profile photo is 170 pixels wide by 170 pixels tall.

Square dimensions are best, and Facebook will crop it into a circular shape in ads and posts.

Cover photo – 820 x 462 pixels

The cover photo appears across the top of your page and is a great opportunity to deliver a visual element that supports your branding, draws attention, or elicits emotion from your visitors.

The ideal size for Facebook cover photo is 820 pixels wide by 462 pixels tall.

According to Facebook, your cover photo is displayed at different sizes on desktops and on smartphones — 820 pixels wide by 312 pixels tall on desktops and 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall on smartphones. If you want to use a single image that works pretty well on both desktop and mobile, I found that 820 pixels wide by 462 pixels tall seems to be the best.

You can certainly hire a designer to make you something fabulous, or you can go the DIY route. Canva is a super helpful, free tool for Facebook cover photos as it comes with several pre-made templates that look great right out of the box.

You can then upload your own image to use as the background and edit the text to say whatever you’d like. If you’re looking for high-quality image options, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite sources for free social media images.

Once you have uploaded your Facebook Page’s profile photo and cover photo, you’ll be brought to your newly-created Facebook Page! Here’s mine:

(If you happen to upload an image that isn’t quite the exact dimensions of the Facebook cover photo, you can reposition the image to fit the available window. When you’re happy with the final look, you can click “Save” and you’ll be set!)

Here’s a pro tip: You can even upload a cover video or feature a slideshow of images! For more information and fun ideas, check out our Facebook cover photo guide.

Step 3: Fill out your Page information completely

Right in the middle of your new Facebook Page, Facebook will show you a few tips to complete your Page set up. Clicking on “See All Page Tips” will bring up a pop-up with several steps to fill out your Page information.

Alternatively, you can also “Settings” and “Page Info” to fill out your Page information. Here are the things to fill out:

• Description – Let people know what your Page is about in 155 characters.
• Categories – Categories can help people find your Page. Choose up to three categories.
• Contact information – If you have a business phone number, website, and email address, add them here.
• Location – If you have a physical store, share your address here.
• Hours – If you are only open on selected hours, state them here.
• More – You can even state a price range (if you want).

All of these details will appear on the About tab of your Facebook Page, where you can add even more information, such as your business’s story, awards, menu, etc.

Here are two more pro-tips:

1. Create a username for your Page. It’ll make it easier for people to find your Page and give you a custom URL that you can share with others (e.g.fb.me/imaginationcocafe).

2. Add a button. Every Facebook Page has a prominent call-to-action (CTA) button below its cover photo. It is a great opportunity to get your Page visitors to take an action, such as sending you a message or learning more about your business.

Step 4: Customize your Page

Facebook allows you to customize your Page even further. In your Page settings, there’s a “Templates and Tabs” tab. This tab lets you configure how you want your Page to have and to look like.

Tabs are essentially different sections of your Page, such as your posts, your photos, reviews of your business, etc. You can decide which tabs you want on your Page and their order on your Page.

To make things easier for you, Facebook has several templates you can choose from.

Each template has a default CTA button and tabs (i.e. sections of your Facebook Page), which you can preview by clicking “View Details”. Here are the various templates:

• Shopping
• Business
• Venues
• Movies
• Nonprofit
• Politicians
• Services
• Restaurants & Cafes
• Video Page
• Standard

You can also customize (turn on or off and rearrange) the tabs of your Page, too. Here are the possible tabs:

• Offers – Lists current offers for your business
• Services – Gives you a space to highlight the services you offer
• Shop – Shows the products you want to feature
• Reviews – Shows reviews on your Page and allows people to write reviews
• Photos – Shows photos posted on your Page
• Posts – Shows your Page posts
• Videos – Shows videos posted on your Page
• Live Videos – Shows live videos about your page
• Events – Lists your upcoming events
• About – Lists information about your Page
• Notes – Gives you a space to highlight notes on your Page
• Community – Lists your friends that have liked your Page
• Groups – Lists the groups that you’ve linked to this Page
• Info and Ads – Shows ads that you’re running via the Page

Here’s a pro tip: If you have a Facebook Group (it’s worth having one, here’s why), you can link it to your Facebook Page for more visibility. To learn more about Facebook Groups, check out our Facebook Group guide.

Step 5: Add collaborators to your page

If you plan on sharing your Facebook marketing duties with a team, you’ll want to grant access for various folks and various roles.

Here are the roles that you can choose from:

Admin – Complete and total access to everything (you are an admin by default)

Editor – Can edit the Page, send messages, and post as the Page, create Facebook ads, see which admin created a post or comment, and view insights.