New Hyper Alerts Application Helps With Facebook Page Decision

One of the important decisions if you are the admin of a Facebook Page (not a Facebook personal profile) is whether to allow other people besides the Page admins to post content on the Page.

This decision option can be found after you click on "Edit Page" and then click on "Manage Permissions."

You then see the following in one part of this section:

Posting Ability:

__ Users can write or post content on the wall

__ Users can add photos

__ Users can add videos

In making this decision whether to check these boxes, here's what you have to think about:

If you do NOT allow any user content on your Page, you will make sure there is no spam or inappropriate comments or competitors' links posted on your Page.

If you DO allow user content, you will be encouraging people who "like" your Page to participate as part of your Page's community.

And, then, if you do allow content, which content can users add?

While for some clients with sensitive-type businesses we have recommended not allowing any user content, for our own two Facebook Pages (www.facebook.com/powermarketing and www.facebook.com/bookmarketing) we have allowed comments because we believe community is an important part of social media marketing.

But allowing users to post content means we must remember to "police" the Pages, checking for inappropriate comments that as an admin we can remove.

Unfortunately, we don't always remember to do this every day. Thus some inappropriate comments might be hanging around our Pages.

Voila! There is now an answer to this problem – and I've tested it out before sharing it with you.



Hyper Alerts – at this time a free application that will email you as soon as anyone posts anything on your Facebook Page. (Great tagline on this application site: "The feature Facebook forgot.")

This is terrific for anyone who wants to allow users to post content on a Facebook Page and yet is worried about inappropriate comments. Try it yourself now at http://alerts.hyperinteraktiv.no/

Bonus Facebook tip: I often caution to choose your Facebook Page title carefully because it cannot be changed. I have just learned that it can be changed as long as you have less than 100 people who "like" your Page.

(Only if you have less than 100 people who "like" your page will you see the name field at the top of "Basic Information" when you are in "Edit Page" mode.)



P.S. If you are interested in having an effective Facebook Page for your business, Miller Mosaic can set this up for you.



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Phyllis Zimbler Miller (@ZimblerMiller on Twitter) is the co-founder of Miller Mosaic Social Media Marketing. Download the company's free report "5 Tips for Staying Top of Mind With Your Prospective Target Markets" at www.millermosaicllc.com/los-angeles-s...