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If you're looking to branch out past your friend circle, you can create a Facebook blog. You can use your blog to reach other people with similar interests. This wikiHow article teaches you how to start a Facebook blog with expert tips from social media manager Rut Nastiti.
How to Blog on Facebook
Create a new Facebook page dedicated to your blog. Find a niche and stick to it. Create a posting schedule and make sure you post new blog entries regularly. Post high-quality content. Interact with your followers. Promote and boost your blog posts.
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Create a Facebook Page for your blog. Pages are special areas of Facebook that allow artists, musicians, public figures, organizations, businesses, and other projects to connect with fans and customers. [1] X Research source Creating a Page for your Facebook blog is a great way to keep your blog posts separate from your standard account. You'll also have access to stats you wouldn't be able to see on your regular profile. Use the following steps to create a Facebook page:
- Go to https://www.facebook.com and sign in to your main account.
- Click the menu icon, which is the 9 dots in the upper-right corner of the page.
- Click Page under "Create."
- Enter the name of your new blog into the "Page name" field in the upper-left corner.
- Enter a category for your blog in the category and select a category that best fits your blog niche.
- Type a biography or information about your blog into the "Bio" field.
- Click Create Page .
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Go to your Page. You can do so by clicking your profile icon in the upper-right corner and then clicking See all profiles . Then click your page.Advertisement
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Add a cover image. A cover image is a wide image that stretches across the top of your Page. If you've designed a logo or title image for your blog, this would be a great place to put it. To select a cover image:
- Decide on an image to use that reflects your blog's style and personality. The image must be at least 400 x 150 px (recommended 820 x 360 px). [2] X Research source
- Click Add cover photo at the bottom-right corner of the cover image placeholder.
- Select Upload photo .
- Select an image and choose Open .
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Upload a profile photo. A profile photo is the image that reflects your Page across Facebook. This can be a photo of you, a logo, a special image you created for your blog, or anything else you wish. To upload a photo, just click the camera icon on the placeholder photo and choose an image from your computer. Facebook will resize the image to fit the circle.
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Click Settings . It's the gear icon toward the bottom of the left panel. This is where you'll find all of your Page options.
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Adjust your Page preferences. The options you select are up to you. Since you're creating a blog, here are a few tips to get you started:
- Right now your Page is public. If you don't want to launch your blog just yet, click Settings in the menu to the left. Then click Followers and public content under "Audience and visibility." Set all the options from "Public" to "Only Me." Look over the other settings on this page and set them however you want.
- Disable Visitor Posts so you're the only one who can post on the blog. To do so, click Settings in the menu to the left. Then click Page and Tagging below "Audience and visibility." Set "Who can post on your page?" to "Only Me." Look over the other settings on this page and set them however you want.
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Go to your About Info page. This page allows you to add additional information, such as contact information, work and education history, and more. Use the following steps to open the About Info page:
- Go to the profile of your new page.
- Click Edit below your cover photo.
- Scroll down and click Edit your About info .
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Add more details to your page. To add an information item to your page, click one of the categories below "About" in the column on the left. Click the Plus ( + ) icon or the pencil icon next to an item and follow the prompts to add more information to your page. The categories are as follows:
- Contact and basic info: This page allows you to add contact info, such as an address, email address, phone number, website and social media links, and more. You can also change your gender on this page.
- Privacy & legal info: This page allows you to add a link to your privacy policy (if you have one) as well as add an Impressum (if you have one).
- Work and education: This page allows you to add places you've worked and attended school.
- Places lived: This page allows you to add your current location, hometown, as well as other places you have lived.
- Page transparency: This page just shows the information that is publicly available on your page. You can't edit the information on this page.
- Family and relationships: This page allows you to add family members as well as edit your relationship status.
- Details about you: This page allows you to add information about yourself, such as a description of yourself, nicknames, and favorite quotes.
- Life events: This page allows you to add important events in your life.
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Open your Facebook Page. You can go there by visiting its URL directly or by logging into Facebook, selecting your page in the panel to the left.
- If you want to schedule a blog post to be shared later, use the Publishing Tools section to create a draft instead.
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Click Whats on your mind? . It's at the top of the column on the right.
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Type your blog post. Use the text field that says "Whats on your mind?" to enter the text for your blog post.
- You can click the colorful box below the text field to choose a color scheme and background for the post—however, this will only work for shorter posts.
- Click the smiley face to include emojis.
- Be sure to include relevant Hashtags to make your post easier to find.
- Since the "Text" box is sort of small, you may want to create the actual post in a word processing or text editing app like Pages, Microsoft Word, or Google Docs, and then paste it into the box.
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Add other features to your post. Click the three dots in the bottom-right area (next to "Add to your post") to check out the options:
- Click Photo/Video to add videos and photos.
- Click Check In to add a location to your post.
- Click GIF to add an animated GIF to your post (may not be available on all posts.)
- Click Raise Money to add links to fund raising on your post (may not be available on all posts.)
- Click Get calls to allow people to call you on the phone.
- Click Go Live to go live in conjunction with your post (may not be available on all posts.)
- Click Get Messages to allow people to send your blog a message through Messenger.
- Click Get WhatsApp Messages to receive those messages through WhatsApp.
- Click Feeling / Activity to share what you're feeling or doing.
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Click Post to share your blog post. This adds your post to your Page. It will also appear in the news feeds of people who are following your blog.
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Go to https://business.facebook.com/ in a web browser. This opens the Meta Business Suite. You can use this page to schedule posts for your pages.
- If you are not signed into your Facebook account, sign in with the username and password associated with your main Facebook account.
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Select your Facebook page. Use the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner to select the Facebook page you want to schedule a post on.
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Click Create post . It's the blue button at the top of the page.
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Add photos or videos to your post (optional). To do so, click Add photo or click Add video followed by Upload from desktop and then select a photo or video you want to upload.
- You can also click Use template to select a template for your post.
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Type your blog post. Add the text for your post in the text field below "Text" in the "Post Detail" section to type your post.
- You can click the colorful box below the Text field to choose a color scheme and background for the post—however, this will only work for shorter posts.
- Click the smiley face in the text box to include emojis.
- Click the Hashtag ( # ) in the "Text" box to add hashtags. Be sure to include relevant Hashtags to make your post easier to find.
- Since the "Text" box is sort of small, you may want to create the actual post in a word processing or text editing app like Pages, Microsoft Word, or Google Docs, and then paste it into the box.
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Schedule a time for the post. Use the following steps to schedule a time for when your post will go live:
- Click the toggle switch next to "Set date & time."
- Click the box with the calendar icon and use the calendar to select a date.
- Enter a time you want the post to go live next to the icon that resembles a clock.
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Set the privacy settings. To make your post available to everyone, click the toggle switch next to "Everyone." If you want to restrict the post by age or location, click the toggle switch next to "Restricted" and select an age group and location for the post.
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Click Schedule . It's the blue button at the bottom of the page. This schedules your posts. It will be posted automatically at the date and time you selected.
- Alternatively, if you want to save the post as a draft, you can click Finish later instead.
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Find your niche and stick to it. When you start a Facebook blog page, it should be dedicated to a specific topic. It could be about cooking, DIY crafting, health and fitness, electronics, gaming, music, travel, and more. Write about what you know and are passionate about. Stick to your niche.
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Create a post schedule. Make sure you are posting consistently. Create a weekly or bi-weekly schedule for when you are going to post new content. Make sure you work to keep to this schedule. If you are not able to make the schedule for any reason, let your followers know.
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Post high-quality content. Be sure to upload a high-quality professional profile and cover photo to your blog page. If you post videos to your page, make sure they are professionally edited. Proofread your blog posts for spelling and grammar errors. Make sure your posts are factually accurate.
- According to Nastiti, a blog post should contain five elements. It should have a clear subject that you are writing about, a strong headline to attract readers, a strong hook to pull the reader in, and a clear solution to the problem you present in your blog.
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Interact with your followers. When people comment on your blog posts, like and reply to their comments. Follow some of your followers. Like and comment on their posts on their own page. Respond to their messages in Messenger. You can also go live and interact with your followers in a more personal way.
- Interacting with your followers is a great way to learn where your audience is at. According to Nastiti, knowing your audience is one of the most basic things you can do to communicate with your audience.
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Promote your blog. You can share your blog post on your regular page as well as mention it on other social media platforms. Mention new posts in Facebook and Instagram stories.
- If you want an easy way to gain a few more readers or followers, you can use the Boost feature when you post a new post on Facebook. It is available for both regular and scheduled posts. This allows you to pay to have your post boosted so that more people will see your post. You can boost a post for as little as $5 a day.
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Check your analytics. You can check the analytics by clicking Insights in the Meta Business Suite . Figure out which posts do well and follow up on them. If there's something specific you did on a post that did well, keep doing it.
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Monetize your blog page. If you attract enough followers, you can monetize your page and make a little bit of money. Facebook offers a variety of ways to monetize your content . You can enable stars so your followers can send stars, you can partner with brands and post sponsored content, you can create a Facebook shop, and more.
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QuestionHow do you make a cool bio on Facebook?Beth Cormack is a Social Media Manager based in Washington, D.C. With five years of experience, she specializes in multi-channel social media marketing and storytelling. She earned her Master of Professional Studies from Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies and her BA in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.Treat your Facebook bio as an elevator pitch. Only focus on the most impactful things about either yourself or your brand. Make sure that you add some personality to it. Since the bio is supposed to be short, you want to make sure that you're showing off your personality while also telling the most important things about yourself.
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QuestionHow can you make cool content on Facebook?Beth Cormack is a Social Media Manager based in Washington, D.C. With five years of experience, she specializes in multi-channel social media marketing and storytelling. She earned her Master of Professional Studies from Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies and her BA in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.Creating your own content and sharing your own perspectives is a lot more valuable and interesting than reposting content. Building your own personal brand on Facebook is the better way to go.
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QuestionHow can I recover my Facebook password?Community AnswerIf you report to Facebook that you forgot your password, they can send it to you via the email account you used to register your account. If the email you registered with is no longer in service, Facebook will probably provide you with the option to use a different email. I recommend you make a Gmail account, since it's more secured.
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1. Create a new Facebook Page.
2. Categorize it as a blog.
3. Customize the Page as desired.
4. Share the Page with your friends and let them know it's a blog.
5. Click Create Post
when you're ready to post.
6. Draft a post in another program if the box seems too small.
7. Click Post
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8. Schedule posts for later or backdate posts as needed.
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