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Topic: Social Media

Creating A Facebook Page-creator And Admin Roles

Posted by Anonymous on 9/17/2010 at 5:47 PM ET 200 Points
I want to create a Facebook Page for the company I work for but my understanding of FB's restrictions is making me reluctant.

First, here's my understanding of creating a Page/Facebook policies. If I'm wrong, please correct me.

-A person can have only one Facebook account. Period. Can't have both a personal and business account.

-A page is created by someone with an account who is authorized by the business to do so.

-The page can't be transferred to a different account.

-The creator can add other administrators from his/her list of "friends"

So, here's my dilemma. We're a small company. The creator of the page should probably be our owner/CEO. (In the event I leave the company, the Page will remain with the company.) I could be an admin, but I don't want to be friends on FB with my CEO!

Is there a way around this? I realize I could probably change my settings to block him from seeing things if he becomes my friend. But I'd rather just avoid becoming friends.
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  • Posted on 9/17/2010 at 8:25 PM Moderator
    You probably need to create a new account for the sole purpose of "owning" the company Facebook page. It can be in the name of the CEO or in your name, or in a fictitious name. It doesn't matter, as long as it's an account that is for that purpose only.
  • Posted by Gary Bloomer on 9/18/2010 at 7:12 PM Accepted
    Dear Chase,

    There's no reason for you to be friends with your CEO.

    Just set the account up as a business account, in which you
    have administrative access, and leave it at that.

    There's no reason to set the account up in your name if it's an account for the company you work for. Just set up the account from your company ISP address, NOT from your home (personal) ISP and set whatever access needs to be set. Then, only access the business account from work.

    Set the account up, set yourself up as an administrator (and
    add other people as admin people if it's necessary), and if or
    when you leave the company, have your admin access changed
    so that you're locked out (a simple password change should suffice).

    I hope this helps.

    Gary Bloomer
    The Direct Response Marketing Guy™
    Wilmington, DE, USA

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