Posting to Your Facebook Business Page While of the Fly

We're proud to introduce Tyler Lein, General Manager and IT Director for RE/MAX Excalibur, as our next guest contributor in our gust blogger series.

Posting to Your Facebook Business Page While of the Fly

My one gripe with FaceBook Business (Fan) pages has been the inability to post from anything other than a computer. Fortunately, this has been addressed and the solutions are relatively good.

There are four ways to post to your business page from a mobile device.
1. email your post to your page
2. visit your business page through your mobile browser and post from there
3. the iPhone app has the capability
4. send your update via text message

To e-mail your post, here is what you need to do. You need to find out the e-mail address for your page. To do so, go to your business page and then click on the Edit Page link at the top right of the screen under “Home” / “Profile” / “Account”. From there, click on “Mobile” on the left side of the page. You will then be shown your page’s e-mail address. Save this information in your address book and any time you want to post an update or a photo to your page (you can’t send video or post website links yet), all you have to do is send the e-mail to the address, and put the information in the subject line. DO NOT put information in the body of the message.

To use your mobile browser, just enter in the url of your page (ie. www.facebook.com/sony) and you can post your information through the web interface. If you don’t have a Vanity URL, here is a link to a post I did a while back explaining how you can get yours, http://tystechblog.com/2009/10/06/facebook-vanity-url/. You can also find more information on Vanity URLs on FaceBook.com at http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=900.

To post via the iPhone app, install the Facebook application and login. Click the “+” sign on the top left corner and then Click “Pages” on bottom right. Select your Page — it is now a favorite on your home dock. Now click your Page’s icon. To post a photo, click the “camera” icon. To post a status update, tap the “What’s on your mind?” field.

Finally, to post via text message, within the Mobile page as reference above, click on the green “Sign Up for SMS” button on the right side of the page and follow the instructions. You will then be given a 5 digit number to send your updates to. At this time you can only send text via this method. So no photos, videos or website links yet.

By being able to post photos on the fly, you can get really creative, like posting a photo of a new listing or smiling clients after a closing. Let your imagination run wild! Just don’t let your business page sit there and rot.

It is important to keep your business pages active in order to generate interest and business. If you can update them while you are on the fly, you are able to stay engaged and top of mind of those following you without having to wait until you get to the office or home. So no excuses, make your business pages come to life!

About Tyler Lein
Tyler Lein is a General Manager and IT Director for RE/MAX Excalibur which has 235 associates and four offices between Scottsdale and Tucson. His blog http://www.tystechblog.com/ covers technology tips, tricks, product and service reviews and recommendations that can be applied to the real estate profession and life in general. The goal is to increase agent productivity through low-cost or no cost tools that are available on the open market with an emphasis on Social Networking services.