Can I change the name of my Facebook Page?
Do you have a Facebook page for you or your business? I’m not talking about your regular Facebook profile. I’m talking about a Facebook page for your business where you are actually allowed to do business, unlike your profile page. If you don’t, then I highly suggest you get one by going to www.facebook.com/pages and clicking on the “+ Create Page” button in the upper right section of that page to make one. It can be an incredibly useful tool for your business, as Facebook is where people hang out nowadays on the Internet.
For those of you who do have one, do wish you could change the name of it? Well, if you have less than 100 people who have “Liked” your Facebook page, then I have good news for you. You can change it very easily.
Here’s how:
- Log into Facebook
- Go to your Facebook Page
- Click on “Edit Page” under the profile picture for your Facebook Page
- Make sure “Basic Information” is selected on the left
- Under “Name” on the right”, change the name of your page
- Scroll down the page and click the “Save Changes” button
- Done!
However, if more than 100 people have “Liked” your Facebook page, then unfortunately you can’t change the name of it.
Here is FB’s answer to this question in their help section:
How do I change my Page name?
If an error was made in your Page name when it was created, you have the option to edit the Page name to correct this issue. This option is only limited to Pages with less than 100 connections. After selecting to edit your Page, you can adjust this information from the “Basic Information” section.
If that is the case, there are two options that I can think of:
- Start a new Facebook page and then invite everyone to that new page. However, you will lose all of your posts, photos, videos, and you’ll have to re-upload and re-post them.
- Not sure if Facebook still does this, but you can create a new Facebook page, and then send Facebook the URL of your current FB page, and the URL of your new FB page, and ask the to merge them. They did that a while back when they first came out with FB pages. People were merging their FB Group with their new FB page so they wouldn’t lose their followers.
To contact Facebook for Option#2, go to Facebook’s help section and see if you can find a way to email them. Try asking a question and keep saying that their answer did not answer your question. Hopefully, they’ll eventually give you a way to contact them if you keep saying that your question is still not answered.
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What do you do if “Basic Information” isn’t an option in the left menu?
Hey Andi, it should be there. I’ve added a screenshot to this blog post. I put it in the middle of the list of steps you need to take to make this happen. Compare it to what you see.
Hi Ian
Thanks for adding the screenshot – I’m afraid to say that I see something different:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70258041@N03/6382062363/
That’s a screenshot I’ve added on flickr.
Any ideas?
I raised a support ticket with FB around 2 months ago and still no answer…
You bet, Andi. Wow. Very bizarre. Have you tried creating a brand new Facebook page? If so, do you still get that limited menu? If you do, then I highly suggest you keep on Facebook’s case to fix that.
If not, and the new page works perfectly, then I suggest you use the new page as your Facebook page, and give an “ethical” bribe to the people who have already LIKED your other page that’s giving you problems so they’ll move over to your new page.
An “ethical bribe” meaning something of value that you can offer them that adds value to their lives that relates to your business. Create an ebook or video series that will help them get closer to their desired outcome, as it relates to your business.
Make sure they sign up for your email list in order to get that info so you build your email list at the same time. That’s where you’re going to make your money is by constantly offering great free content to your email list, as well as valuable offers that either your business, or a business that you believe in that you’re an affiliate for, has to offer.
With regard to which business I would suggest for an autoresponder where you will manage your email list and email campaigns, I would highly suggest Aweber (http://ianbrown.cc/aweber). It’s one of the top ones out there. Most Internet marketers use it. That’s the one I use.
You can try using a different browser and see if that makes a difference in what you see on that admin page, but I don’t think that will make a difference at all. However, there could be a browser plugin messing with it. Or another question to ask yourself is have you installed an app on that Facebook page that you think might be messing that up? If so, uninstall it and see if that clears things up.
Hope that helps!