Four Recent Facebook Upgrades That Nonprofits Need to Know About
Hopefully your nonprofit has grown accustomed to the fact that Facebook is a constant work in progress. That said, some recent upgrades to Facebook Pages have a big impact upon your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook and with the site-wide launch of the new News Feed and Social Graph Search coming soon, many more changes are likely to come. Before you fall behind, make sure that your nonprofit is current with these four recent Facebook upgrades:
1) Turn on “Similar Page Suggestions.”
Facebook now recommends similar Pages when Facebook users like Pages. For your nonprofit’s page to be suggested, you need to go to Edit Page > Update Info > Your Settings > Similar Page Suggestions and turn on the Similar Page Suggestion functionality:
You can then view the number of new likes your nonprofit’s Page receives through Similar Page Suggestions by visiting your Insights > Likes > Where Your Likes Came From:
Example of Similar Page Suggestions:
2) Turn on “Replies.”
Last week Facebook starting rolling out the capability for Page Admins to add the Replies functionality to their Pages. By doing so, you and your fans can then reply directly to comments posted on status updates. This enables better discussion and engagement on your Page. It’s also worth noting that the most active conversation threads are moved to the top of the status update. That said, many of you may have already received the following Replies prompt and turned on Replies:
If not, go to Edit Page > Update Info >Manage Permissions > Replies and turn on the Replies functionality:
Example of Replies:
3) New Community Page design.
For three years now I have been watching the evolution of Facebook Community Pages. That was their name when they were first launched though they don’t seem to have an official name any longer. Always a mystery and a frustration to Facebook Admins that could find theirs, my hope was that Community Pages would eventually disappear. That said, a recent redesign of Community Pages indicates that Facebook has future plans for them and my guess is that their existence will soon play a role in Facebook Graph Search. Thus, nonprofits should ensure that the “Category” is correct for their Community Page [under “Edit”] and if able to do so, report their Community Page as a duplicate of their Official Page.
The Field Museum Community Page
facebook.com/pages/Chicago-Field-Museum/112181505473945
The Field Museum Official Page
facebook.com/fieldmuseum
Select a “Category” for Your Community Page:
Report the Community Page as a Duplicate:
Example of a Successfully Merged Page :: SFMOMA
A transitory page:
facebook.com/sfmoma?fref=ts&rf=111798462179497&no_highlight_redirect=1
That links to the Official SFMOMA Page:
facebook.com/sfmoma
4) Facebook Subscribers are now called “Followers.”
If your nonprofit has a dynamic leader that uses their personal Facebook profile for work purposes, they can now add “Follow” functionality to their personal profile – previously called “Subscribe” functionality. It’s worth noting that screenshots provided by Facebook of the soon-to-be-released new News Feed prominently feature Followers:
Related Links:
Live Webinar: Facebook and Facebook Apps for Nonprofits
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Great article and very informative. Thank you!
Reblogged this on Electronic Communication @ NDSU and commented:
The first two features seem most relevant to this year’s students.
Another awesome roundup of recent changes to Facebook! Thanks for the tips.
Thanks Alex. Always appreciate your support. 🙂
Reblogged this on Leadership Inspired and commented:
Useful check list to make sure you’re optimizing your organization’s Facebook presence.
Thanks. 🙂
My pleasure – useful piece!
Thank you Heather for helping us keep up to date with all of Facebook’s changes! Much appreciated!
Do you happen to know how long the wait time is for the Community Page to merge with the Official Page?? I followed the steps you provided two days ago but nothing has happened.
Ranges to a few days to never. Facebook isn’t very helpful. 🙂
Really useful information, will head to my Princess Project facebook page straightaway and act on your suggestions! Thank you 🙂
Heather fantastic advice as ever.
Heather, in reading this article I was reminded that I went through the steps from a previous post of your about how to “Report the Community Page as a Duplicate”. Thank you, it worked and Facebook made the change for us! Blair Corbett, Ark of Hope for Children
Good. 🙂
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You have a typo (I think?) here: t’s worth nothing (should this be NOTING?) that screenshots provided by Facebook of the soon-to-be-released new News Feed prominently feature Followers:
Thanks… fixed it. 🙂
Really good stuff here. Thanks for helping me — and a lot of others — stay current with ongoing changes.
Thanks for the great and informative article! Made the updates in our page!
Really helpful update Heather- thank you for helping us keep on top of changes! Sharing this with our 6,000+ network of nonprofits across Ontario.