Facebook Places & Business Pages - Any way to consolidate
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Hello,
I've read multiple posts on this, and the new timeline layout rolling out for business pages..but I haven't seen an update to this issue.
My company has a retail store and an online store. Because of this, we had to create a places page and a regular business page. When people "check-in" via Facebook, the check-in goes to the places page. But our main marketing efforts and large fan base are at the business page.
Facebook used to allow you to combine these. In a perfect world, all would live on one business page.
Has anyone heard an update on this feature?
Thanks either way.
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Thanks David, but at this point that information is outdated. I recently sent a request directly to Facebook regarding this issue - but at the current time, there doesn't seem to be a way to combine the two (at least that I, or anyone I've spoken to can find).
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I noticed a good link in another Q & A on here that talks through linking the two up
http://www.seomoz.org/q/facebook-page-vs-facebook-place
There is an article linked to from the above page that seems like a good walkthrough at
http://allfacebook.com/facebook-places-business_b17578
Hope this is useful to you,
David Harland.
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Hmm you're right, there definitely used to be a way to do this, as we did it on our SEOmoz page (I think). I'm not sure if this is totally helpful, but you might start with this: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=111476422280048#How-do-I-claim-a-Facebook-Place-for-my-business-and-link-it-to-my-existing-business-page?
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