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How to Create Custom Tabs for Facebook Business Pages. Facebook business pages just went through quite a change with the release of the new page design that includes the addition of Timeline.

How to Create Custom Tabs for Facebook Business Pages

But that also means your old way of customizing page tabs -- the tabs you could use to pull in your own custom content alongside the standard tabs like "Photos" and "Likes" -- has changed. These tabs are important for your social media marketing, because they let you create a much richer user experience on Facebook and control the content that your followers see when they visit your page.

So, with the new layout, how do you create your own custom Facebook tabs? Turns out it's not as difficult as you might think. Just follow these 6 simple steps to creating custom Facebook page tabs. Wait, Where Do Tabs Exist on the New Facebook Page Layout? Before we get started, let's make sure we're all on the same page about where tabs now exist since the layout is still new to many. Alright, now that we've got that out of the way, let's start customizing!

Top 10 FB Apps for Building Custom Pages & Tabs. Are you looking for an easy way to create attractive pages on Facebook? Are you wondering how businesses are creating Welcome tabs? In this article I’ll reveal a number of applications that make it very easy to add functionality to your Facebook page. Custom Tabs: What You Need to Know You may have seen some Welcome pages on Facebook that encourage new visitors to Like the page.

You may even be given an incentive such as a free report or, in Tim Ferriss’ case, a free chapter of his book. Tim Ferriss gives away a free chapter of his book to those who become fans. A brand may also be using a Facebook custom tab in many different ways, as Social Media Examiner covered in the post 8 Powerful Ways to Use Facebook Landing Tabs. But how do you create these custom tabs? First, what are iFrames?

26 Great FB Landing Page Examples. Welcoming people has been a sign of respect and politeness for a long, long time.

26 Great FB Landing Page Examples

Businesses can do the same and welcome users who arrive at their page. Having a great Facebook landing page can also help to engage new users from the first interaction. Below is a list of Facebook welcome pages that are great for reasons such as engaging content, call-to-actions, incentives, design, interactivity and so on. While compiling this list I browsed about 600 or so Facebook pages from which most of them didn’t have a landing page or had a really poor one. 22 Inspiring Examples of FB Page Designs. The standard landing tab for your Facebook page is the wall.

22 Inspiring Examples of FB Page Designs

It’s often covered with random discussions and there’s no clear call to action. To get your audience engaged give them a little more than just a generic wall. 16 Creative Ways to Make Your FB Timeline Cover Photo. At the 2011 f8 conference, Facebook announced Timeline — a major overhaul of the personal Facebook profiles to which we’ve all grown accustomed.

16 Creative Ways to Make Your FB Timeline Cover Photo

UPDATE December 15, 2011: Facebook announced that Timeline is now available worldwide. Read how to get started. When Timeline is rolled out, your personal profile will be organized in reverse chronological order, as a “timeline” of your life, like an online scrapbook. As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, “Timeline is the story of your life… in a new way to express who you are.” When Will Timeline Become Available?

At this point, only those who are registered Facebook application developers have the option of converting their personal profiles to the Timeline format. However, it’s quite easy to become a “developer” for purposes of getting access to Timeline. The Timeline Cover Photo: A Great Opportunity for Creativity Inserted into the lower left of the Timeline cover is your profile photo. Tim Ware from young boy to adult! E3 — Milan, Italy. 7 Killer Facebook Applications to Create Impressive Custom Tabs. Have you ever felt troubled when trying to add a stunning custom tab to your page but don’t know how?

7 Killer Facebook Applications to Create Impressive Custom Tabs

Since last year, I had found several that works great in providing sub-tabs and some with fan gate options. Today, it’s all about templates and widgets! Wouldn’t it be great if you can add one of these facebook applications together with some from 23+ Facebook Page applications to improve fans engagement? After all, it’s all about trial and error.

Let’s head right to the facebook apps: 7 Killer Tab Customizers for Facebook Pages #1 GroSocial Requirement of Coding Knowledge: No Fans-Gating Content Settings: Available I love GroSocial for the fact that it makes Facebook customization a breeze with its drag and drop interface, along with slick, sophisticated templates and widgets for all packages. . #2 Lujure Requirement of Coding Knowledge: No (except email/button embed) Lujure provides templates (limited layout for free plan) and 35 social suites you can choose to add to your tab. . #4 FaceItPages.