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http://www.techipedia.com/2011/build-facebook-page/ This article is updated! Please refer to the latest How to Build the Perfect Facebook Fan Page article here . . This is a guest post by Tim Ware, owner of HyperArts .

How to Build the Perfect Facebook Fan Page, 2011 Edition

Top Facebook Marketing Resources – Compiled in Storify

http://www.marismith.com/facebook-marketing-resources-compiled-storify/ Thanks to Mashable and Robert Scoble , I recently discovered the brilliant new platform, Storify which just came out of private beta. If you often spend many long hours searching through all the different social platforms and setting up ancillary tools just to get the exact information you want… only to find there isn’t really a solid way to then share your curated content with your community , your prayers have been answered! Storify allows you to easily search, find specific content, drag and drop individual stories, and create your own selection of content .

How to get your own Facebook Send button right now - TNW Facebook

http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/04/25/how-to-get-your-own-facebook-send-button-right-now/ If you’ve missed the news about Facebook’s new send button, make sure to drop by our coverage of it here .
Nearly all major brands ‘ webpages incorporate search engine optimization tactics, but only 30 percent incorporate that same logic into their Facebook pages. So declares a press release put out by BrightEdge, which sells software for boosting SEO across the enterprise. The company reviewed the top 200 brands and found that almost all of their websites show up at or near the top of Google search results for their names, but 70 percent didn’t have Facebook or Twitter pages in the top 20 results.

Most Brands’ Facebook Pages Get Lost On Google

http://allfacebook.com/most-brands-facebook-pages-lost-on-google_b39803
Contrary to the old adage, timing is not everything when it comes to Facebook wall posts. Important? Yes. http://socialtimes.com/5-metrics-effective-facebook-wall-posts_b58490

5 Must-Know Metrics for Effective Facebook Wall Posts

The 12 Best Ways To Customize Your Facebook Pages

When a service such as Facebook limits users’ creative freedom, it is inevitable that other add-on services will overcome this limitation. This is why then, we see more and more Facebook tab apps that give us more control and freedom when it comes to customizing a fan page or a personal profile. http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/23/1-best-ways-customize-facebook/
Two crucial aspects of branding is search engine optimization and social media. Ok, duh. But, has your business merged these things into one awesome marketing tour de force? http://holykaw.alltop.com/how-to-optimize-your-brands-facebook-page-for

How to optimize your brand's facebook page for search engines

Facebook has opened up a new site aimed at promoting its platform to advertisers.

Facebook promotes itself as an ad platform with Facebook Studio launch - TNW Facebook

http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/04/19/facebook-promotes-itself-as-an-ad-platform-with-facebook-studio-launch/
http://thesocialmediaguide.com/social_media/how-to-schedule-posts-to-your-facebook-page Sometimes you see a bunch of good stuff that you want to post onto your Facebook Page ‘s wall.

How to Schedule Posts to Your Facebook Page

Let your readers quickly share your content on Facebook with a simple click. It uses the new Facebook Like button released on Apr. 21st 2010. You can customize it in the Settings section: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/like/

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According to Inside Facebook , the social giant has released a new migration tool that will allow personal profiles on the website to be converted into business pages, opening the door for businesses that originally created the wrong type of profile to move to the more corporate-friendly page structure. Profiles that are converted will lose much of their data, with Facebook stating that if a profile is converted to a business page, “only [its] profile photo and friends will be moved to [the] new Page. No other content will be moved.”

You can now convert a standard Facebook profile into a business page - TNW Facebook

You Can Now Convert Your Facebook Profile to a Facebook Page

Facebook has released a new tool that lets users convert their personal profile into a Facebook Page. Though the terminology is often muddled, a key difference between the two features is that users can simply “like” a Page while they must "friend" (establish a mutual relationship with) a profile, which makes Pages a much better solution for businesses and public figures. On a help page explaining the new tool , Facebook describes what happens when you make the switch:
Facebook is a key online marketing tool for businesses —if utilized to its fullest it can drive increased traffic to your website, generate additional sales, promote brand recognition and loyalty, and provide you with a direct communication link to your clients and customers. Here's 20 companies—chosen from nominations by entrepreneurs, social media experts, Inc. editors, and Facebook—that we think have awesome fan pages. Vote for your favorites by clicking the "Like" button on this page.

20 Awesome Facebook Fan Pages

Have you customized your Facebook page? There are thousands of apps that can help you engage with your fans .

Top 75 Apps for Enhancing Your Facebook Page