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Push your Timeline Fan Page to the Web as a Website

Facebook’s move to Timeline for Pages offers great marketing potential for brands!

Now with the new wider tab layout for each Facebook Page tab (810 px wide), there is essentially the space of a standard web page with each custom tab!

BONUS: The benefit to all TabSite users is that you can easily publish your Facebook Page content to the web. The TabSite tool “MicroSites”, now is essentially a website!

Your Facebook Page Custom Tabs on the Web

Only TabSite gives you a website of your Facebook Page tabs!

This TabSite feature allows you to have another way to allow users to interact with your fan page custom tab content.

Access this tool in the TabSite Manager area!

TabSite gives every TabSite user the ability to turn your Facebook Fan Page into its own website (MicroSite.)

Each comes with social sharing features and for Gold & Platinum users an additional 3rd column content area.

KEY FEATURES OF THE TabSite “MicroSite” Website tool:

Automatically pulls in your Facebook Fan Page logo image (top left image).
Automatically pulls in the content from your tabs and sub-pages of those tabs
Ability to secure a custom username url. Example: www.TabSite.com/yourname
Fully indexable by Search Engines (not limited like iframe tabs on Facebook)
SEO tools to help you optimize your content, including a Keyword Density Checker
TabSite Gold Plan users also have a new, additional “Right Column” content area
The logo image and “Find Us on Facebook” are automatically linked to your Fan Page
The header title allows visitors to “Like” your fan page from the MicroSite
Available to all TabSite users

Simply look for the MicroSite button in the left navigation of the TabSite Manager to access your MicroSite tools and select your MicroSite username.

Why a MicroSite?

Facebook custom fan page tabs are rendered by Facebook in a iFrame, thereby limiting the search indexing of content on the tabs. This means your fan page custom tabs, using any application, are not reliably indexed by search engines.

To overcome this and make your fan page content more available across the entire web, we are taking your TabSite Fan Page tabs to the web and integrating features that allows visitors to “Like” your fan page from the website, go to your fan page from the website, and add value to your page by creating more inbound links to your fan page as well as adding easy-share tools to promote more viral sharing of your tab and sub-page content.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR URL: You choose your own custom URL, which are on a first-come-first-serve basis available first to paid plan users only at this time.

SEO TOOLS for your TABS! All MicroSites come with SEO Tools to customize page titles (H1) per tab/sub-page, add meta data, and evaluate keyword density at the click of a button!

All paid accounts are AD FREE. Paid users control publishing of their MicroSite and control which tabs and which Sub-Pages are published! Yes, you can have a Tab on your fan page and not live on your MicroSite, and vice versa for more customization of your content sharing! Yes, Fan-gating images work on your MicroSite as well!

Here are the MicroSite features associated with each TabSite plan:

TabSite FREE Plan

MicroSites are published by default and cannot be unpublished
Advertisements are always on
Social Sharing is always on
Control the order of your Tabs & Sub-Pages in the navigation

TabSite Bronze Plan

MicroSites are un-published by default, but can be toggled on when ready
Advertisements are always off
Social Sharing can be toggled off
Control the order of your Tabs & Sub-Pages in the navigation
Control publishing of each tab and sub-page to the MicroSite

TabSite Silver Plan

MicroSites are un-published by default, but can be toggled on when ready
Advertisements are always off
Social Sharing can be toggled off
Control the order of your Tabs & Sub-Pages in the navigation
Control publishing of each tab and sub-page to the MicroSite

TabSite Gold & Platinum Plans

MicroSites are un-published by default, but can be toggled on when ready
Advertisements are always off
Social Sharing can be toggled off
Control the order of your Tabs & Sub-Pages in the navigation
Control publishing of each tab and sub-page to the MicroSite
Add Google Analytics code to track traffic
Ability to add more content via an additional right column using Drag N Build (see image below)

Again, MicroSites are available to all TabSite users and there is no additional charge. Take advantage of the new Facebook Timeline 810 wide custom tab area.

If you haven’t already done so, SIGN UP for a FREE TabSite today and get ready to use the advanced MicroSite tools available to all TabSite users! And keep your eye out for the release of TabSite MicroSites so you can get your Username!

See a live MicroSite example here: www.TabSite.com/DigitalHill

OTHER EXAMPLES:

www.TabSite.com/PlanYourPost

www.tabsite.com/nashvillesymphony

MICROSITE MANAGER AREA:

The MicroSite area is selected in the left navigation of the TabSite manager.

Tools Available:

MicroSite Name – on this tab you can set your MicroSite url. Selections are on a first come, first served basis and our in this format: www.TabSite.com/PlanYourPost.

Order / Publish: This allows you to order your tabs in the left navigation of your MicroSite from top to bottom and there is a green light / red light for toggling fan page tabs on or off on the MicroSite.

Social Sharing: For Paid Plan users there is the ability to toggle on or off social sharing tools including the “Like”, Tweet, Send, and G+ tool.

Column Editor: For Gold Plan TabSite users, there is an additional third column (see Digital Hill image above) where you can use any widgets to customize the additional 3rd column area. You can set one 3rd column to be global (applies to all pages), or set a unique third column per sub-page.

Fan Page, microsite, Page, Tab, TabSiteMarch 19, 2012

New Timeline Page Option: Change your Page Name

One of the most requested but unavailable options to Facebook Fan Page Admins was the option to be able to change your Fan Page Name.

Up to this point, you could only change a Facebook Page name if the Page had fewer than 100 Likes. (Facebook Documentation)

Now with Timeline it appears this has changed for some users!

UPDATE: It seems that it is not available for all users. We are trying to see if we can determine any definitive directives on why or why not it appears for some Fan Pages and not others.

Inside the Admin Panel of a Page with Timeline (or in Preview mode!) under the “Help” drop down is a new feature, “Request a name change for your Page”.

Clicking this opens a page with a short form that you can submit to Facebook.

A e-mail from Facebook confirms your submission and outlines if further information is needed. It also outlines that the process should only take up to 3 days!

Image Details:

Let us know how this goes for you!

Facebook, Fan Page, PageMarch 5, 2012

Timeline for Pages: Updating Both Tab Images

The new Facebook Timeline for Pages is available!

All Fan Page Admins with Timeline now have the opportunity to update your tab large custom icon that shows beneath your Timeline cover. It will display at 111 x 74 pixels.

Those with our paid plans can also continue to customize the 16 x 16 small tab icon.

UPDATE: TabSite has integrated the ability to change the Large Tab Image (111 x 74) in the TabSite Manager for all users.

Here’s how to change the Tab Custom Image on Facebook:

Go to your fan page and click on the arrow to open your tab navigation: (Looks like you need at least 5 apps in order to get the “arrow” to open the app navigation pane to get the pencil icon to edit the large icon image. Whew! Or go to your fan page Admin, select Apps, find the App and select Edit Settings, then the image link to change.)

Next find the tab you want to change the large tab image (icon) on and hover your mouse over the top right of that current image. A pencil icon will appear. Click this pencil as shown below.

From the dropdown menu, select “Edit Settings” near the bottom of the list.

This opens a box where you will select “Change” next to the Custom Tab Image.

This opens a new browser Window / Tab as shown below where you click “Change” and then “Browse” and upload. Note: You can upload a JPG, GIF, or PNG file. If the image is larger than 111 x 74 pixels, it will be resized and converted,so we recommend you aim for exactly 111 x 74 pixels in size.

So, GET CREATIVE! You’ll need to drive traffic with a visual cue!

Example:

Fan Page, Icon, TabFebruary 29, 2012

Getting Started with TabSite – Webinar

Sign-up for TabSite’s “Getting Started” Webinar! (It’s free!)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
2:00 PM EDT / 11 AM PDT (EDT is UTC/GMT -4 Hours)

UPDATE! WE’LL COVER NEWS AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATED TO FACEBOOK’S TIMELINE FOR PAGES AS WELL!

Perfect for newcomers and those wanting a refresher on the tools and widgets in TabSite. Included will be a live demo on how to build a custom tab for your fan page and use multiple features of TabSite.

Addressed will be basics such as:

Adding Images to my Image Tray and tabs
Creating a ProductShow
Changing the Background Color
Adding a new Sub-Page to a fan page tab
Modifying a Template

Join TabSite co-founders, Troy Rumfelt and Mike Gingerich, for a fast moving and practical webinar.

There will be live demo in the TabSite Manager for approximately 30 minutes followed by a Question and Answer time block. Again, this is a good starter session for Fan Page Admins.

The webinar will last up to one hour.

Fan Page, Page, TabSite, webinarFebruary 22, 2012

VideoShow Now has Auto-Scroll of Videos

TabSite is pleased to announce a new addition to the VideoShow widget enabling users to set the videos in the show to auto-scroll to grab users attention and to quickly showcase all videos available for viewing.

The VideoShow widget has always allowed Silver and Gold Plan TabSite users the capability to setup a series of YouTube videos that users can scroll through to see a description of, then select and play in-line on the fan page. Now with the new enhancement, fan page Admins using TabSite can setup the VideoShow videos to auto-scroll at a set interval across the page.

This feature helps grab the attention of the visitor and enables them to quickly see there are multiple video options. The arrow functions to go left and right are still active for the user, enabling them to have power to review the videos of their choice while the auto-scroll draws them in and quickly shows them the videos available for viewing.

A key benefit of the VideoShow widget for your fan page is the ability to pick specific videos to add to the list rather than showing your full YouTube Channel. Each can have a unique description customized you the Page Admin or use the YouTube description with one-click import.

Now with auto-scroll, the VideoShow widget has even more customization power to enable you to showcase your best videos!

See it live on our fan page!

VideoShow is available at the Silver and Gold TabSite Plan levels.

EASY. POWERFUL. SOCIAL. TABSITE!

Fan Page, Page, Video, VideoShowFebruary 20, 2012