If you’re anything like me, you were very disappointed when you found that Facebook fan pages could not be linked to you or your businesses’ Twitter account. The reason is pretty simple- Facebook profiles are for people and if you want to represent your business in any way, you have to do that through a page or the Facebook police will get you.

Well, times are a’changing and although the rules of advertising your business on your profile are relatively the same, the use of social networking is flowing from Facebook fan pages to Twitter rather smoothly these days. Nearly 400 million active users are on Facebook which means that businesses are wanting a piece of this social networking explosion as a means of reaching both current and potential clients. Plainly stated, Facebook would be silly not to include a connection to one of the fastest growing and highest ranked social media outlet that is Twitter. Facebook is now making the connection, well, letting you make your fan page connect to Twitter. Essentially, you will now be able to post to both Facebook and Twitter at the same time; just remember the 140 character limit for Twitter posts.

Looking to connect your two accounts? Go to www.facebook.com/twitter. Seems pretty easy, right? It is. All you have to do is locate the fan page that you want to “Link to Twitter” and click on the button!

Once you’ve decided on which of your pages you want to connect to Twitter, you’ll be brought to this screen where you can insert your information into the boxes like so:

If you’re a Facebook user but don’t have a Twitter account by the time you get to this page, click “join the conversation” and set up your Twitter account right there!

Fads certainly come and go, but businesses doing business on Facebook via advertising and fan pages is a growth spurt for social media. There is power in numbers and with 170 million people logging onto Facebook per day, I think it’s safe to say that it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

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