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What? You can do that???
That’s the usual response we get when we tell clients and friends that they can advertise their Facebook pages by inviting people to text to join a Facebook fan page.

And, the best news? It’s free. Normal text messaging rates from the user’s phone company still apply but for you, it’s no cost. Also, the person signing up needs to have Facebook Mobile activated on their Facebook account or be willing to activate it to do this.

So, how do you setup the SMS to “Like” your fan page?
First, you need to have a few things to get started:

1. In order to have this functionality, your Facebook page must have at least 25 fans. This was recently changed from the 100 fan requirement.
2. You also need your own custom URL on Facebook. Again, you will need to have 25 or more fans to obtain this, but it’s easy to set up once you reach this level. Simply go to: http://www.facebook.com/username/ and follow the directions to create your fan page custom URL.

Once finished you can promote your fan page by printing or announcing the following:

“Like” our company by SMS’ing!
Send a text to: fan YourPageName to 32665 (FBOOK) to join our Facebook page today.
(Be sure to replace “YourPageName” with your own Facebook page name.)

Want to see what we mean? Try it out! Send the following text message to 32665 to join the October 17 Media page through SMS:
fan October17Media

So, the answer is YES. YES! You can SMS (text message) to “like” a Facebook fan page!

Written by:
Tamara Brooks {Profile}: Online Marketing Wizard @ October 17 Media
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