Facebook's Timeline Rolls Out March 30th, Are You Ready?

Facebook has announced that it will be changing all brand pages to the new timeline format as of March 30, 2012 and A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing is here to help.

It is important that you are prepared for this major change to how brand Timelines are displayed on Facebook prior to March 30th in order to maintain a strong presence on one of your most important social media tools. To that end, we have put together a Graphics Update package to assist brands with the transition to Timeline.

Additionally we are launching a 3-part Facebook Webinar Series designed to give you the knowledge to move from the basic steps of setting up your Timeline to using the applications, direct messaging and other new tools to maintain and grow your Facebook community yourself, and most importantly, IMPLEMENT TIMELINE.

Here is an example of what you may not be aware of:

Just as you have experienced on personal Facebook pages, the new cover image on Timelines is quite a bit larger in scope than has been available previously. While all that juicy landscape makes your marketing brain start to do back flips – don't get excited. The following rules apply:

• No calls to action
• No contact information, URLS, addresses or phone numbers
• No reference to Facebook features such as Like or Share and no arrows craftily pointing at those features

So essentially it's all about the brand and all about your image in this area. If you don't update this image and put it in place, you will have a blank area at the top of your profile.

To consult with one of our professional account managers on how these services can help your brand, please email us at [email protected].

As mentioned, A Couple of Chicks e-Marketing is launching a 3-part weekly webinar series on Tuesday, March 20th, in our classic fun and non-intimidating manner. By participating in the series, upon the completion of the 2nd webinar you will be fully prepared to implement Timeline by March 30th.

Or complete our 6-part Social Media for Business series, which includes the Facebook webinars, and become a Certified Social Media Chick. Additional webinars in this series include Twitter and LinkedIn plus reviews of Google+, YouTube, Flickr plus the latest social media platform to garner mass attention, Pinterest.

Sign up today by visiting our web site and you'll be on your way to a successful implementation of Timeline and becoming a master of your social media channels!