How to import your blog in to your Facebook Fan Page

Setting up a fan page in Facebook is fairly easy, but keeping it populated and up-to-date can be time consuming. If you are already writing articles in your blog or news page and are using a modern CMS system like WordPress, then you can cross-post using your blogs RSS feed and import that in to Facebook.

Step 1: Find the notes application

The notes application is usually hidden off the end of the tab bar. Facebook keeps changing its UI so, you might have to hunt for it!

Step 2:  Find the import a blog link

Aha! Now here comes the trickery. The”import a blog” link is elusive and doesn’t immediately show up. You need to click the “write a new note” button and then cancel it, then it will appear. Probably writing a new note will do the same thing, but the import button isn’t always there first time.

Step 3: Get your RSS feed address

In WordPress and on most good browsers, the RSS feed is underneath the little orange button in the address bar at the top of your browser. Clicking it will display a formatted version of the feed and also give you the link to the feed. In this case http://www.ngbowen.com/feed

Step 4: Import the feed

Go back to Facebook. Fill in the box, and tick the box that says you are entitled to use this feed. You are aren’t you? Then click on “Start Importing”.

Step 5: Confirm The Import

Click the button. Nuff Said.

Step 6:  Relax and Enjoy

Now every time you post a new blog article that will also get fed through to your Facebook Business Page.

If you’ve got more than one blog, you can join the feeds up using Yahoo Pipes, you can also take a look at stats and set up a mailing list using Feedburner. While you are in the RSS feed take a look at Twitterfeed to push your blog out to Twitter as well.