Multiple Facebook Accounts and Their Alternatives

Oh man, I hope I don’t get removed. I’m not sure my heart could bear it.

Mark E. Masons last blog post..Adding Google Custom Search To Your Wordpress Blog

I have a hard enough time keeping up with just one facebook account i could`nt even begin thinking about starting more.

David Hobsons last blog post..3 Suggestons When Selecting Clickbank Products

I ran into this problem when my office wanted to start running Facebook ads. There was no way I was using my personal account for my job. Facebook’s answer to the problem? Just make up a person. No joke – that’s exactly what their technical support told me. So I set up an account under my Grandmother’s name :-)

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It’s exactly the sort of thoughtful analysis of the potential of social media that brings me back to this blog. I don’t yet have a blog I’m trying to monetize, but I’ll be launching a couple soon – your posts are always helpful in guiding me without the hype I often see about vast riches without effort. Thanks! John

John Folk-Williamss last blog post..Healing Waters in the Grand Canyon

Thats a great idea, my social staff has come to a complete standstill since I started with Internet Marketing but knew I would have to get back to it when I’ve worked through various other aspects of my business. I will definitely be doing it like this when I do thanks or the advice.

Harry

Harry Spencers last blog post..Royalty-Free Images, Vectors, Audio and Videos

Social Staff pretty certain that should be stuff ;-)

…so that´s explains why my request was not accepted, huh! XD

It´s a great suggestion, as I have sooooo many accounts that I get fed up trying to keep my excel spreadsheet up to date…on FB I have a couple of different pages for people/products I promote and want to get fans to .. .. .. and fortunately I have not yet gone down the road of using me real me as my business personality…if I ever do I should re-read this post.

Thank goodness you flagged this up, as I was just about to start to work on Facebook. In my case I am going to create two accounts – I can do this as I am incognito on Mike’s Life, so I can legitimately set up a second account for my “real” life.

Mikes last blog post..Day Twenty Five – Scuba Diving Therapy

I haven’t started marketing with facebook, but I do have multiple myspaces for different things which works very well for me. Myspace has the Friends Categories feature, which is extremely convenient.

Thanks for bringing this up! I’ll definitely be looking into it further.

Ginis last blog post..Easy Vintage Effect in Photoshop

Not only did you point out the difficulties for those of us building a web presence on FaceBook, you cogently point the way to a workable solution!!

I enjoyed talking with you today, thanks for the ‘push’ to do the same…

Great post!!

It’s possible to do that business page or fan page that was shown as an example and it’s also possible to develop a group with different features.

Gennaro @ Enduring Wanderlusts last blog post..Visa-Waiver Travelers To Register Online To Enter U.S.

Nice idea. It also serves as a great way to market your site so it really serves a best of both worlds here. I think you’re on to something though with the lists being used in news feeds. It’s a simple feature, but a crucial one!

@Karlyn, hehe I suppose their ethics go out of the window when it comes to making money!

@Gennaro, yeah a group is another option but that’s not really suitable for promoting a person. Having a ‘Caroline Middlebrook group’ would look weird and somewhat egotistical!

@Caroline – I don’t really view it as being unethical. They didn’t have an adequate solution for the problem and couldn’t really give me an answer so you just do the best you can. I know my grandmother doesn’t mind and its all for a good cause (I work for a non-profit in their fundraising office).

I think I need only one Facebook account because if I have multiples one it will become to much of a habit and I would be wasting extra time on those other accounts.

Donny Gambles last blog post..Blog Comment Blueprint Affiliate Program

I believe Facebook has an actual celebrity type section where you can register as an official somebody to use instead of a standard account.

How interesting that you posted this! I spent the morning trying to figure out if I could set up a second Facebook account, for the same reasons you laid out.

I finally discovered that I could set up a page instead to publicize my blog, which I did.

I could have saved a lot of time if I had read your post first!

The Internet Marketing Mavens last blog post..Why You Must Promote Your Online Business

@Caroline

Agreed :)

Gennaro @ Enduring Wanderlusts last blog post..Recycled Masterpiece: Chandigarh’s Rock Garden

I was just thinking about doing this myself. I have a facebook account for IRL friends, and I didn’t want to mix my blogging world with that account. Yet, I want to use the power of facebook to build my blog. Thanks for the confirmation.

MikeWordss last blog post..Take an Unpopular Stance in the Name of Content

Please post links to the pages you set up guys, I’m interested to see what everyone else is able to do with theirs as i try and make one for my own work!

@Karlyn, I meant unethical on the side of Facebook. They are usually so strict about their policy but they are quite happy to break it when they see potential advertising income!

@Caroline – Gotcha. That’s what happens when I answer comments before coffee ;-)

Hi Caroline,
exactly the idea, that I needed. Thank you very much :)

Kirsten Winklers last blog post..First News

I didn’t survive your cull :-) but will be interested to see how well the page works for a blogger with your many posted links.

I have always been interested in your posts and links which appeared in my newsfeed, and I have now become a fan of your page.

I work in Systems Analysis and Development of Software.

Facebook page sounds more interesting than secondary account. I like the feature in page that you can add applications. Guess I’ll build my page instead. Thanks Caroline.

Reyn Arias last blog post..Building Your Home-Based Business Like Building A Real House

Aah, I am struggling with this right now too. Glad to read that I am not the only one trying to balance my real friends with my fans! (I know, you’re right, fans does sound corny, but you know what I mean!) My bandaid solution was to purge all the personal stuff from my facebook account (especially photos), but I am dissatisfied with that solution.

Great post and topic. I really enjoy your writing, perspective, and honesty. I need to find the time to really dig in to your archives!

Similar problems emerge in other sites as well. I’d love to create another Ezinearticles account, but the site doesn’t allow them. But I don’t want to lump all my articles in one account either, and even if they do allow additional pen names, I’m not satisfied with that either.

@Jackie, what’s wrong with a pen name at EZine?

I find it so hard keeping up with multiple accounts. I find it hard enough having a lot of email accounts. Another Facebook would be one extra thing for me to forget!

I really need to get organised!

Stan

Sadly I had a 3,000 friends base account deleted after about 2 months of working on it :( Facebook caught on, but maybe because I was inactive for a few days and the daily 30-70 friend requests caught on.

-Mike

@Mike, you must be doing something wrong with your social media strategy in general. You’ve had a twitter, StumbleUpon and now Facebook account banned. Mass-adding friends is not the way to go in any of these sites. Use the sites naturally and they will grow naturally and when you promote something your following will be much more receptive to it.

It’s a pity Facebook really doesn’t let you customise your feeds better for “real life” friends and your business contacts because a proper Facebook account is such a great tool for making connections. I really don’t think that pages cut it.

Even amongst “real life” friends, there are some friends that you don’t really know. I guess you’d call them acquaintances rather than friends. I’ve found that I’ve created better friendships with these people just through responding to status updates. Pages don’t let you do that. It would be so great if you could dip in and out of your business contacts while still keeping up with the important news of your friends and family.

Maybe we should start up a Facebook group to customise feeds on lists? ;p

Cats last blog post..Happy (Chinese) New Year!!!

Great post, Caroline. I’ve had a facebook account for over a year but really haven’t figured out the best way to use it. Thanks for pointing out at least one way that can be useful.

Thanks for the informative post. I didn’t know that in facebook you can make up a separate page for other use. On another note, sometimes I want to post business information on my facebook page but I don’t necessarily care that my friends and family view it. Interesting to know there are other options.

Terrys last blog post..For Our Teacher

Hi!
I need HELP!!!!!
I found out that one can make more than one account in facebook, so tried it… (just to see- was not going to keep it) but somehow I erased or blocked my old one… I don’t know what to do!!! I just want my old facebook profile back, with all my pics and all my contacts!!!!!
please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been asked to set up a Facebook account for my HS Grad class. With only about 30 friends on my existing account my home page, due to news releases & postings, is already one big mess. Now if I add another 100 persons, even if i set up a group in my existing account, I have a feeling it’s really going to trash my home page. Wouldn’t it be easier to have 2 separate accounts but whenever I try with even a differents account, my existing Facebook home page pops up. Is there a solution? I liked reading all of the comments people have posted. Sounds like I’s not alone with this problem.

What about if my husband wanted to set up an account using my same email address? Do we need to get another email address?

wish i read this earlier. Had the same challenge as Karlyn. Now I have 2 fb accounts one for my personal life and one so that I could set one up for the company page. I should have used Grandma’s name. It’s become quite confusing to say the least and I’d close it if our company page didn’t have so many fans already.

I really want to open a second Facebook account but I am afraid of getting banned fro having 2 of them. I’ve ran ads on my personal one, but want to swop over to a business one. Would they be able to pick up on using the same credit card details?

Caroline,

First of all great post, but I still have a few doubts about it.

Well, b4 everything else let me say that I find it strange that you say you can’t “filter” your news feed with your lists cause, even though it is now Feb and Facebook has changed yet again, at the moment of your writing it was already possible to filter news feeds according to lists in the left section.

Still seeing beyond that, I have 2 problems relating to facebook and the personal/professional dilemma:
1) I want to be able to write and chat more like me without ppl I dont know reading everything I write.
2) I am an administrator of a couple of fan pages/groups, namely, the Social Media Club Mexico, which is creating a great deal of attention to me and people from the club try to add me as a friend, ppl i dont know and would want only to notice the pro side of me. The Fan pages solution you propose sounds great, but I can’t administer other Fan pages thru my fan page, you know what I mean? so I can’t avoid that “attention attraction” from the clubs and groups with Fan Pages. Would you think that in this case I would be best to have 2 FB accounts (yes, actually you can have 2, just different mail accounts and voila). would love your input. thanks.
Luis Fer´s last blog ..SMLatam. cierra fuerte con grandes ideas y una gran presentación de Brian Solís.