What’s the difference between a Facebook Fan Page and a Facebook Profile?
Have you thought about developing a presence for your business on Facebook? If your customer base is already using Facebook and you have a strategy before you get started, it can be a great way to interact, spread awareness of your company and provide another avenue for communicating events, products and promotions.
If you’ve never used Facebook before, here’s a comparison to help you understand the difference between a Facebook Fan Page and a User Profile.
 FAN PAGEFor businesses/products to spread customer awareness |
 USER PROFILEFor individuals to interact with family and friends |
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| Video & photo exchange | Yes | Yes |
| Discussion wall | Yes (Remember to check your wall; no email notification for new posts) |
Yes (New wall posts will prompt an email notification) |
| Status updates | Appear in the news feeds of fans | Appear in the news feeds of friends |
| # of connections | Unlimited number of fans | Limited to 5,000 friends |
| Connection confirmation | Users are added as a fan instantly | Friend requests must be confirmed by user |
| Discussion forum | Yes | No |
| Visitor statistics | Yes (known as “Page Insights”) | No |
| Messaging to all connections | Yes | Limited to 20 friends at a time |
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