Have you Updated the new version of Facebook pages app?

 This Facebook Page app helps you to manage your Facebook pages (not personal profiles) from your phone, iPad or tablet device.

Check your app and make sure it has the new icon which is the orange flag.

The newest version has lots of new features and lets you quickly see important data about the Facebook pages you manage.

In this article, I will show you the new features and how to navigate around your phone app, this makes it so much better to manage your page anywhere whilst you are on the go.

Reasons to install the Facebook Pages App

Some of you may be using the traditional Facebook app to manage your page but it does not have the features you’ll find in the Facebook Pages app.  The basic Facebook app is designed to let you keep in contact with friends and social information but it doesn’t offer many features to managing your page.

I am rapped with the new version of Facebook Pages, the new clean look offer so much more functionally to really manage your page or pages whist on the go.

Mobile interface has been optimised.

When you open the Facebook page app, you’ll see your default screen.  The cover photo is cropped and centred (responsive to your device) then below is number of people who like your page. FYI be aware this only counts number of  people not other Facebook pages who like your page)

A great new feature of this app is it makes it easy for page admins to invite personal friend to like their business page.

 

Find other Pages and Settings

If you are the admin of more than one page, click (touch) on the three horizontal bars int he top right hand corner to see a list of all your pages.  Scroll down further (past the pages) and you’ll find the Facebook Help Centre, TOS and App Settings, or you can report a problem.  This updated app even allows you to create a new page.

 

 

 

Basic Page Functions

Across the bottom is the navigation toolbar offering 5 function buttons, the first one which looks like a page icon takes you back to your default page.  The second button (lighting bolt) is the overview page where you can will find:

• Notifications
• Messages
• New likes
• Recent likes / Unlikes
• Post Reach

and you can advertise your Page from here too.

The middle icon (paper and pencil) is where you can add posts (we’ll talk more about this function later).

The second last bar graph icon takes you to the page insights (see below for more details) and the last icon on the far right of the navigation tool bar  (3 dots)

You can choose Photos (all of the photos you’ve uploaded to your page), Events (any events you’ve shared from your page) and Settings (access to basic page settings).

The Settings option lets you turn push notifications on or off. You can also update your page information and assign new managers as your page grows and changes. In the past you could only do these features on your Desktop.

Create Posts

The middle paper and pencil icon give you posting options.  Now you can write a text-only update, upload a phone with or with out text, upload a photo or video and even create an event.  Tap the type you want to share.  A really exciting update is that you can now schedule your updates from this app.  (example: release the post in two days time at 5:30pm)

 

 

 

 

 

Insights

The  bar graph in the navigation tool par provides an overview of your page activity and insights.  You can see:

• Total page likes
• New likes
• Total reach
• Post Reach
• People engaged

 View Posting Author

I love this new feature in Facebook, if you have multiple admins who manage your page, you can see the name of who published the post.  (Public don’t see this detail, only admins)

Comments Reply 

You now can reply to fan comments and have their responses appear under each comment.  So now you can keep an eye on your community interactions even if you’re not at your desk.

Edit Posts

If you made a mistake on your old Facebook page app it was too bad. You could only edit it on the desktop version but now you can edit right from the app, Happy days 😉

To edit a post, just scroll to the post you want to update or change and tap the upside-down arrow in the upper-right corner to see the Post menu. You have four options here: edit post, pin to top, copy link to post or delete. Click Edit Post and make the changes you need.

If you want to re-share a link on Twitter or another platform, you’ll find the Copy Link to Post option is especially useful because you can copy the link and paste it wherever you want to share it.  Great Feature.

This Facebook Page update app has heaps of new features and as a page admin of many pages it’s an absolute blessing being able to manage your pages from anywhere on any device.

Have you use the new Facebook Pages app yet? I would love to hear your feedback,  Please leave your comments below!