New Facebook Tools – Manage Facebook Fan Pages with HootSuite
“Integrating Facebook profiles with HootSuite has been amazing,” many of you have said, “But what about Facebook Pages?” Consider it done. Starting this week, you can integrate Facebook Pages with HootSuite.
To add your Pages to HootSuite, go to Settings, select Social Networks, then click Add Social Network. You will notice an option indented underneath Facebook that says Pages. Click on this option, and you’ll go through the same steps you previously used to authenticate private Facebook profiles.
When you’re done, updating your Facebook Pages using HootSuite will be a breeze. Just select the appropriate Page and away you go! Schedule updates in advance, or post simutaneously to the profiles and social networks of your choice — Ping.fm, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.
Give it a try. We’re sure you’ll love it.
Still have questions? Visit us at http://feedback.hootsuite.com
Thank you! I was waiting for this!
Finally! Awesome news. Thanks HootSuite!
A little overboard on the headline perhaps?
You can’t actually MANAGE a Facebook page with Hootsuite yet. You can post a status update, but unless I’m mistaken, that’s it, right?
Wa-hoo!
You guys are doing an amazing job! Just need the iPhone app now and I can feel like a millionaire without actually being one (ie I’ll just be happy as larry!)
Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com
Im having difficult times to integrate hootsuite with facebook. My facebook account is a business one. Is it why I cant integrate it?
This is great! The real reason why this is needed is because Facebook doesn’t send notifications to page admins when someone comments or posts on your fan page wall, so it’s very easy to miss messages and comments. Hootsuite already helped me to see some wall posts and comments that we had missed until now.
This is my issue, but how exactly has HootSuite helped you? I want to make sure I don’t miss fan comments from the pages I administrate. I see the number of comments appear in my page streams as a clickable/expandable number. But what I want is for each comment to appear in the stream like a new comment; that way I know I won’t miss it. Is that possible?
Same problem here. I have a FB photo fan page and to don’t miss fan comments in each photo, I have to look one by one. Any solution?
Submit a ticket at the Community Help Forum and it’ll get sorted out pronto.
Thank you SO much! This makes HootSuite my perfect dashboard as a social media professional. I have to admin a large number of FB fan pages for clients so this is a godsend!
I am admin to several pages myself. Can I ask how much you charge? And how you charge? I want to make sure I am current with costs and really I have no idea? Please email me!
Hi Natalie,
Please, refer to http://hootsuite.com/plans
I just went through the process of integrating my facebook business page w/hootsuite. I followed your instructions, but do not see my fan page in my stream or listed in my settings.
Does it take a while for it to appear?
Suggestions…help please.
The new Facebook Pages feature does not update from a RSS feed…tried many times to get my new RSS feeds to post and it does not. Please help !!!
Hi Shenil and Monica,
This is Grace from HootSuite. Check out our Feedback forum for help with your questions:
http://feedback.hootsuite.com
Thanks!
Am I missing something here? I followed the instructions for adding a facebook page and first, there is no “Facebook Page” option when adding a social network. Only Facebook profile. Then it states that you can manage Profiles, Pages and Groups but I only see Profile. When I go to add a stream the options are numerous including News feeds for Most recent, status updates, photos, videos, Wall post, events scheduled messages etc. but NO OPTION TO ADD MY PAGE???
Hi Aldan,
Reach out to out support team regarding this. They’ll be able to provide assistance.
Hoot! Hoot!
Can’t imagine how I’ll feel when the iPhone app is available…
Love you guys!
Gr8 stuff integrating Hootsuite with FB. But the stats only show clicks from my Twitter profile not from the FB page. How can I monitor those while on Hootsuite?
Thanks!!
@Fahmi
Hey Fahmi, check out feedback.hootsuite.com for an answer to your question.
So excited to be able to schedule posts to all pages! This is the best Christmas ever! Thank you so much.
That’s fantastic! Been waiting for this!
@Monica McNamara
I’m having the same problem. Any word from the company on fixing this?
@Jessamyn
Jessamyn, for help with your problem, please visit HootSuite Customer Service at:
http://feedback.hootsuite.com
Thanks,
Grace from HootSuite
You can’t actually MANAGE a Facebook page with Hootsuite yet. You can post a status update, but unless I’m mistaken, that’s it, right?
yep haven’t found out yet as well – I wonder if it will be integrated with full control at all.
What impresses me about Hootsuite is the speed you turn around new features, and your listening.
Keep it up – our site and our community at ValueDining really appreciate it
Hola! Ayer sin querer cliquié para dejar de administrar una página que tengo en Facebook y ahora quedó sin administradores. Cómo puedo hacer para volver a administrarla?
Cannot get FB page to integrate. Get the “connect” to FB, it acts like it is trying to connect and does nothing.
Please visit http://feedback.hootsuite.com for support.
When I post to Facebook, does it automatically post to the Page as well?
No. Your Facebook profile should be separate from your Facebook Page. For customer service, visit: http://feedback.hootsuite.com
This rocks the house! So far I’ve scheduled tweets and fan page updates, but notice that it always misses one page’s facebook update. Is there a way to see what updates you have scheduled after you schedule them? That might help me fix the problem if something I did didn’t schedule the alert in the first place. However I notice it’s the first update I schedule is usually the one missed. Still not sure the real issue yet.
THANK HEAVENS! You may have solved my last problem. I was getting so frustrated C/P unto fan page despite being able to schedule on personal profile. I didn’t want FB Fans mixed with personal profile. YEA!!!! WOOT WOOT Hoot Suite. BEST TWITTER APP EVER
@Megan
Dear, can you tell me please how to install hootsuite with facebook page?
I am trying two days without success
please help
Please visit http://feedback.hootsuite.com for customer service.
I’m so glad you added this feature. I’m starting a Social Media Tip of the Day feature on my Facebook business page http://www.facebook.com/bloggingbistro, and now I can pre-schedule all 365 tips so I don’t have to worry about them going live if I’m ill or away from my computer.
Love HootSuite; use it to manage several Twitter accounts for my clients, too.
Laura Christianson
@bloggingbistro
Nice! BUT since link tracking of Facebook posts (stats) and images are not yet supported, we cannot use this feature yet. Will you guys be implementing this soon?
Thank you.
Thank you, It makes HootSuite the perfect dashboard as a social media professional
How to use HootSuite!with with facebook it’s a nice subject and very useful for everyone nice post thanks
I dont have a personal FaceBook profile – only a fan page. I keep getting an error “You are not the admin of any Facebook pages.” This doesnt work!
Please visit us at http://feedback.hootsuite.com for support.
Any timeline in the works for adding the ability to upload images as part of the Facebook integration? It seems from this forum that this would be the holy grail for me and for the many others who manage several social networks for clients.
Love Hootsuite – can anyone tell me how to view the scheduled posts for an account – I’d like to be able to go back and edit if needed…thanks.
You can view scheduled messages using this:
- Create a new tab (call it something like drafts)
- On the new tab, add a stream
- Pick the service on the left
- On the right hand side, under “type of stream”, select “Pending…”
- Click “Create Stream”
Repeat for all the services you’re interested in and you’re done!
Wonderful!!!! Thank you. I work with clients with Fan Pages and this is needed.
@Support @grace.carter
With ease i have added our theatre’s MySpace and Twitter accounts to hootsuite (Fantastic!) however “Facebook – Pages” When i try to connect i put in my email and password for the account and then i get a message back “You are not an admin of any Facebook pages.”. Now i know i am lol and can sign in to our Facebook “Page” with ease…?!?!? Ideas/Help???
Oh another one we have a “Shows RSS” basically the next 10 shows appearing at the theatre, but when i added the RSS it told me they had to be “date” / “time” posts… errrm why?
Cheers !
Thanks for chiming in (and congrats on adding MySpace). We ask that you submit support related questions to http://help.hootsuite.com where we can track your concerns and answer efficiently.
Cheers!
The page access is great. Is there likely to be the ability to work on facebook “groups” as well?
@Andrew Howard
I am having the same problem and get message that I “am not admin of any Facebook pages” when clearly I am! Have you found an answer to this?
Thanks again for the tips. So easy once I was patient, haha.
I love hootsuite! Makes it easy to engage with client on social networks! Keep up the great work!!
Is there a way to view comments made by others on the Facebook Page via HootSuite. That would make this a great tool.
It’s so hard to manage Facebook pages on the go — I appreciate hootsuite taking this on.
I was wondering if you can post from HootSuite to a Facebook Group? I figured out how to add the Fan page and personal FB pages. But I have a large group that I want to manage as well. Anyone know?
Facebook Groups are not supported at this time. Facebook Profiles and Pages are.
For anyone still having trouble with connecting your Facebook account:
Another issue may not have to do with Security Settings, Facebook settings or even Hootsuite Settings.
We learned our issue was with the resolution of our monitor which did not allow us to see the whole page. In the Hootsuite setup for Facebook there is an “ALLOW” button at the bottom of the page. We could not see the button and the page could not be dragged to see it.
SOLUTION: On your Internet browser (in the lower right corner of the page) click on the (down) arrow to the right of the 100% magnifyer. Reduce the number to 50% or 75% (whichever permits you to see the whole page. The whole page will be displayed and you be able to see a white background on the dead part of the screen.
From here you can see and click on “ALLOW”. From here it should all work fine.
I cannot get a message to post. I have reconnected several times and keep getting an error message. I don’t know what else to try! can anyone help me?
Gerate great… Looking forward to checking this out. Can it pull in the friends, fans + other pages you like, i.e. tag with the @ sign, as I schedule the post…
Hi,
All is great, but facebook and facebook pages don’t open a pop up, i added all the other services, but these do not work.
Why?
Help
Please add your question to the community forums in the Help Desk via http://help.hootsuite.com
I am not seeing the option with the pages? What is the problem? Can someone please contact me?
THANKS! Hootsuite is the greatest. Thanks for the tips.
Ed
Can we use Hootsuite to send out event invites. It is time consuming to do it know on Facebook. You have to add them individually.
At this time, we aren’t able to manage Facebook event invites. We invite you to submit this to http://feedback.hootsuite.com and when Facebook allows this, we can consider integrating.
What’s the length of the status I can schedule for a fan page, and can I add a photo
Currently you can attach a photo via a link but not upload to FB but this won’t work with scheduling. Otherwise, you can add 420 characters to FB posts.
How do i create a fb stream that just streams the notifications (that little globe to the left of the fb search box that lights up with a number when you have notifications)?
Hi Sudip,
While HootSuite does not have that feature, you can suggest it on our Feedback Channel. Users can suggest and vote up feature requests there.
Thanks for this great tool, we are just testing it on our Facebook Fan page and found it very easy to manage and to handle. Great tool – I will recommend it to some of my other friends in Austria, I’m sure it will be useful for them.
Great tips.I did my facebook fanpage for a year.and I will try Hootsuite with it.Thanks
I really like Hootsuite, but I keep having problems scheduling posts to my Facebook page. Publishing them right away is no problem, but when I schedule them, they will disappear from my Scheduled Posts at the time of publishing – without appearing on my Facebook page. Am I doing anything wrong? (It works fine with Twitter though.)
Hi Katja,
Thanks for the feedback! If you’re still having issues, let our support team know about it by filling out a Help Ticket with details.
How come I can’t see this “pages” option? Is it only available when you upgrade? Does it depend on which version of Hoot Suite you have???
Hi Leah,
These Facebook tools are upgraded for the browser-based version of HootSuite, which automatically updates.
Excellent app – have started to use for our blog posts – many thanks for this..
I have my fan page but i cant upload pics to folders when i am using the facebook app on my ipad. Does it work with Hootsuite?
Hi Fashionloca,
Thanks for stopping by. Contact our Help Desk for assistance with this.
This is outdated … I cannot find the “facebook pages” option as mentioned above and in your Hootsuite University video. My purpose in signing up with hootsuite is to use it to schedule posts for my business page and not for personal posts. Help!