{"id":5101,"date":"2017-02-09T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expio.marketing\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2017-02-09T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:45:42","slug":"guide-facebooks-new-page-templates-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/guide-facebooks-new-page-templates-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Facebook&#8217;s New Page Templates for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[author title=&#8221;About the Author&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[optinlocker]Want to receive regular updates about posts like these from Expio Digital Marketing?[\/optinlocker]<\/p>\n<h2>Enhanced Shopping Options, Better Call-to Action sections, and new Visual Options for Services, Products and More<\/h2>\n<h4>Manage Facebook Page\u00a0Tabs on the Left Side, and Sections in the Middle<\/h4>\n<h3>Template Options<\/h3>\n<p>Facebook has released new Facebook Page <strong>Templates.\u00a0<\/strong>That means if you haven&#8217;t made the upgrade, you&#8217;re currently set as a &#8220;Standard&#8221; template. New templates include: <em>Professional Services<\/em> (that&#8217;s the one we used for our own Facebook page), <em>Shopping, Business, Venues, Politicians, and Restaurants and Cafes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each template basically recreates the Tabs on any given Facebook page. Plus, Facebook will re-write the Button for the page. A few things to think about when updating your new Facebook page are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s your business goal for the Facebook page?<\/li>\n<li>How do you want your followers to respond from your Facebook?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve decided these two things, you&#8217;ll better be able to decide which template to go with, and where to take users. One thing we haven&#8217;t fully explored yet is the ability to sell products directly from Facebook, as opposed to going to another website.<\/p>\n<h3>Customizing Your New Template<\/h3>\n<p>Check out the gallery below of our own customizations. We&#8217;ve shown our own Facebook page, a Professional Services template, plus <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/latexagent\">Latex Agent<\/a>, a Shopping template.<\/p>\n<p>For each Services or Products Tab, there&#8217;s now the ability to feature products, just like having their own landing page. This includes options for photos, videos, Title, price, description, url, and the ability make them &#8220;Featured&#8221; on Facebook. Basically, Facebook&#8217;s trying to give your Facebook page more website-like functionality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5104\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5104 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Our Amarillo Facebook page home screen with the new &quot;Professional Services&quot; template we enhanced.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expio.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Guide-to-New-Facebook-Page-Templates00001-576x1024.png\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Amarillo Facebook page home screen with the new &#8220;Professional Services&#8221; template we enhanced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5105\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5105 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Here&#039;s a look at what our Professional Services Template Services section looks like.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expio.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Guide-to-New-Facebook-Page-Templates00002-576x1024.png\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#8217;s a look at what our Professional Services Template Services section looks like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5106\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5106 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"This is what a &quot;Shopping&quot; template&#039;s Shop section looks like.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expio.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Guide-to-New-Facebook-Page-Templates00003-576x1024.png\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what a &#8220;Shopping&#8221; template&#8217;s Shop section looks like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5107\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5107 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"A look at a single featured product within a &quot;Shopping&quot; template.\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expio.marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Guide-to-New-Facebook-Page-Templates00004-576x1024.png\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look at a single featured product within a &#8220;Shopping&#8221; template.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>How are you using Facebook&#8217;s new templates? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[author title=&#8221;About the Author&#8221;] [optinlocker]Want to receive regular updates about posts like these from Expio Digital Marketing?[\/optinlocker] Enhanced Shopping Options, Better Call-to Action sections, and new Visual Options for Services, Products and More Manage Facebook Page\u00a0Tabs on the Left Side, and Sections in the Middle Template Options Facebook has released new Facebook Page Templates.\u00a0That means if you haven&#8217;t made the upgrade, you&#8217;re currently set as a &#8220;Standard&#8221; template. New templates include: Professional Services (that&#8217;s the one we used for our own Facebook page), Shopping, Business, Venues, Politicians, and Restaurants and Cafes. Each template basically recreates the Tabs on any given Facebook page. Plus, Facebook will re-write the Button for the page. A few things to think about when updating your new Facebook page are: What&#8217;s your business goal for the Facebook page? How do you want your followers to respond from your Facebook? Once you&#8217;ve decided these two things, you&#8217;ll better be able to decide which template to go with, and where to take users. One thing we haven&#8217;t fully explored yet is the ability to sell products directly from Facebook, as opposed to going to another website. Customizing Your New Template Check out the gallery below of our own customizations. We&#8217;ve shown our own Facebook page, a Professional Services template, plus Latex Agent, a Shopping template. For each Services or Products Tab, there&#8217;s now the ability to feature products, just like having their own landing page. This includes options for photos, videos, Title, price, description, url, and the ability make them &#8220;Featured&#8221; on Facebook. Basically, Facebook&#8217;s trying to give your Facebook page more website-like functionality. How are you using Facebook&#8217;s new templates? 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