Anyone can join Facebook. It’s become the most popular social networking site on the Internet, and if Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world. There are now over 500,000 people on Facebook.
To sign up for a Facebook Profile:
1. Visit www.facebook.com. Look for the blue box that invites you to sign up. Fill out your information and then push the green Sign Up button. Note that per Facebook guidelines, you are only allowed to have one Facebook profile.
This same area invites you to Create a Page, but you have to have a profile first.

2. You now have four steps to complete, albeit optional.
Step 1 is to add friends. Facebook will ask for your username and password to whatever accounts you use to associate friends. A good place to start is your email account. You do not have to import your friends from email, but it’s a good way to see who is already on Facebook. However, note that some people are on Facebook but do not use the same email address that you may have for them in your personal email.
Step 2 is find friends, which is if you know someone is already on Facebook, you can search for them manually.
Step 3 is to add profile information. There are a lot of guidelines as to what you should and should not put on your profile, but at least go with the basics of your name and hometown location. You can change your page’s privacy levels and specify who can see which portions of your Facebook profile.
Step 4 is to add a profile picture. This is also a good way to help people find you if they are looking for you. It also helps add a literal face to your account.
To Sign Up for a Facebook Page
1. If you already have a profile, you can build a page two ways. The first is to go back to www.facebook.com and choose the Create a Page option. The second is to go to your Home page once you’ve logged in and select Ads and Pages on the left side of the navigation bar, which will ask you to create a page.
When you create a page, remember that you cannot use Zrii trademarks in your page title (refer to Zrii’s Social Media Policy). If you are creating your page for your business, you will probably want to choose the Local Business option. You cannot change the name of your page so be sure it is something that you will like, and I usually recommend that you create the page with the name of your business.
Note that Zrii LLC operates an official Zrii Facebook page called Zrii Corp. This is the only official Zrii page on Facebook.
Facebook resources
There are a lot of things you can learn about Facebook, but if you’re just getting started and want to learn more about Facebook features, I’ll be blogging about them over time, or you can reference a recommended Facebook guide by Mashable. You can also email me with any specific questions you have and I’ll address them for you! Email me at zbn(at)zrii.com.
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