4 Facts About Facebook Timeline’s Inevitable Release to Fan Pages Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by Brian Moran The great people over all AllFacebook.com recently posted an article outlining some activity surrounding Facebook’s upcoming Facebook Marketing Conference scheduled for Feb. 29th (AllFacebook’s post here). The post sites two sources who have hinted that Facebook could be announcing the release of their new “Timeline” for Fan Pages. The release of Timeline for Fan Pages has always been a virtual certainty, the question has just always been, “When will Timeline be out for Fan Pages?”. Now, were not here to speculate on wether the Feb. 29th conference will actually include the introduction of Facebook Timeline for Fan Pages, but for the sake of this post, let’s just assume that this announcement will be made and that Timeline will be introduced to Fan Pages in a few short weeks. So here is a short list of thing you need to know about Facebook Timeline & its possible release for Facebook Fan Pages. Facebook Timeline Loves Social Applications Not too long ago, Facebook made the announcement that 60 social applications were to be “tightly integrated into the new Timeline format (those 60 apps listed here). These applications include what is called, “auto-post” ability. You have probably already seen this in your New’s Feed with applications like Social Reader, Spotify, or even Pinterest. If your friends have “Allowed” these applications onto their profile, their activity within these applications is automatically posted to their personal Facebook Timeline & their friend’s New’s Feed, like the picture below. “Auto-posting” can provide clear, powerful advantages to fan page owners who can leverage these social applications well. Facebook Timeline could offer Fan Page owners a great opportunity to increase exposure. We Don’t Know What A Fan Page Timeline Will Be Like While Facebook Timeline has been out for personal Facebook profile for some time, no one really knows what Timeline may look like for Fan Pages. Plenty of people out there have speculated on what a possible Timeline for Fan Pages layout might look like. All of this is clearly speculation, as we cannot be sure of any exact specifications. I can say fairly confidently that the widely popular, Cover Photo, will be a centerpiece of any Timeline for Fan Pages. But after that, there is no hard evidence to support much else. What we do know is that when developing Timeline, Facebook did consult with business owners about the design. This lends credibility to the belief that whatever the new Timeline for Fan Pages looks like, it will have been developed with branding & e-commerce in mind. Images Are King After spending just a few minutes with the Facebook Timeline layout on your personal profile, it is awfully clear that images get a whole lot of attention. When posted, images tend to take up a large amount of space on the Timeline, and they also tend to stick around longer than other posts. Meaning, an image or group of images is visible longer than most other types of posts. Below is an image uploaded to a friend of mine’s Timeline. You can see that most images take up almost 3 or 4 times the amount of space as other types of posts. This particular picture was added almost 48 hours before this screenshot, and was still sitting near the top of the page. Facebook Timeline for Fan Pages is Inevitable Facebook will never stop changing. They will always seek to develop the “next big thing” in social media, and Timeline is their big idea for the moment. Fan Pages will be using Timeline in the future, and we will most likely know more about that after February 29th. So don’t fight it! This doesn’t have to be a big, scary change. This is simply an opportunity waiting to happen, and there is one other thing you can take to the bank about Facebook Timeline. You can bet your house that your customers will still be on Facebook & that we will still be finding ways to get your customers to connect to your band no matter what change comes. Now for a shameless plug: If you are looking to get an insurance policy on your Facebook Marketing, make sure you check out Fan Page Secrets. Fan Page Secrets is our top-selling product, and 1,000s of others have taken the plunge and leveraged their brand using Facebook with this great training. The best part is that our training comes with free Lifetime Updates. Meaning, as Facebook continues to change, so does our training. You will never be left high & dry, giving you a professional insurance policy for your Facebook Marketing for about what you might spend on a date. Click here to learn more about how you can insure your Facebook Marketing with Fan Page Secrets. Tags: facebook for business, facebook likes, facebook marketing, facebook marketing profile, facebook social applications, facebook timeline, facebook timeline fan page