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Claiming Your Place on Facebook About Facebook Places Through Facebook Places, users can “check in” and share locations they are visiting with friends and connections. Businesses can “claim” their locations and reward users for checking in. We need your help to determine if your branch is already listed on Facebook Places, and if not, setting up the location. What you need: • A Facebook account • A mobile device with Facebook application (Note: If you have a Droid, you will need to install the Facebook application from the Droid Marketplace, rather than use the the app that came with the phone). • Access to Facebook from a computer (non-mobile device) October 2011

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Guide created for a client who was looking to guide staff at each location to identify or establish Places on Facebook for each of their over 20 locations.

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Claiming Your Place on Facebook

About Facebook PlacesThrough Facebook Places, users can “check in” and share locations they are visiting with friends and connections. Businesses can “claim” their locations and reward users for checking in.

We need your help to determine if your branch is already listed on Facebook Places, and if not, setting up the location.

What you need:• A Facebook account• A mobile device with Facebook application(Note: If you have a Droid, you will need to install the Facebook application from the Droid Marketplace, rather than use the the app that came with the phone).• Access to Facebook from a computer (non-mobile device)

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Step 1Open Facebook app and click “Check In”

Step 2Review local locations. Select YOUR BUSINESS if it appears. (Not there? Go to Step 6)

Step 3“Check In” so the location will appear on your profile.

For this example we will “check in” to Sundin Associates

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Click on this link

Step 4From a computer, log in to Facebook and visit your profile page. Click on the location you checked into.

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Step 5Send the URL (the address at the top) to CLIENT’S MARKETING CONTACT

The URL

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Step 6If business doesn’t appear, start typing the name. Still not there?

Step 7Click Add

Step 8Enter business name and click “Add”

For this example we will add the location for Manic Mommies Media

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Step 9After adding locations you should be given the opportunity to check in.

Step 10From a computer, log in to Facebook and visit your profile page.Click on the location you checked into.

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Step 11Send the URL (the address at the top) to CLIENT’S MARKETING CONTACTDO NOT EDIT ANY OF THE INFORMATION ON THE PAGE.

The URL

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Step 12You can also click “Know the owner?” and send a notice to CLIENT’S MARKETING CONTACT

Know the owner?

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