How to Find Local Businesses on Facebook
Local businesses pride themselves on getting to know customers and other businesses in the community. Doing that is a whole lot easier for local businesses that market themselves with a customized Facebook page. These small business pages can be searched just like friend profiles on the Facebook homepage. You can find out which local businesses have Facebook presences by doing some online research and monitoring the Facebook pages of other businesses in an area.
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Type the name of the local business you wish to find in the search bar at the top of the Facebook homepage.
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Click on the magnifying glass icon next to the box to run a search for the local business's Facebook page.
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Search for your local business's website on the Internet if you cannot find its page on Facebook. Read the homepage of the website to check if the business has a Facebook presence. Click on links that provide contact information for the business to see if there is a Facebook page and, if so, what the title of the page is.
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Click on the Facebook profiles of your friends to discover local businesses in your area or in a city to which you are traveling. Click on "Info" in your friends' profiles to see which pages they are fans of. Local businesses rely on exactly this type of viral advertising. Chances are, at least one of your friends in a given area will point you in the right direction to a local business's Facebook page. This is also a valuable way to discover new local businesses.
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Click on subscription links on the Facebook pages of local businesses you have already discovered. Often, local businesses will clue loyal customers in to other businesses they work with in the area. You may not get a read on local competitors, but it is a good bet that by following the progress of one business, you'll find out about others with a Facebook presence in the same area.
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