Inviting your Facebook Friends to like your Facebook business page might seem obvious. Yet, many people don’t do it. Or perhaps they don’t know how.

Facebook removed the “Invite Your Friends” option from the drop-down menu found when you click on the three dots just under your page’s cover photo. There could be people, like me, who were wondering how to use the Invite Your Friends option.

Now, to find that option, you need to go the Community Section, found on the right-hand side of your business page.

Please note that this invitation will show up in your friends’ notifications. These are accessed by clicking on the globe icon at the top of the screen. Or, you can send the invite through Facebook Messenger, the internal messaging system within Facebook.

 

How to Invite Your Facebook Friends to Like Your Facebook Business Page

  • Scroll down the right-hand side of the page to the Community Section.
  • Click on the hyperlink “invite your friends”, which is the first available option.
  • Search for specific friends by typing their name into the search box. Once you find the friend, click on the Invite button to the right of their name.
  • Click on the blue icon that looks like a memo pad to open a place where you can write a note.
  • After you finish typing your note, click on the Invite button, and then click on the Close button.

 

How to Invite Fellow Members of a Facebook Group to Like Your Facebook Business Page

  • Click on the arrow to the right of Search All Friends and click on the name of the group.
  • You will be shown all the members of that group who are also friends of yours but have not already liked your business page. Select the ones you want to invite to like your page, then click on Invite. You can write personalized notes as described above.

 

How to Invite Your Facebook Friends in a Geographic Area to Like Your Facebook Business Page

  • Click on the arrow to the right of Search All Friends and click on the geographic area, e.g. Denver, Colorado.
  • You will be shown a list of your friends who live in that area. Follow the same steps for inviting friends from a Facebook group.

 

How About You?

Have you invited your Facebook friends to like your Facebook business page? Did you use the options of inviting people from a geographic area and/or from a Facebook group? What kinds of results did you get?

 

About Joyce

Joyce Feustel helps people, especially those age 45 and up, to become more effective using social media, especially Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter. She works with business owners, nonprofit organizations, retired people, consultants, and many others. Find her at www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com.