How do you tag people on a Facebook page?
One of the main things that is quite frustrating with "Facebook Pages" is you cannot tag "people" in the initial post! I'm not sure if Facebook did this on purpose, but it seems like a big oversight.
Here is the best workaround I've found...
When you are using Facebook as a Fan Page, you CAN'T TAG people in a post on the page. Frustrating right? However, you CAN TAG "other pages" in a post or in a picture. Additionally, you CAN TAG people in a picture, but only "your friends".
What is really strange to me, is that you can tag a friend in a comment below the post, just not in the original post. However you must be logged in as a person - not a page. This is the best workaround I've been able to figure out.
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Just to be clear - I thought I'd further clarify:
The best workaround is to first create your post without any tagging. Then immediately add a comment to your post with the tags. You can tag people in a post on a Facebook Page ONLY IF you're using Facebook as yourself and not as your Page.Many people have the pages they own set to always post and comment as the page -- instead of as them self. To change this, click on "Manage" then "Edit Page" located in the Admin Panel on the top right. Next, click on "Your Settings" in the left sidebar menu. This will show your posting preferences and your email notifications.
>> If always post and comment as your page name is checked, you can’t tag people in posts.
>> If you uncheck the box, then you CAN TAG people in the comment area of the original post.
Finally, don't forget to click on save changes.
I tend to use the "Your Settings" feature often. Sometimes I have it checked, and sometimes I uncheck it depending on what the post I'm creating for that day is.
~Lisa Libutti, Social Media Specialist
www.LisaLibutti.com
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12:55 PM
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I don't see these settings anymore. Were they moved?
Hi Dave,
Go to your page, click edit page, then click update info, then your settings, to get to the settings of your page.
Cheers, Lisa
Thank you! this was really helpful
Thanks for the information. I learned quite a bit from your article.
social media specialist
Does this still work? I have a company page and I am trying to tag a person who has liked my company page.
I believe it only works when responding to a post they did on your page. Before you could publish a post, then tag in the comments. I'm pretty sure that's no longer true now.
They disabled this feature BUT I FOUND OUT HOW TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY! The only way to tag people in a post is to get somebody to comment on your page's post, then click the notification of the comment and it sends you to this separate page of just the original post with that person's comment. On this page you can tag to your heart's content. It stops you at about eight tags, but you can just hit enter and then start tagging again on a new comment
Hi Calvin, thanks for the update on your experience with tagging of pages. It's been tough. Your work around does seem to work.
Basically you would need to post something then use your personal profile to immediately comment - then tag 8 people per comment below that. Personally I don't really like this approach - but it does work!
Thanks for the additional tips!
Lisa
Awesome article! This was exactly the info I needed. I just tried it out for my travel blog's new FB page and it worked. I posted the update as my page, then switched to my personal account to tag people in the comments section on that same update. Before all that, I did go change the setting you recommended and that worked too.
The only thing that didn't work was tagging another page in the actual update (not in the comments). I tried to tag a page for Great Falls, Montana, but no matter how I typed it, the drop-down box never appeared to allow me to select that page. :( The mysteries of Facebook. . . .
Thanks for the help! Great article, and I'm glad I found this site.
~ Milli
When you do this tagging using your regular FB account. Do you need to be friends of those your tagging? I liked my business page so would that allow me to tag others that liked the page even though I'm not friends with them?
Yes, you need to be friends or they can also be in your friends network (aka: mutual friends)
So how does one become friends with them if you only have a business page?
I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. A business page doesn't have friends, they have customers/fans/Likes.
You can ONLY tag people if you are replying to them in a specific post they commented in.
You cannot tag people that are just fans of the page, but have NOT commented. That would create way too many issues for people. Business pages would be tagging all kinds of people just to generate traffic.
Can you explain what you are trying to do, specifically? Why do you need to tag people that are not commenting or posting to the page?
However...keep in mind you can Tag OTHER Business pages.
Then immediately add a comment to your post with the tags. You can tag people in a post on get instagram followers app a Facebook Page ONLY IF you're using Facebook as yourself and not as your Page.
When you are using Facebook as a fan page, you can't tag people in a post on your own page or on any other page. find your top followers instagram
Facebook clear enough to disable this feature now, Sad for Page admins though but can only tag by replying to a person who has replied..
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