February 18, 2011 by 115 Comments

How and Why to Like Other Facebook Pages as Your Page

With all the Facebook changes lately it’s easy to get confused. My head is spinning. Now, you can Like another Page as your Facebook Page and comment on their Page as your Page. And Like a comment on a Page as your Page. So much Liking to do and so little time!  But why is it good to Like another Page as your Page?  Haven’t I already Liked them once?  Now I have to re-Like and I don’t like that!

There are some benefits to Liking a Page as your Page:

  1. You can’t comment on another Page as your Page unless you Like it as your Page first.
  2. You get more visibility as your Page when you comment on another Page (but don’t be spammy!)
  3. You get a special News Feed of just the Pages that your Page has liked when you click Home when you are logged in as your Page.  The News feed will really help you keep track of all the Pages that you want to see and separate them out from your personal News Feed.

Watch the video tutorial (recently updated) to show you how to navigate everything, how to Like and comment and how to keep it all straight!  And make sure you like me at www.Facebook.com/GrandmaMaryShow – leave me a comment on my Page as your Page!

UPDATE:  If you cannot Like another Page as your Page, it is most likely because you have created a Business-only Page that is not linked to a personal Facebook Profile.  To find out for sure, go up to the upper right corner with the down arrow, and if you cannot switch to a Personal profile, that means your Page is a Business-only Page.  It’s one of the drawbacks of having this type of Page.  If you link you Page to a personal account, by going into the Admins area (Manage Page, Edit) then you will be able to Like other Pages as your Page.  Facebook is a little nutty.

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  • Martin

    Thanks for this thread – just what I was looking for. One thing I’m not clear on – what’s the effect on my page likers if I like another page as my page? Do, for example, my likers begin to see notifications for the page my page liked? Or does it not affect my likers directly? Thanks grandma.

  • Sashika Taylor

    Hi Grandma Mary. Need your help again! After watching this great video I have gone and Liked quite a few other pages as my page. If I visit one of these pages that I have liked and post on their page or leave a comment under one of their posts will MY fans/followers get that post/comment in their news feed??

  • http://www.GrandmaMaryShow.com Grandma Mary

    So sorry for the delay in reply! I’m behind on my commenting! No, your fans will not see your Activity in their news feed as your page.

  • http://www.GrandmaMaryShow.com Grandma Mary

    So sorry for the delay in reply! I’m behind on my commenting! No, your fans will not see any notifications from your activity. Hope that helps!

  • Sashika Taylor

    Thank you!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003725516056 Facebook User

    I would like to thank you for elaborating this point, I have been trying to figure out why I can not like other pages via my business page, Thanks a million..

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1356745870 Bob Minelli

    Thank you very much for this information on ‘Liking Facebook Pages”. Most helpful and would also like to hear if you have anything to say about “How to Build Huge Likes for Your Facebook Page”. ;-)

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  • http://www.GrandmaMaryShow.com Grandma Mary

    So sorry for the delay in getting back to you! I have a couple of great posts on this here: http://www.andreavahl.com/facebook/10-ways-to-grow-your-facebook-following.php and here: http://www.andreavahl.com/facebook/45-ways-to-get-new-facebook-likers-formerly-known-as-fans.php Hope that helps!

  • http://www.GrandmaMaryShow.com Grandma Mary

    Glad to help!

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  • Kate

    Hey, Mary – great video. Wondered if you could help with this. When I open my page I still see up top that I am logged in as my personal account. But my settings tell me I am “posting, commenting, and liking as” my page. Maybe this is why all my liked pages appear on my personal timeline, not on my page. Do you know how I can fix this? Thanks.

  • http://www.GrandmaMaryShow.com Grandma Mary

    Yes, usually the default settings are to comment “as your Page” even when you are logged in as your personal profile. What you need to do is to go up to the wheel in the upper right corner, and then switch to using Facebook as your Page – just click on the Page name from the drop-down menu. Now you will have to go and “re-like” the pages as your Page. Hope that helps!

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