How to Create a Facebook Business Account
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Before our team can optimize your Facebook page (or use it for ads), you will need to complete a few steps. These steps will ensure that your business retains ownership of the social media profiles. This article will explain how to create a Facebook Business Manager, which you will use to grant your agency access to pages, ad accounts, Instagram, and more. For a comprehensive checklist to setting everything from pages to ad accounts up, click here to download our Facebook Business Manager Guide.
| 🚀 Goal: To create a Business Manager account to manage all your brand’s Meta assets. |
| ⏱️ Execution Time: 10-15 minutes |
| 🤞 Ideal Outcome: You will have a Business Manager account ready to manage all your Facebook Assets and share them with your employees securely. |
| 🤔 Why this is important: Facebook’s Business Manager allows you to easily manage multiple pages and ad accounts, while also being able to safely assign roles to your employees or contractors. |
| 🧐 Where this is done In Facebook’s Business Manager. |
| 🗓️ When this is done: The first time you are creating a Business Manager account. If you already have a business account, you can add a new page by following these steps. |
| 👨 Who does this: The business owner or the person responsible for paid advertising on his behalf. 🛑 Note: If you are a FRANCHISEE, check with your franchisor team prior to engaging in these steps, as they may have some of these pieces in place already. |
| ⚠️Prerequisites or requirements: You will need a personal Facebook account. |
Step 1: Create a Business Manager Account
Facebook Business Manager is a free and critical tool for managing access to Facebook pages, Instagram profiles, Meta Pixels, Audiences, Ad Accounts, and more.
From a desktop computer where you are logged into Facebook:
- CHECK TO SEE IF YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT ALREADY!
- Visit https://business.facebook.com/select/. This page will show any business accounts that you have access to.
- If there are no business accounts listed, proceed to the next step below.
- Go to business.facebook.com/overview.
- Click Create account.
- Enter a name for your business, your name and work email address and click Next.
- Enter your business details and click Submit.
- Need to create a Facebook Ads account? Follow these steps.
Ready to grant us access so we can set up your ads? Click here to get started.