Well I’m curious to see if someone has found a way around this.  When I did a search I found http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=271607792873806 and it doesn’t look like FB is leaving any wiggle room. Hmmmm….

You may have to set up a new page and ask your following to like you at your new location.  Maybe set up a contest or some incentive. You could always keep the old page active and keep making posts there that you are at a new location. NOT a very ideal solution… UGHhh!  

Anyone else got some ideas?

@moinshaikh @russellallert I was also not aware of this! I would just make a new page and send messages to the fans of that group informing them of the new page. Also post it all over the current page with a link to the new page!! That’s my opinion anyway

@moinshaikh – please post back and let us know if that works.  I’d be interested in hearing how it all plays out.

Good Luck!
Jules

@juleswebb sure i’ll be back after doing some experiments!

@moinshaikh there is something very important to take in consideration. All of your fans will get a notification that the name of the page has changed. it’s not like you can just change the name and use it as a new page. Facebook will let know those 99 fans that you have changed the name of the page.

@moinshaikh they will continue receiving  the updates of your new page, no problem with that. What its not possible is to change the name without anyone noticing. Think about that this action may affect the credibility of your client FB page and can can compromise the brand.

At least you only have to move 100 fans, @moinshaikh   When I started my main page the spelling of the title was wrong. By the time I noticed it, we had over 150 fans so I could not change it.  I probably should have that week but the page took off so fast all I could do was sit back and wonder what happened.  Anyway,  I tried everything.  There is no way to change a title.  I thought about starting a new page, but the numbers kept growing and my fans did not seem to care about the spelling. This past year, Mari Smith suggested that I try contacting Facebook through the “copyright infringement”  form. I did.  I told them that I was violation of my own trademark.   I did not think I would hear back.  Imagine my surprise when they changed the spelling that day!  

However, this is very rare.  I have not heard of other people who have been able to change their title.  I think I was lucky that day and just happened to reach the right person.

I would suggest starting to move your fans to a new page right away.  You can post every day and give them the new link.  If they do not come over, they really were not interested anyway.

@randithompson strongly agree to your last sentence, if they do not come over, they really were not interested anyway. And yeah i also have contacted facebook today via help center to take a chance, if nothing gonna happen, i will take backup of my fan base, create new page and invite them to re-join the new page.

Thanks,

@alexandrabriggs Thank you very much alexandra, and good luck to you too in getting all the follower back at your new page.

I have a problem because I’m now helping with a company’s Facebook—originally they named the page completely wrong (in house volunteer unfamiliar with Social Media) then they got over 100+ fans rather quickly and it was already at 500+ when I started helping. They desperately turned to me to “fix” the page name and I had to explain that it was too late unless they wanted to start from scratch.

I really wish Facebook would allow some way of getting around this issue—there are a lot of businesses out there who didn’t quite know what they were doing and before they realized it, were at the point of no return.

“ @moinshaikh That’s another solution. Maybe you can put “old name” is now “new name” on the profile pictu so people kow the new brand. “
This can work, together with posts announcing the change. Maybe in the posts you could also announce that the old page will be soon deleted.
Another idea could be creating a custom tab in the old fanpage, and setting that tab as the landing tab. That should link to the new page.

@moinshaikh I like @demorden idea of the tab to link to the new page! That is something that would have been great for us in addition to using our profile image noting the change! Please keep us posted on how things pan out! 

Wow, glad to see that my little idea is appreciated!

Allow me to suggest also to insert a “like button” for the new page in the custom tab… since you’re making one, it takes 5 more seconds and it can’t hurt.

If I can think of something else, I’ll keep sharing my ideas.

Someone else wants to add some tips?

@moinshaikh Thanks for this topic. It doesn’t sound like I can do anything about my association’s page after glancing at these comments. Yesterday we re-branded / re-positioned ourselves to be more inclusive of members other than advertising agencies. Of course, our page and link read Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies. The page has over 1600 fans so “unliking” them is not an option. At least the graphic and about us have updated to reflect the new us: AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing.