I set up a profile page and started to get friends – that part was easy.  I went to a workshop at the local library and the presenter suggested I have two accounts: one for private use and one for my company.  Since I had two email addresses, I was able to do it.  On the account I set up for business, I wanted to create a page for my business but I seemed to have created a business account instead.  I lost my friends and people can’t find my business. Between the two accounts, I’m all confused.  Is there anyway I can restore my profile and correctly create a page for my company, should I delete one account and ask clients to migrate to the correct business page,  or do I have to start all over again?

Am I making sense?

@devanianjali Thank you.

@laurasagan You cannot actually set up a “personal page” as a business. A while back Facebook announced they would be deleting business accounts since business pages were set up. I run my business pages under a personal professional Facebook profile. The profile is me and then all the pages are associated under that account. I have a personal page under a personal email address that I have used since Facebook first launched (back in the “thefacebook.com” days). I do not complete any business/professional activity under that account.
Unless I have misunderstood your issue it sounds like your “business” account was removed by Facebook for not representing an individual. I recommend contacting Facebook and/or searching the help functions for how to restore the page deleted. Let us know how it goes!

@laurasagan You cannot actually set up a “personal page” as a business. A while back Facebook announced they would be deleting business accounts since business pages were set up. I run my business pages under a personal professional Facebook profile. The profile is me and then all the pages are associated under that account. I have a personal page under a personal email address that I have used since Facebook first launched (back in the “thefacebook.com” days). I do not complete any business/professional activity under that account.
Unless I have misunderstood your issue it sounds like your “business” account was removed by Facebook for not representing an individual. I recommend contacting Facebook and/or searching the help functions for how to restore the page deleted. Let us know how it goes!

@laurasagan Good luck! I am slightly surprised that you weren’t notified before they removed the profile! I hope it works out

Laura Sagan  Facebook doesn’t delete your profile, they just deactivate it. You should be able to go to the old profile and restore it and set up your page from there.

https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=131877170220502

@sheilahoeft @kathyweir @andrea-vahl

Thank you all so much.  I will let you know how this all turns out.

@kathyweir @sheilahoeft @andrea-vahl @alexandrabriggs

Hello all,

I deleted the business page I started by accident and started from scratch.  This really was the best solution.  I have 30 likes to my page and FB will now let me have access to insights.  You gave me the confidence to move forward.  I appreciate your suggestions.

Laura