<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/feed/</link> <description>Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page - Forum Topic in the Group Facebook</description> <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:59:47 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-46111</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-46111</link> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:17:38 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Answer - Yes you can change your name (I did successfully) and yes you can merge a page with more likes into one with less likes via a special link at Facebook - and keep all of the data/posts on the page you are [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45850</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45850</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:58:40 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><div>I have two Facebook Pages for the same thing. Can I merge them?<div class="_if"> Yes, you can merge duplicate Pages so long as they represent the same<br /> thing. Please note you can only merge the Page with fewer likes into the<br /> [&#8230;]</div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45849</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45849</link> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:52:22 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div><div><div>I just had my second business page's name successfully changed via Facebook (a one time thing only they say) and so now both pages are exactly the same.</div><div></div><div>'Merge duplicate pages' hasn't come up as [&#8230;]</div></div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45683</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45683</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:41:16 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Thanks Andrea, this all help move me a few steps forward toward a successful merger. I will investigate further and let you know of my findings once all this has been done.&#160;</div><div></div><div>:)&#160;</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45682</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45682</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:41:15 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Thanks Andrea, this all help move me a few steps forward toward a successful merger. I will investigate further and let you know of my findings once all this has been done.&#160;</div><div></div><div>:)&#160;</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45681</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45681</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:36:21 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> I changed the link, so it should work now, sorry about that! <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow">@sheridanmills</a>You cannot merge a personal page straight into a business page that I'm aware of.&#160; You have to go through the conversion first.&#160; All the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45680</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45680</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:29:45 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Also, can we confirm that ALL of the content currently on my business page will remain after I merge the other page into that one?</div><div></div><div>This is my main concern before anything else.</div><div></div><div>Thank you!</div><div></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45679</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45679</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:27:39 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Will read through you links when you send them, but in the meantime am wondering if I CAN change the name of my existing business page to match the personal page's name (as the personal page [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45677</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45677</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:22:23 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Hi Andrea,</div><div></div><div>That link didn't work, could you send again please?</div><div></div><div>Argh this shouldn't be this hard, am going around in circles, I have read Facebook's information about merging 2 similar business pages [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45676</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45676</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:21:24 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> Absolutely!&#160; Take a look at the merging process I outline in the article <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow">@sheridanmills</a> You'll see that you can choose the "main" page so you can merge something with more Likes into a Page with less likes.&#160; I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45674</guid><title><![CDATA[Sheridan Mills replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45674</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/" title="Sheridan Mills" rel="nofollow">Sheridan Mills</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/' rel="nofollow">@andrea-vahl</a><div></div><div>Hi Andrea thank you for your reply.</div><div></div><div>I will read your article shortly, have been researching this for the past 2 hours.</div><div></div><div>I notice that if you 'convert' the personal page into a business page it will [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45673</guid><title><![CDATA[Andrea Vahl replied to the forum topic Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page in the club Facebook]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page/#post-45673</link> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:12:55 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/andrea-vahl/" title="Andrea Vahl" rel="nofollow">Andrea Vahl</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/forum/topic/is-there-a-way-to-keep-your-fan-page-data-when-merging-with-a-personal-page" rel="nofollow">Is there a way to keep your fan page data when merging with a personal page</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/facebook/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a> The way the merge works now, <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/sheridanmills/' rel="nofollow">@sheridanmills</a> is that you can choose which Page you merge the other one into.&#160; I just did a post today on merging Facebook Pages (the slant was for Places but the last steps are the [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>