NOTE: This feature appears to have been archived with the debut of the 2014 Facebook Fan Page design. While you can set a featured owner, it no longer appears on your About page. So sorry!
Are you a Facebook Page Owner?
Connect with your fans on a personal level by featuring your smiling self!
Whether you’re a local business, a service provider, or a global brand, featuring yourself on your Facebook Page adds a personal touch, while also helping you build a following.
Whether your Page’s Profile Picture is a logo or a headshot, when you add a Featured Page Owner, the photo will be pulled from your personal profile.
How to Feature Yourself as a Facebook Page Owner
To add a featured owner, click Edit Page at the top of your Admin Panel (above your cover), then Update Public Info on the dropdown. Now select Featured on the left menu, then click Add Featured Page Owners.
The Page Admins’ personal profile pictures will be shown in the pop-up.
Once you choose which Page Owners to feature, their profile pics will show up on your page’s About tab.
This will link to the owners’ personal profiles, where your fans can choose to send you a friend request or follow your public updates, if you’ve enabled following.
You may want to take a moment to consider your Facebook friending policy. Mine: I don’t accept friend requests from fans I don’t know personally, but I do welcome followers. Click here to follow my public updates.
Once a friend request has been sent to you, the requester will automatically be following your public updates, if you’ve enabled the follow feature. It’s in your personal profile settings, as shown below.
This is a good time to review your privacy settings. Click the lock icon at top right of your personal profile and decide “Who can see my stuff.”
What do you think – do you want to be known as the page owner, or do you prefer to be anonymous? Will you add yourself as Facebook Page Owner?
Kristy Schnabel says
Well done, Louise. Love this. Done and done. Thank you!
Louise Myers says
Terrific Kristy!
Lynne says
Thanks for the tips. Want to feature my image asap. Great post!
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome Lynne – you rock!
Renayle says
Thanks for the tip! Just made myself a featured owner. 🙂
Louise Myers says
Fantastic Renayle!
Tasha says
I thought I set this up a while ago on my page, but I guess not lol I have now. Thanks for sharing Louise:)
Louise Myers says
Well, who knows Tasha – you may have, and Facebook changed it for ya 😉
Glad you’re fixed up now!
cgibb says
I notice this feature doesn’t work anymore. (I found your blog post while trying to trouble shoot the issue.) I can’t find a single Facebook page that displays a featured page owner. This is a bummer.
Louise Myers says
Thanks for the heads up! I was still able to find it on my page, but apparently no one else can see it now. Weird!
Elave says
Sorry i creat page for my business and i am admin but forgot or didnot made page owner i add admin from advertising agency to take role of manage my page he make page owner by advertising agency name ? When i go to make page owner i didnot find it in feature is ther any way to secure my page and protect it in future if we will break with that agency off ?
Louise Myers says
Sorry, I don’t know the answer. If you can change the admin level, I’d do that right away.
Elave says
So if i change the admine he must also change the page owner also is that right ?
Scond what i need to be page owner can i mad that by my normal face book account if iam admin ?
Syed Usman Haniel says
I am trying to use HootSuite and my page doesn’t show at all. Though I am the admin of the page. Is there any possibility that my ownership is somehow taken by FB?
Is there any different b/w Page Owner and Admin?
Louise Myers says
Years ago I’d heard that pages classified as “community” could be taken by FB. Don’t know if this is the case. Your best bet is to ask HootSuite though.
tam says
really i have big problem i cant find feature owner i only find feature likes and am the only admin for my page
Louise Myers says
Don’t think this works any more.