The Social PR Consultancy

Timeline for Facebook Pages is now here. We’ve collated some of the best resources across the web on the key elements of Timeline to help you get the most out of this new format.

This 6 step cheat sheet below covers the basics but if you want more, here’s Facebook’s guide about the new Pages and here’s a link to Facebook’s online tutorial about Pages with video’s from the Pages product team.

Cover photo & pics

This article from Mashable gives you details of a tool to help you crop your cover photo.

From our partners in the UK – Carve Consulting – a Facebook Timeline help sheet with all the dimensions you’ll ever need for all your pics.

Pinning and highlighting posts

Here’s a good overview from AllFacebook.com about pinning and highlighting posts, the difference between them and when you should use which feature.

Milestones

The new milestone feature allows you to give your Facebook community a deep insight into your organisation’s story or as an extension of your brand and what you’re about – have a look at how Spotify have used it to tell the story of the last 1000 years of music history.

Best practice guidelines

Hubspot has produced a step-by-step guide which you can download – it’s worth having a look.

Still not sure?

This article covering three reasons why Facebook Timeline is good for business is worth a read if you’re still not convinced by the new format.