We asked our fans to share links to their favorite FBML examples, and here are a few that we liked and wanted to share. I am going to highlight the "best practices" of Fan page development (BP) that are demonstrated by each example, and also my suggestions for improvements (TRY THIS).

See You There Invitations

(shared by Judene McCalla)

• Best Practice: This simple landing page tab welcomes users to the business page and describes the company and its services/products.
• TRY THIS: Your landing page should explain what your purpose is here on Facebook, and encourage people to become a fan by offering some information or community service or even a product of value. Tell us, what is this Facebook Page all about? What value are you offering to your fans?



• BP: A second tab serves as a mailing list sign-up, a great way to add subscribers to your email newsletter list.
• TRY THIS: Keep it simple and combine these two tabs into one. You can add your mailing list email-form to the welcome tab and make it easy for new visitors to get all of the information in one place.

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