{"id":34591,"date":"2023-10-20T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/how-to-stop-your-facebook-page-from-being-banned-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:34:09","slug":"how-to-stop-your-facebook-page-from-being-banned-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-to-stop-your-facebook-page-from-being-banned-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop your Facebook page from being banned &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/l_shot-facebook-445.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_shot-facebook-445\"\/><\/div>\n<p>One of the biggest mistakes I see small businesses making on Facebook is when they conduct competitions that are, in fact, breaking Facebook\u2019s rules and can have very real and harsh penalties.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whilst many people are aware of the rules governing promotions on Facebook, I still continue to see the rules being broken on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have a Facebook page for your business you really must familiarise yourself with Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/legal\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a> and specifically their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page_guidelines.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever run a competition on your page that gives away a prize for liking or sharing one of your posts? Or perhaps you\u2019ve rewarded the 100<sup>th<\/sup> person to like your page with a prize? Read the Facebook rules and you\u2019ll discover that these types of promotions are strictly forbidden by the social networking giant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So what can and can\u2019t you do?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>1. Competitions<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plain and simple, you can\u2019t run a competition on your Facebook page unless it is administered within a third party app.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You know those little boxes at the top of your page? You need to house your competition in one of those, which when you click takes you away from your Facebook Timeline Page. The example below shows 7-Eleven\u2019s \u2018Snack-O-Wheel\u2019 competition, which is located within a third party app.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19848\" alt=\"shot-facebook-445-2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shot-facebook-445-2.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/startupsmart-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shot-facebook-445-2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/startupsmart-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shot-facebook-445-2-215x93.jpg 215w, https:\/\/startupsmart-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shot-facebook-445-2-174x75.jpg 174w, https:\/\/startupsmart-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shot-facebook-445-2.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>2. Conditions of entry<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other than liking your page, checking into a Place or connecting to your app, you cannot condition entry into your competition by the user taking any action using Facebook\u2019s features of functionality. This means you can\u2019t run a competition that requires the user to comment on your wall post or upload a photo to your wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Story continues on page 2. 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