Have you seen MTV's show "Pimp Your Ride?"  On the show they take a vehicle and customize it, often beyond the dreams of the owner, and create a vehicle that really gets noticed!

You can do the same thing with your Facebook Fan page.  How?  We'll walk you through it . . .

1 - Go to Facebook.com and after signing in to your personal profile create a Fan Page (if you are simply interested in pimping your personal Facebook page you can skip this step)

2 - Use your favorite graphics program, I use Photoshop Elements, and create a banner image to use as your Fan Page profile picture.

• the image should be approximately 200 x 600 (pixels)
• use your picture(s), logo and text to create a banner image that shares valuable information with your potential fans
• save the banner image as a web optimzed JPG or PNG image

3 - Return to your newly created Facebook Fan page and move your mouse over your existing profile picture.  You should see a button appear in the upper right hand corner of your profile image that says "Change Picture."  Click on this button, choose UPLOAD A PICTURE and upload the image you just created.

4 - After the image is uploaded and set as your new profile picture, move your mouse back over the image and click on "Change Picture" again and choose EDIT THUMBNAIL from the menu that pops up.

5 - In the window that comes up, drag the banner image to the desired location to set your thumbnail picture.  The thumbnail picture will be displayed next to your posts and updates.

Congratulations!  You have just completed the first phase of pimping your Facebook profile.  We will talk about how to set up your own personalized Welcome page for fans in an upcoming blog post.  Stay tuned!

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