How to Create a New Facebook Network for Your Business

Facebook networks are one of the major ways that it allows people to connect to each other. Networks come in a few different types including:

• Regions (geographic)
• Colleges
• Workplaces
• High School

If you are part of a small business, chances are you don't have a workplace Network setup on Facebook - but you can create one! Workplace networks allow you to setup a place for your co-workers or employees to connect to each other without needing setup a Group.

To setup your own Facebook network simply fill out the suggestion form here:

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=add_work
[as of 3/31/11 this link no longer works, this thread here states that a request needs to be sent to networkrequest@facebook.com. We've emailed this address to confirm the process of creating a network on Facebook and will post our results when we know more]

The form asks for the following fields:

1. Name of your employer
2. Email address supplied to you by your employer
3. Work's website

and looks like this:

The process takes about a week, but it's pretty straightforward. The same process also works for setting up other types of networks.