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Facebook Page vs. Business Website: Why You Need Both

Learn how a Facebook business page and a dedicated website serve different roles, and why small businesses benefit from connecting the two.

Facebook and Instagram can be excellent places to reach customers, share updates and build familiarity. But social media and a business website are not substitutes for one another.

Social media is where conversations happen

Facebook and Instagram are useful for specials, photos, announcements, events and day-to-day engagement. They can put your business in front of people who may not have searched for you directly.

Your website is the home you control

Your website gives you control over how your business is presented, what customers see first and how they contact you. You are not limited to a social platform’s layout, feed or changing rules.

A website makes important information easier to find

Hours, services, menus, pricing guidance, directions, frequently asked questions and contact information can be organized intentionally instead of being buried in months of social posts.

The strongest approach connects them

Your website can link to Facebook and Instagram, while your social profiles send followers back to your website for detailed information, quote requests, bookings or purchases. Each channel supports the other.

Think of social media as the conversation and your website as the destination

Small businesses do not have to choose one or the other. A connected online presence gives customers more ways to find you while keeping the most important business information in a place you own and control.

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