Why and How to Create a Custom Cover Facebook Page?

With over 800 million potential Facebook users and more than 50% active users on any given day,

Facebook is the most popular social media website and it can be used to keep in touch with your family and friends, make new contacts or advertise your business. More and more, people are using Facebook to research companies, products and services as an alternative to Google. Almost all big companies like Coke, Target and Starbucks own a Facebook profile, with small and medium size businesses following the lead.

A custom Facebook page is one way to get more ‘likes’ for your page. A cover photo on your Facebook page is the larger photo at the top of your timeline, right above your profile picture. Cover images are public and are visible by anyone. With cover photo you can advertise your business or attract your visitors.

When most people first upload their Facebook page, more often than not, the image size is not the right size and will not fit properly. Here is an ultra-quick tutorial on how to make the most of this Facebook option. Photoshop or Illustrator can be used for creating or editing the Facebook cover photos.

As you may already know, the Facebook cover photo is not a common image size. If you want to have a great-looking cover photo on you profile you should take advantage of the cover photo’s exact size and shape.

• Measurements of Facebook cover image are 851 pixels wide and 315 pixels tall.
• Image has to be at least 720 pixels wide.
• Profile picture measurements are 160 x 160 pixels and a minimum image upload size should be 180 x 180 pixels.
• If you upload an image that is smaller than 851 x 315, it will be stretched to fit and it can be grainy or distorted.
• For designing a first-rate cover photo you must use high-quality images and photographs.

Here you have a basic template with precise sizes of your cover photo and cut-outs. 

See Top Web Rank's Custom Facebook Page for an example

Of course, you can always have a company like Top Web Rank create your business page for you.  Top Web Rank helps organizations build, monitor, manage and measure their social media efforts across popular social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Our Sacramento / San Francisco based digital marketing company offers a complete end to end solution ranging from social strategy creation and implementation to rich application development and analytics that help brands and entrepreneurs turn prospects into loyal clients.