A email came in to us at Pixel Coaching today stating the following:
Facebook re-activated my profile today after mysteriously de-activating it last Friday.
No warning, no explanation.
I am happy that it’s up and running again, yet shaken that it vanished for nearly a week.
Do you recommend a program or procedure that will protect me from losing everything?
This email underlies one of the important risks to know when you engage in Facebook marketing – Facebook is in control. They have the power to shut you down, at any time, with no recourse. Now, we may never know the reason why this person had their account vanish for a week then magically reappear, but we can mitigate the risk of loosing the data that you have put into your Facebook profile, should you find your profile ever shut down.
There is a process for downloading a copy of your Facebook data. Check out this video from Facebook on the process and how to download a copy of your information.
Facebook does not currently have a built in tool for backing up your business pages, but a third party service has solved this problem. Check out Backupify to backup your Facebook page. They have a free plan which gives you up to 2GB storage and weekly backups.
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You always have such good tips for all us ‘still trying to figure it out’ Facebook users! Keep it up – we appreciate it!
Thanks for the comment and kudos Michael. There certainly is no shortage of Facebook fodder to share
how long takes to obtain the copy?
I got the email saying my copy was ready to download the same day. It was several hours later. BTW, I misunderstood the email I got with your comment so please forgive my email response to you! I thought it was regarding the download I offer here on the site…didn't realize it was related to this post. User error on my part!
Thanks for the link. Can you use this feature to download contact info for your followers?
No, at this time, the feature only downloads the information you put into the system.
Stacey any word on downloading content from your business pages?
Does it automatically download your pages data as well as your personal profile?
No, just profile data. I mention a service in the post, Backupify, which will download your pages data.
Rhonda – not that I’m aware of. Currently Facebook does not allow for an export of contact info for followers.