I will be creating a new Facebook page for a government agency that doesn’t want any ads to appear. Is that something I can guarantee and how do I request that?
Christine
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You probably have to contact Facebook directly – sponsored ads are what makes FB free to its members. Your agency might need to “purchase” all of the available ad space on its FB page to make it happen, however.
I believe this is possible, due to the new GSA/FB agreement.
GSA Paves the Way for Government Use of New Media
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?programId=14053&channelId=-26413&ooid=29467&contentId=29489&pageTypeId=17114&contentType=GSA_BASIC&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2FgsaBasic.jsp&P=
Web Content Managers Forum page
https://forum.webcontent.gov/?page=TOS_Facebook
All TOS Agreements
https://forum.webcontent.gov/?page=TOS_agreements
Christine, make sure to also search for any “community pages” that Facebook has for your agency or variations of its name. You will want to ask for them to be integrated into the official page.