In what ways does ReverbNation sync with Facebook fans and likes?

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To add fans to your ReverbNation account you will need to sync your Facebook 'Musician/Band' page to your ReverbNation profile. To get to the Social Sync section of your profile first select Account from your User Menu:



Then select the Social Sync tab and click the Sync to Facebook Page button:



Please be sure to sync your 'Musician/Band' page and not your personal Timeline if you would like to add your fans:



If you are not sure if you have a Musican/Band page or a personal Timeline page here is an easy way to check: View your band's Facebook page while logged out of Facebook. Which of the two buttons below do you see?



If you see the 'Like' button, this means that you have a band page. If you see the 'Add Friend' button, this means that you have a personal profile and will need to create a band page in order to add My Band.

To add a Facebook band page click here: Add a Musician/Band Page

Once you have synced your Facebook Musician/Band page ReverbNation will automatically update your stats approximately every 24 hours.

If you would like to manually refresh the fan counts for synced pages simply click the link labeled click here to refresh them at the bottom of the Social Sync page:



Want to add ReverbNation apps to your Facebook Musician/Band page?



Click here: ReverbNation My Band Apps

"Like" counts are controlled entirely by Facebook -- we just displaying the data they give us. We've seen "Like" counts drop and they usually recover not long after. If your song counts do not recover give Facebook support a shout. Unfortunately since this is a Facebook metric there is nothing we can do to restore the number if it does not come back. If your ReverbNation page is displaying a different number of "Likes" then you see displayed on your Facebook Musician/Band page try the above manual update. If you still do not see the same number on both pages please let us know and we will look into it for you.

Please note that permissions are granted on a per user basis, not a per page basis. It's a Facebook limitation that we cannot request permission just for a single page. Because of this even if you are only syncing your Musician/Band page Facebook will require you to first accept permissions from any 3rd party website (in this case that would be us here at ReverbNation) for your personal account before you can sync a Facebook page of any kind (musician/band, record label, business, etc).

With that said, ReverbNation does not take any action on any pages for which you have not installed a ReverbNation app. Granting Manage Pages permission is required in order for us to do certain things like add the app to your page, set the app position, and connect using social sync, to import your FB fan numbers into your fan count on ReverbNation.

For info on updating your share settings click here: Share/Notification Settings

I hope that helps!

Thanks!