How to add a newsletter signup form to your Facebook fan page

Published July 10, 2009 by Mathew Patterson

It has always been easy to put a signup form onto a standard web page, just by copying and pasting the form code from your account. Now it is almost as easy to add the same signup form to your Facebook fan page, and let your Facebook friends join your list. Our thanks go to the Return on Subscriber blog for providing the general instructions.

Here's what you'll need:

The Static FBML application
The signup form for the list you want people to join. See our help page for where to get it

Add the Static FBML application to your page

Go to the Static FBML application and choose to add it. It will ask you which page you want to add it to:

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Basically it is just a container you can add your own HTML into.

Edit the FBML application and rename it

Click on 'edit page' from your pages profile, and find the FBML box. Click the pencil edit icon in the header.

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Now you can paste in your form code, and add any introductory information, images or other design touches to your form.

Add the signup form as a tab on your page

To make it easier for your fans to find the form, you can add it as a navigation tab. Just click the "+" icon in the top navigation list, and select your new form from the list.

Now it is a standalone tab, and people can signup at any time.

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To see it in action, visit the Campaign Monitor fan page. When we have our new shirts we'll give a few away to our Facebook fans too, so it could pay off to add us. We're not too proud for blatant bribery!

17 Comments

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17 Comments

Peter Davis
July 10, 2009 1:54pm

Is it possible to put in a “Newsletter Archive” inside Facebook using a similar method?

Wayde Christie
July 10, 2009 4:47pm

Ah sweet - will be messing with this fo sho!
John
July 12, 2009 5:45am

This is great!!!
Mathew Patterson
July 15, 2009 4:29pm

@Peter Davis

I don’t think so - Facebook sensibly prevents javascript from running inside there. You can display RSS feeds, so there may be a way to take the output from the archive script, and turn that into a feed for your Facebook page.

Perhaps a Facebook expert out there knows more?
Lettie
July 16, 2009 3:06am

Added it to A Bride’s Tale’s Facebook fan page immediately! Thanks!
bytejunkie
July 16, 2009 4:07am

this just doesn’t work for me. must be doing sommat wrong. how do i add the FBML as an application? i can add it to my page and become a fan of it, but nothing else.

someone enlighten me.
Pamela Ortega
July 16, 2009 6:57am

Can not find the option to add the application to my page, any idea how to?
Mathew Patterson
July 16, 2009 7:34am

I’ve linked in the post directly to the FMBL application, but here is the link again: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=4949752878&ref=mf
Dumbo feather
July 16, 2009 9:21am

Too easy - thanks guys! Love your work.
acland
July 16, 2009 9:38am

added it to the Spirit House fan page and also added a facebook fan box to our newsletter signup page on our site. So now facebookers can sign up to our newsletter and newsletter subscribers can sign up as a facebook fan - very cool, thanks!
http://www.spirithouse.com.au/newsletter.php
Lawrence Alexander
July 16, 2009 6:35pm

Coming up trumps again CM! You guys are hands down the best web service out there.
Sam Ellis
July 16, 2009 6:56pm

How about on LinkedIn? Is it possible to add a similar thing to a group on there?
Wendy
July 17, 2009 1:55am

Thanks for putting this in your newsletter.
Meredith Self
July 17, 2009 4:54am

I was soooo excited to see this!!! Then sooo disappointed to see it can be used for personal profile. I haven’t made a Public Page for my business since I am an independent consultant I just use my personal profile.

Anyone know how to add a subscribe to newsletter form on a personal profile??
Jim Ellis
July 17, 2009 7:33pm

I’ve just signed up - however, I was expecting an email to confirm that I wanted to receive your newsletter. What mechanism do you have to stop me from adding anybody’s email address(es)?
David Greiner
July 17, 2009 10:24pm

Hi Jim, you can set your list to be either single or confirmed opt-in when you create it. Confirmed opt-in would mean the subscriber would need to click a link in a confirmation email before being added to the list.
Kristin
July 31, 2009 5:32am

Perfect, thanks so much, worked brilliantly!

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