How to add a form to a Facebook page tab with ShortStack

Target audience: Nonprofits, cause organizations, foundations, NGOs, social enterprises, businesses, educators, anyone with a Facebook page.

If you’ve ever thought about collecting data from your organization’s Facebook page fans, no doubt you’ve run into several questions:

• How do we add a form to a custom tab?
• How do we add custom fields to this form?
• How do we collect entries in a single database that I can download?

Enter ShortStack, a third-party application for Facebook pages that allows you do create custom tabs, mobile apps and create custom forms.

In the video above, I use ShortStack to create a custom form, add that form to a custom tab with an image, and then add the custom tab to a Facebook Page. And here’s the final result.John Haydon delivers social web strategy solutions for “the quick, the smart, and the slightly manic.” Curious? Then visit the John Haydon blog, follow him on Twitter or leave a comment.