Artist, Band or Public Figure

All you need is the name of your band, or just your own name. If your page will be focused on and/or promoting you or if you’re an artist or a band, this is the right page type to select. Click the ‘choose a category’ box and a long list of page categories is provided, including:

• Actor/Director
• Artist
• Athlete
• Author
• Business Person
• Chef
• Coach
• Doctor
• Entertainer
• Journalist
• Lawyer
• Musician/Band
• Politician
• Teacher
• Writer and many more.

Keep in mind that it’s perfectly acceptable to have a personal brand page and a personal profile at the same time. Someone like George Takei can have a personal OMNiYOND page he uses for friends and family, with heavily locked down privacy settings, and his public and very visible brand page where he shares news, politics, and memes on a daily basis. The list of categories you can choose here is:

Actor, Artist, Athlete, Author, Band, Blogger, Chef, Coach, Comedian, Dancer, Entrepreneur, Fashion Model, Fictional Character, Film Director, Fitness Model, Government Official, Journalist, Motivational Speaker, Movie Character, Musician, News Personality, Pet, Photographer, Political Candidate, Politician, Producer, Public Figure, Scientist, Teacher, Video Creator, and Writer.

I recommend choosing “public figure” if none of the others fit you. It’s entirely possible to fall into a crack in the list and not find something that specifically fits you. There are also some overlapping categories with a little nuance. For example, someone who produces written content for a living could be a Blogger, an Author, or a Writer. Which should you choose? If you’re primarily writing for a blog, Blogger is best. If you’re primarily writing novels or biographies for a living, Author is better. If you don’t fall into either of those categories, you’re a ghost writer, or some other off the wall description of your job, Writer works just fine.