• The main reason is that profiles are meant for use by individuals only. Facebook can, however unlikely they are to do it, delete your businesses Profile Page, as it breaches its Terms of Use.
• The next main reason is that search engines, like google, don't always index Profile's whereas they do for Business pages. This could mean that all your hard work creating a presence on Facebook could be going to waste.
• Another major factor is that buisiness pages don't suffer from the same clutter that personal pages often can.

If you, like thousands of people out there, have inadvertantly set up a Facebook Profile for your business, instead of the recommended Facebook Business Page, don't panic, help is here. Many people realise this mistake only when the reach the Facebook limit of 5,000 friends. If you are in the lucky position to be approaching 5,000 friends, don't immediately rush into creating another Profile or a new Business Page, as this only complicates matters, leaving you with multiple accounts to update.

The solution you really want is to convert your facebook profile into a facebook business page. This in turn converts all your existing friends into fans of your brand new page. The biggest disadvantage is that not other information is brought across. This can however be gotten around by downloading a copy of your account before carrying out the conversion.You can then, in turn, upload your photos and start posting again.