The RIGHT Way To Use Facebook Invitations for Online Events
Posted on April 16, 2009
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What do you think? Have you had success in promoting online events with facebook?
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Apr 16, 2009
I agree with this 100%. I do not/will not send out invitations of any kind to my friends from my main profile page. HOWEVER! I do have a business page set up on Facebook and I will use THAT to send out updates and invitations to events (mostly offline), because those are people who have signed up to receive those updates. I publicize my business page on my main profile page, my blog and in each email newsletter I send out for my business.
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Apr 16, 2009
Great points, as usual, Laura. Now how can we get the word out to the people who are sending invites indiscriminately???
And on a related note, what about clarifying that signing up to receive someone’s ezine doesn’t mean you should sign them up to receive yours. Any suggestions how to address that?
Apr 18, 2009
About 1 year ago I had great success w/ Facebook invite for an online event, but I think that was because it was really early & people were still romantic and excited about Facebook Events.
Not true anymore. Did just about the same promo last month and it totally flopped on Facebook (but succeeded elsewhere). I did not invite everyone, but did try to invite a bunch of people who I really thought were in my target audience. Pretty much the only people who said “yes” were either my IRL biz friends or people who were already going (found out on my list or via twitter).
So I don’t plan to use it again, at least not to promote a teleclass.
~ @ElizabethPW
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Apr 20, 2009
I’ve seen some big successes with facebook invites, but these are all campus events. I don’t mind seeing invites from people even if they don’t pertain to me, if they are people I know. Since I only use facebook for people I know in real life, or people I don’t know in real life but have regular online interactions with, this hasn’t been an issue. However, when I invite people, I do not invite people that likely won’t care.
Lastly, Laura does’t want a pony? I don’t know you anymore.
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