[wplug-board] Social networking

[Michael Loomis]

I'm not clear on the groups versus pages issue. The rather obscure
sport which I do has a group for Pittsburgh. It works best for what we
do. But when the networking consultant came to my gay Jewish
congregation, they did suggest a page. Since W-PLUG members tend to be
heavy computer users, maybe a group could be better?

One idea that I would suggest is being able to embed a Google calendar
so that people can easily add events to their own calendar. I'm
planning to code a web page that does by tomorrow, and so I can share
an example with everyone. Making it easy to get on someone calendars
is always helpful.

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 07:30, Terence J. Golightly
<terencejgolightly at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> Thats a good idea Joe.  We need the Vice Chair to chime in here anytime
> now :)  for some input.
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> On 01/20/2012 12:00 AM, Joseph Prostko wrote:
>> Yeah, I am only referring to outreach stuff here.  Facebook is still
>> the biggest, but yet some people use Twitter too, and the more
>> tech-savvy seem to prefer Google+.  I think if we just ignore these
>> outlets, we're not really doing a good job to spread the word about
>> the club
> Goat connected and joined the Blue Team
> .
>>
>> The Group on Facebook still serves little purpose, as when somebody
>> joins a group, nobody else they know is aware of that fact.  When you
>> like a fan page, all of your friends know about it, and it can even be
>> recommended to them.  I think for Facebook anyway, it is best to go
>> with a fan page only, as groups are kind of looked down upon nowadays
>> and serve little purpose in my opinion.
>>
>> I think having a Google+ page, a Twitter account, and a Facebook fan
>> page is the way to go.  Keeping the Facebook group around will only
>> cause confusion and will hinder marketing to the group as far as I am
>> concerned.
>>
>> - joe
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:32 PM, JUDI GALARDI <judigalardi at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Only that I am not on any "social media" pages and prefer to stay that way.
>>> Why not have one for promotional purposes but leave the group for internal
>>> correspondence.
>>>
>>> Judi
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Joseph Prostko <joe.prostko at gmail.com>
>>> To: wplug-board at wplug.org
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:23 PM
>>> Subject: [wplug-board] Social networking
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> Noticed that we don't seem to really have a social networking presence
>>> other than a Facebook Group.  Does anybody have any objection if I
>>> take on doing a Facebook page (and having the group dropped), Twitter
>>> page, and Google+ page?
>>>
>>> Want to know your thoughts, and if we decide to proceed this way,is
>>> Beth Lynn the one to contact about dismantling the group?  Groups are
>>> fine, but they aren't very good for marketing purposes as compared to
>>> Pages on Facebook...hence my recommendation.
>>>
>>> Let me know.
>>>
>>> - joe
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