Facebook for Band Geeks

Last September, after the reunion, the suggestion was made that we get the Alumni Band and Drill Team on Facebook (FB). The point was made that there are alumni on FB who don't know about this blog, and we want to contact them.

I set up 2 things for us there, which I think was a mistake. I should have done just 1.

I made this Facebook Group.

I also made a Facebook Page.

The difference between a Group and a Page had me confused. But I think what we actually wanted was a Group. It's more of a feature to send out announcements to a group of people, less of a web site that they come and look at. We already have this blog as our Web site. What we wanted to do was get the message out to alumni on FB about upcoming events.

So as we march into a new year, I'm suggesting we focus on using the group to share announcements, and continue using this blog. The FB Page is redundant, right?

Discussions and Photos

The Group site has a Discussions function which is cool, and a Photos function too.

But it's not necessary to use the Group thing I set up to have discussions with other alumni. As long as they are FB Friends, they can see what you post on your wall. And you can post on their wall, and send them private messages through FB. 

Please make sure you've joined up.

If you are on Facebook, please go to the Facebook Group. There should be a link to Join This Group.

I'm going to work on developing e-mail subscription function for this blog, so that people who are not on FB can subscribe to this blog by e-mail. That way, they'll get announcements automatically. No more YahooGroups, is my point.