Sending a global facebook message

[BobGW]

Hi,

This is really a social media question, hoping you can help.

We have 2 facebook sites that we are going to delete. One is a group and one is a page. Here they are:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/NLP-Institute-of-California/101752159860852?ref=ts

and

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90698249783

How do we send a message to all people in both groups all at once letting them know of our new facebook page that we're making?

We're also concerned that people will get 2 emails that are subscribed to both sites to be deleted..

Thanks!

[frank-244375]

My advice would be not to delete both pages immediately to put a count down warning on each page, with regular updates, for example, THIS PAGE WILL NO LONGER BE ACTIVE IN 10 DAYS please come over to our new page to continue receiving information. then you leave like a final this page is closed post again redirecting to the new pages, and finally i would delete after a couple of weeks... I know it's extra work, but people don't always read their e-mails especially those who receive thousands a day, you will find all your active members will get the notice, and that's really the majority that matters, right?

[BobGW]

These facebook accounts are very inactive, last posts were like last May. Does your answer still apply?

[jennita]

I think this is a great idea in general. Let people know in several different ways that you're moving the page. Adding a message to the page, plus a status update will let your "like"ers know in the app.

[jennita]

Bob,

Since you don't have a lot of "likes" plus the page has been inactive for so long, I'm not sure you're going to get much traction by emailing everyone. I also don't think it will hurt anything. I know... real helpful right? If you do send an email, I would suggest making sure that you call out the name of the group or page specifically so if they do get two emails, they see it's because they belong to both.

As Frank mentions, it's also good to add info about moving the pages right on the page itself. That might get people's attention more than anything.

Hope this helps!

Jen