My facebook group got TOO BIG (18,000 members) what should i do?

Discussion in 'Facebook' started by Clownbaby, Jan 20, 2010.

  1. #1
    i cannot message the members of the group no more.

    any suggestions?

    this went big and fast.
     
    Clownbaby, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  2. bigcat1967

    bigcat1967 Active Member

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    #2
    I read somewhere else that they just put a new rule in - if you have over 5,000 in your network - you can't message the members of your group. Not sure when that took effect.

    I switched over to Twitter and trying to tweet about a lot of stuff to draw in traffic - forget FB!
     
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  3. Clownbaby

    Clownbaby Peon

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    #3

    ya i know, thats why i lost my ability to do that with the group.

    what sucks is i cant even invite those members to other groups now. the group is essentially useless it seems unless someone here has a good idea what to do with a group when it gets like that.
     
    Clownbaby, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  4. pi0tr3k

    pi0tr3k Member

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    #4
    Kick some members? Or euh, sell it?
     
    pi0tr3k, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  5. Theo87

    Theo87 Peon

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    #5
    This is why you should have made a FB page to begin with, you can message the members AND get on their mini-feed home pages.

    I recommend selling it. You probably won't get much without the ability to send messages, but that group is of very little use to you now.

    Good luck.
     
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  6. webtalk

    webtalk Well-Known Member

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    #6
    market products on wall, cash your friends
     
    webtalk, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  7. Clownbaby

    Clownbaby Peon

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    i might do that.

    i got a fan page setup with it as well. that is around 500 members now.

    do fan pages lose messaging abilities as well? im gonna start deleting some members to get back down to 4999 then message them all to hit the fan page. then let the group grow and manipulate again
     
    Clownbaby, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  8. FavouritesBlog

    FavouritesBlog Peon

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    #8
    Take advantage of it anyway you can :)
     
    FavouritesBlog, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  9. Clownbaby

    Clownbaby Peon

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    lol well im trying to figure out how to do that now that facebook took away the messaging abilities
     
    Clownbaby, Jan 20, 2010 IP
  10. stay4less_biz

    stay4less_biz Peon

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    #10
    Dont know if this is possible but hey you never know. Have a programming guru make an application that accesses your facebook and on autopilot sends out the same message to each member of your group. Like I said I dont know if this is possible but worth the inquiry. Im going to look into it myself.
     
    stay4less_biz, Jan 21, 2010 IP
  11. Grobbulus

    Grobbulus Peon

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    #11
    sell it on ebay
     
    Grobbulus, Jan 21, 2010 IP
  12. XTR3M3 XPL01T3R

    XTR3M3 XPL01T3R Active Member

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    Yeah just sell it. There are lot of people ready for buying Fb groups for Good amount. Just give a try or else keep it for promoting your website
     
    Last edited: Jan 21, 2010
    XTR3M3 XPL01T3R, Jan 21, 2010 IP
  13. DuValEnterprises

    DuValEnterprises Peon

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    #13
    It's been this way for over 2 years now.

    Check out Sensationalist Crap! Facebook Marketing Tools to find out how you can earn over $300 a day from a single Facebook Group, this method ROCKS and makes it quite easy to monetize an FB Group!

    Otherwise your best options are to forget about the Group and leave it, until FB allows admins to edit the Group titles again, then you can change it to anything you want... Or else, to sell it as others have suggested. I recommend checking out Sensationalist Crap! though personally...

    Take care for now and good luck!
     
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  14. Kevin@twillooo.com

    Kevin@twillooo.com Peon

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    #14
    i know it suck buts its useless after 5,000 member it really boggles my mind
     
    Kevin@twillooo.com, Jan 22, 2010 IP
  15. robinceo

    robinceo Peon

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    #15
    I have facebook secret software and i use it. I m so much happy about it. Software price is only $6. You can add collect unlimited friends from your this software and can send PM to that targetting member, Post in their wall everything u can do. Most of all you can get huge traffic from using this software. Believe me i love it and when u start u also love this.

    Price = $6
     
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  16. postergal

    postergal Peon

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    #16
    There are many ways to monetize it

    1/Post a CPA offer on the wall and then disable the wall.. so now everyone who enters will see your post.

    2/Post CPA offers on the info+description

    3/Use it to get friends, do the same technique on number 1 but just tag yourself and say add me if you're interested in X (X=group Niche).

    4/Sell it.


    and to the one who asked, you can send messages on pages no matter what the number of fans is, the problem is that pages updates are not as effective as group messages cos they just do not show on inbox with other messages sent from friends, they are stored in a separate folder which is hardly checked.
     
    postergal, Jan 25, 2010 IP
  17. robertnille

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    Is it legal in FB? I just dont want to get banned because 60% of my traffic comes from FB.
     
    robertnille, Jan 25, 2010 IP
  18. ashutoshdube

    ashutoshdube Active Member

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    #18
    Don't panic and don't take a hasty decision. Wait until some good idea surfaces.
     
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  19. doombot1

    doombot1 Peon

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    how can you send unlimited messages. i though there was a limit to how many friends in one message
     
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  20. aliahsan

    aliahsan Member

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    #20

    How i can get traffic from FB?
     
    aliahsan, Jan 27, 2010 IP