What's better, a Group or Fan Page?

I want to create either a group page, or a fan page.
However, I want to be able to message the members of my page, or group.
I know that you can do this with groups, but can you do this with fan pages?
What is actually best, group, or fan page to interact with members?

Thanks in advance....

 

Group if you want to message members, you can't do it with Fan Pages.

 

here is both better.but here group is better because if have a group where someones your fans

 

if you plan to have LOADS of "fans" then opt in for a page - group is easier to market though since you can send invites.

 

Heres the differences:

Group - You can message all of your members - The message is seperated in the inbox from typical messages friends send so could easily be ignored. Updates do NOT show up in the news feed.

Page - Status updates DO show up in the news feed but you can't send a message to your users. A page is far more flexible IMO

 

It depends what do you intend to do with the page or group. If your group goes past 5000 it's basically useless. I have a group with 20 000 members and growing but I can't do anything with it. Groups status post don't get viewed as much as fan page in my opinion because it isn't displayed. So now I'm actually trying to delete 15000 members but as I delete I get more and more lol.

 

Fanpage are better then groups, As you can promote your business with static FBML.

 

you can send updates also on pages. people check your sources.

 

Fanpage is more useful to communicate with your members. You can reply quickly on their comments or suggestions.

 

i havent experimented with groups yet. I've always thought that setting up fan pages was the way to go.

 

Good input

 

i think both fine..for invites,i agree with groups,but for promote your product,i stick with fanpages..with fanpages you can get many peoples who interested become your fan than groups..

 

fan pages are way better because of the status updates and fbml

 

Just create both, and see which one works out best for you and continue from there

 

Fanpages by FAR.

 

Fan page imo, brings more fans in

 

Fanpages! In groups you can't send inbox messages once your group has over 5000 members. With fanpages you can message all fans/likes.

 

With a fan page you can UPDATE instead of messaging.

 

i think fan pages are the better ones, i know people making good money from fan pages

 

for fan page, the access is possible for even non-facebook users

for groups its not possible

for fan page url customization is possible.

for groups url customization is not possible

for fan pages we won't be able to send bulk mails

for groups we can send bulk mails

for fan page extra applications can be added

for groups we won't be able to ad extra applications

for fan page visitor statistics are available, but for groups its not possible.