Help! I want to give a member Group Expert status but Facebook won’t let me!
Help! I want to give a member Group Expert status but Facebook won’t let me! Last week, I blogged about how you can reward your members with Group Expert status, which is super handy for rewarding members who: Are truly experts on group topics and give valuable...
Rewarding your best FB group members with Group Expert status
Rewarding your best FB group members with Group Expert status Did you know you can reward your members with Group Expert status? I have been trying to get “group experts” to work in my Facebook community group for a while now. It has been bit buggy –...
If Facebook disappeared forever tomorrow, what would happen to your community?
If Facebook disappeared forever tomorrow, what would happen to your community? On Monday, October 4th, as I did my mid-morning Facebook group check, I noticed some weird error messages. So, of course, I went to my backup source for mindless scrolling: Instagram. Same...
Why a side hustle can make your life easier & more financially secure
Why a side hustle can make your life easier & more financially secure Remember that time there was a pandemic and some people suddenly lost their incomes while others had figure out how to work two jobs (office + teacher) simultaneously? Still others could still...
How and why to end a conversation in your Facebook group
How and why to end a conversation in your Facebook group Have you ever had a thread in your group go completely off the rails? Maybe it started out fine, but somebody got triggered, and a vicious social media battle ensued? Or maybe it’s a trigger topic and as...
Should you allow Facebook business pages to join your group?
Should you allow business Facebook pages to join your group? As I hit “decline” on yet another business page requesting to join my monetized Facebook group, I had an “a-ha!” moment. Although I allow businesses to *attempt* to join my group,...
What’s the difference between a Facebook business page and a Facebook group?
What’s the difference between a Facebook business page and a Facebook group? Facebook groups are all the rage, but for the newbies out there, it can be super confusing to figure out the difference between a Facebook page, a Facebook group, and a Facebook...
Facebook group experts – what are they and why use them?
Facebook group experts – what are they and why use them? Do you have some members who are consistently more helpful than others? Are there members who you know will respond (so that you don’t need to) with accurate information that another member is...
Entrepreneurs Guild Podcast: From a side hustle to a surprise layoff to building a new business
Entrepreneurs Guild Podcast: From a side hustle to a surprise layoff to building a new business I had a great time speaking with Thom Stimpel and Tom Fleury of The Entrepreneurs Guild Podcast. We chat (and laugh!) about: How I turned my Facebook community group into a...