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• To step
• Method 1 of 2: Create a group on Facebook
• Method 2 of 2: How do you get people to join your group?
• Tips

Have you just found out that you can create a group on Facebook? Follow these steps to learn how to set up your own group.

To step

Method 1 of 2: Create a group on Facebook

1. Come up with an original starting point for a group.
2. Log in to Facebook with your username and password.
3. Enter some keywords for your group idea in the search box. This way you can find out whether it is really an original idea for a group.
   
   Click "Create group" in the left column under "Groups"...’.
   
   Name the group. Provide a simple and distinctive name. Nobody will be able to find a group with a complicated name, then you will not have many members.
4. Invite your friends by selecting them from your current friends list or by typing names in the text box.
5. Choose a privacy setting for the group. You can choose "Public" (everyone can view the group, the members of the group and the members' posts), "Private" (everyone can view the group and the members of the group, only members can view the posts) or "Secret" (only members can view the group, members in the group, and members' messages).
6. Click on "Create".
7. Once the group has been created, the group's page will be displayed. To get started, click on the gear icon at the top right of the page and select "Edit group settings".
8. You can indicate at "Membership approval" how you are going to accept members.
9. Fill in the contact details. You can enter an e-mail address for the group at "Set group address".
10. Describe the group. Be specific as this text will be scanned in a search.
11. At "Post permissions" you can indicate who can post messages in this group.
12. At "Approve post" you can check whether you want posts to be approved by an administrator for posting.
13. Click on "Save".
14. Choose a photo or image for the group. Go to the top column of the group. Click on the icon of a photo at the top right and choose "Upload a photo".

Method 2 of 2: How do you get people to join your group?

1. Add as much information as possible to your group. Add locations, contact information, websites, phone numbers. In this way, any members will associate the group with a person.
2. Turn your group into a thriving community. Allow anyone to leave messages, start discussions and upload photos and videos.
3. Make the group public. This way everyone can become a member. Once you have many members, you can always consider adjusting the privacy settings. You can also always remove individual members if you want.
4. Use your existing friends. Start with the friends you already have, ask them to join your group. If the friends of your friends see that they have joined a fun new group, they will join it more quickly, before you know it you will have thousands of members.
5. Invite your email contacts. Facebook has a feature where you can invite all your contacts on Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail.
6. Make sure the content is up to date. People are more likely to join an active group. Add news, links and photos and videos to the group page often. Respond to members' posts and photos.

Tips

• Be careful inviting all of your friends to each group you create. Take the time to consider which of your friends might be interested in a specific group.