Fb: Pampered Chef Group Vs. Pampered Chef Page?

[kdangel518]

So I have just re-signed after being inactive for about a year. When I was active previously I did have a FB page for my PC biz, however, a number of my friends who are direct sales consultants for other companies started a "group" for their biz instead of a "page" on FB.

I am wondering what the general feeling is of pages vs. groups?

With a page I feel you get more visibility, however, with a group you can make it public and just add people. I have about 400+ people in my group vs. less than 80 that had "liked" my page.

The other concern I have is now I have this group- and I think I would lose a lot of people if I went back to my page- change management, etc.

Recommendations?

 

[Blondechick]

there are strict guidelines about social networking now so check them out in the handbook. One biggie is that they need to be able to opt in/out themselves, so I think Groups would violate this. I have mine set up as a page

 

[babywings76]

People have to be more deliberate in finding you and reading about what's new if you do it as a group. A page is better because then anyone can like you and they don't have to have you as a FB friend. Anytime you post something it will show up in their news feed, so you get more visibility.

 

[MHouting]

People have to be more deliberate in finding you and reading about what's new if you do it as a group. A page is better because then anyone can like you and they don't have to have you as a FB friend. Anytime you post something it will show up in their news feed, so you get more visibility.

I agree.... When I switched, I posted that I was shutting my group down on such & such date. (like a month) then reminded them. I think I was able to 'remove from group' when I noticed they liked my pg... But that was before all these lovely changes so I'm not sure if you can still do that.... But then those that were left, I 'shared & invited' them to like my page and well, I had a few that never moved over, I did get the majority to.

 

[kdangel518]

People can definitely opt out of a group and my group is public so they don't have to be friends with me to join. But I do feel like a page would be more effective... Maybe I will set it up for 2 months from now (maybe 6/1) I will switch over to a page and shut down my group.

 

[lt1jane]

I believe that PC rules are that groups have to be private. Public pages are OK because people can "like" or "unlike" them at will.

 

[ally44]

I seem to remember somewhere that you couldn't have 2 pages. Does a personal and business page count as two independent pages. Right now I have a group that people can opt out of. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[NooraK]

I seem to remember somewhere that you couldn't have 2 pages. Does a personal and business page count as two independent pages. Right now I have a group that people can opt out of. Any advice would be appreciated.

FB does not allow you to have two Profiles. A Page and a Profile are two different things. PC requires whatever you create to be an opt-in, so you would have to have customers' permission prior to adding them to a group.

 

[ally44]

Thank you for the clarification.

 

[raebates]

Think of it this way. A page is a place to advertise your business and share relevant content (food and entertaining ideas, food storage info, recipes, etc.). A group is a place to hang out and talk with others.

 

[chefliz]

I have had two different facebook friends create business groups and they added me without my permission. I don't care for their products at all and now I receive updates every time anyone posts in their groups. It is very annoying! I haven't dropped out of their groups yet as they are business contacts, but I was personally very frustrated when I was added to these groups without even being asked if I wanted to take part. At least with my business page, people have the option of joining.