[Accrs-ho] Facebook Public Info Page and Website Update

[ACCRS HO Scale]

Thank you Paula. Yes, that would be the idea.
Dennis, I got so many mixed opinions about the private group, one of which was that people would share updates in that group instead of the email list and members that are not on Facebook would miss it. The public business page would be completely different. If you took a look at the sample page that the Sacramento club has that I sent, they post about when they have ops sessions and are open to the general and also have a way for the public to send them messages, which is a great (and free) tool for potential new members to contact them. It would be the same for us. Potential new members could see some photos we post from events and ops sessions and contact us and the public in general could see when we are open for events. The public info page would also be easier to monitor. I spoke with many other members who actually seem like they would prefer just the website update and the public info page as a start and leave the private group for a later time.

 - Jamie

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> On Jan 17, 2018, at 10:18 AM, ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
> 
> Message From: Paula Bursley  pbursley at comcast.net
> 
> A public FB account is more like PR for the club.  It would be helpful in recruiting new members and publicizing our club.  The intent would not be the same as a private FB page.  The intent is to make it easy for others to see what we are doing and become interested.  It would be used to publicize our shows, etc.  Most every business or group these days makes use of FB/social media to speak to potential clients, members, etc.  This is a marketing tool where the private FB group would be more for comments/collaboration/sharing with other members.  In my opinion, we need an updated website and at least a FB page.  I think it is a good idea.  These are zero cost ways to advertise our club.
> 
> Just my opinion as someone who has quite a bit of experience with PR.
> 
> Paula
> 
>> On Jan 17, 2018, at 10:00 AM, ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Message From: Dennis Stokely  dstokely at sbcglobal.net
>> 
>> I thought we had agreed to have a PRIVATE  group that was only viewable to club members -  not the general public.  We have a website that can be viewed by the general public. Why do we need Facebook as well?
>> 
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
>> From: ACCRS HO Scale <accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org>
>> To: accrs-ho at mail.accrs.org 
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 8:58 PM
>> Subject: [Accrs-ho] Facebook Public Info Page and Website Update
>> 
>> Message From: A380Fan Aviation Videos  bayarearailfan at gmail.com
>> 
>> Hey guys,
>> 
>> So after receiving some mixed opinions about the private Facebook
>> group, I've decided to put that off for a later time and just focus on
>> the Facebook Pubic Info page and the website update.
>> 
>> Here is a link to the page of another club in Sacramento that shows
>> what our page would look like:
>> https://www.facebook.com/SacramentoModelRailroadHistoricalSociety/
>> 
>> The Facebook page would be monitored by Marc and myself as a start and
>> would be used mainly as a way to:
>> - Get potential new members interested through photos and videos and
>> give them a way to easily contact us with any questions they may have.
>> - Share when we have our ops sessions and when we're open for public
>> events (the fair, Goodguys, etc).
>> 
>> As for the website, for those who missed it, here is a link to a
>> website I am working on through an online editor that could show what
>> the rebuilt ACCRS site could look like:
>> https://locomotiveid.weebly.com/
>> 
>> Let me know if you guys approve with a reply as if there is approval,
>> I would like to start working on at least the Facebook Public Info
>> page tonight.
>> 
>> - Jamie West
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