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Facebook Page for church event (11 posts)

Topic tags: event promotion, Facebook page

Stan Robinson said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
Hi Folks,
I will be setting up a Facebook Page to promote an event at my church being held 4 months from now. I’m not the administrator of the church’s FB page and they are not sponsoring the event, just providing space.
Should I create the Page from my personal account, or is there an alternative? Thanks for any suggestions.
Stan
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Jules Webb said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@stanrobinson who is sponsoring or putting on the event? If they have a FB page then it seems more appropriate to create an event on that page.
If whomever is sponsoring or putting on the event doesn’t have a FB page and isn’t interested in creating one, then I think creating a new page from your personal profile is the way to go.
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Lukas Pleva said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@stanrobinson,Why are you setting up a page for a one-time event? Why don’t you create an event so that people can RSVP?- Lukas
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Jules Webb said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@lukaspleva if it’s a large event then setting up it’s own page with the event included within it is a good idea.
I’m involved with something similar. I’ve a friend who created a page using their personal profile that’s for a huge picnic at the end of the summer. Within the page we’ve created the “event”—But the event having it’s own page creates more enthusiasm, sharing, and enables us to enlist others to help out.
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Stan Robinson said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@juleswebb, @lukaspleva Jules and Lukas – thanks for your ideas. This event is an auto show, the coordinator of the event is not interested in creating their own FB page at this point. I have seen pages for events like the LA Auto Show and am interested in using this model. We need to set it up such that we can promote the event page to local influencers in the industry and they in turn can promote it to their circles. Where would I start in terms of creating a standalone page for the event?
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Mac said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@stanrobinson the LA auto show is a yearly event. that is why it is a page. But, there is no reason to not make a page. The best first step to to go to the Admin of the FB page and see if they even want to do it. They might not like your idea.
If you are just going to hijack their event and make your own page (not a good idea) you start at https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
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Jules Webb said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@richardmclaughlin why do you think they’re hijacking their event? I think he used the LA auto show as an example.
@stanrobinson if the coordinator of the event is not interested in creating their own FB page at this point then I’d say go for it. Another free app you can use to promote your event is http://www.smore.com Their service is online flyers that you use email and social media to spread around. Because they’re more visually appealing I think they “share” better. All the info on the flyer can drive people to your new facebook page and fb event where they can learn more and engage.
Good luck!
Jules
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Andrea Vahl said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
If the official sponsors of the event are not interested in setting up a Page, @stanrobinson then you definitely can if you want to promote it that way. I think it’s strange that the official sponsors don’t want to promote it on social media but that’s ok – just make sure that they are ok with you doing their talking for them.
You would start the Page from your personal profile but no one would know that you are the admin. They would be completely separate. A full Page is better for a large – annual event because after the event is over, the page will just die off. You can always delete the page too.
But then it would be good to also have an event within the page so people could RSVP as @juleswebb mentioned. If you just did the event from your personal profile or from the church Page (which would be a possibility too) then it looks like either you or the church is sponsoring the event.
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Mac said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@juleswebb he is not the admin of the people staging the event and he wants to create a page. I just encourage him to speak with the admin before doing something. And being the 4th comment, I was the only person that told him where to start.
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Stan Robinson said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@richardmclaughlin, @juleswebb Hi Mac – thanks for the create pages link. As Jules pointed out, I only used the LA auto show as an example of what I’m trying to create.
Hi Jules – thanks for the smore.com recommendation. I will check it out.
I appreciate both of you for taking the time to give me some direction.
Stan
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Stan Robinson said
11 months, 3 weeks ago:
@andrea-vahl. Hi Andrea – thanks for your suggestions. As a point of clarification, this auto show is being organized by an individual who has no experience with social media, and I volunteered to set up a Facebook Page to help him promote the event.
Thanks again to all of you for your help.
@juleswebb, @richardmclaughlin
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