BICAS in Tucson uses Facebook almost exclusively to let people know about our events. Saves a lot of time and resources when it comes to event flyering. We have over 600 group members (we chose "group" status rather than a page for reasons decided long before I arrived- but it seems to work just fine). Like others, I ask people how they heard about our events and nowadays most of them say through FB.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2318097866

We've talked about upping our FB presence to a "cause" to be able to receive online donations, but we haven't done it yet. Has anyone else out there tried that approach to fundraising?

Like others, we also have a Twitter page but use it mostly to cross pollinate and duplicate announcements. So far Twitter has not been as effective as FB.

http://twitter.com/Bicastucson

Kylie Walzak
Education and Outreach Co-Coordinator
BICAS
(520) 628-7950
www.bicas.org

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Jonathan Morrison <jonathan@slcbikecollective.org> wrote:
I post an article on our joomla website, then log into facebook add do
a "link" post on our page -- which automatically posts to our twitter
account.  Then I copy the text to an email, send it to our email list
with a link to the original joomla website article.  If it is really
important I do the same thing to craigslist, ksl.com, and other local
community calendars.

The email list, twitter, facebook, etc.,... links are right on the front page.

So it is hard to say which one is working.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Morrison
Executive Director
Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
2312 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
w: 801-328-2453
c: 801-688-0183
f: 801-466-3856
www.slcbikecollective.org

The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote
cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as
a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle
Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to
the community, focusing on children and lower income households.



On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM,  <veganboyjosh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does your shop have a facebook page? do you use it? how? what have you
> learned that works or doesn't work for getting volunteers, money, support,
> etc?
>
> I'm interested in hearing from shops or individuals, if you're interested in
> sharing. Feel free to email me off list if you'd like.
>
> josh.
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Kylie Walzak
Education and Outreach Co-Coordinator
BICAS
(520) 628-7950
www.bicas.org