11 Nov Social Chatter Episode 317: Facebook Group Tools, Building A Community For the Metaverse Christian Karasiewicz | Christian Karasiewicz, Facebook Groups, Facebook News, Sara Munro, Social media marketing talk show, Social media news, social media news 2021 | Facebook, Social Chatter, Social Media Marketing | 0 ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail55 SharesShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail55 Shares Welcome to the 317th episode of Social Chatter, the longest running social media marketing talk show. In addition to covering the latest breaking social media news, this article will focus on social media news from this past week, including Facebook Group Tools to help you build a community. If you're new to Social Chatter, you can also read, watch or listen on our blog, YouTube channel or Alexa Flash Briefing. If you missed our last episode of our social media marketing talk show, we discussed the Metaverse from Meta, Facebook's parent company. Let's see what's new in social media this week with, Christian Karasiewicz and Sara Munro. Social Chatter: Social Media Marketing Talk Show - Episode 317 Facebook Group Tools, How Can They Help You Build An Engaged Community? This week, we're talking about Facebook Group Tools from Facebook. Over the next year, Facebook has been building Facebook Groups by adding new features to keep them sticky. This way your members are returning again and again. Recently, they launched Group Experts, as a way to reward your most loyal members with badges and denotations. Now they're expanding Groups even further with an assortment of Group tools. #Facebook Groups are adding new tools to empower your community, including feature sets, easier ways to post, community awards, community chats, paid subgroups and much more!#SocialChatter #SocialMedia #SocialMediaNews #FacebookNews https://t.co/s4qYfCnZ7q pic.twitter.com/4suIBMC0Cj — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) November 4, 2021 This collection of Facebook Group Tools includes features such as community awards, subgroups, community chats and more. Here's a look at them. Community awards - encourage engagement, demonstrate the best content from members. Subgroups - create subgroups within existing Facebook Groups. Think beginner, intermediate and advanced subgroups! Custom greeting message - share group rules new members will automatically receive when they join, no more pinned posts. Community chats - create a chat for admins and moderators to communicate. No additional "moderator" Facebook Group. Admin assist - give personalized suggestions when managing your Groups. Feature sets - create select preset collections of post formats, badges, admin tools and more and enable with one click for a group. Customize the colors, post backgrounds and fonts in groups. Reduce scrolling - Facebook Group tools are adding a new posting button that follows members down the page. Facebook Group shops - easily sell merchandise to group members. Paid subgroups - create subscriptions for members to sustain your community. Community fundraisers - raise money through group projects An official voice - Facebook Groups and Pages can use an official voice with new moderation tools. When Are New Facebook Group Tools Available? These new tools will start to roll out over the next year. Will Facebook Group Tools Part of the Metaverse? We think so. The Metaverse is an additional place where people can connect. The new experience that they are bringing to Groups suggests that their goal will be to then move your communities easily into the Metaverse when Meta has it ready. By building a strong community now, this will make it easier for you to move your members into the Metaverse at some point. Why Facebook Group Tools Matter For Your Business We're excited about the potential that this collection of Facebook Group Tools offers you. They make it easier for you to begin building an engaged community in your Group with powerful new tools. We suspect that over time, your groups will move into the Metaverse, so if you have an engaged Group, you can simply migrate them into the virtual space that is being created. Related Facebook Articles How to use Reels on Facebook Must-have Facebook Live Video Tools Facebook Live Tools for the web Meta is testing retail stores for selling VR, AR tools and gear Other Social Media News Mentioned Here are some additional social media news topics that we covered on our weekly live social media marketing talk show that are worth checking out. Undo tweets with a Twitter Blue subscription. Twitter is adding visual tools when including photos and clips to tweets. You can now try-on clothing with the Snapchat gift shop lens. Clubhouse has added room recordings and improved analytics. When sharing Instagram posts to Twitter, you'll now see a preview rather than just a link. Spotify is launching video podcasts. Tool of the week: Start Page from Buffer. Wrap-up To sum it up this week, we discussed powerful Facebook Group tools, including community chat, community awards, along with subgroups so that you can charge members. If you have any additional questions about these new tools for managing your Facebook Groups more effectively, please share them with us in the comments below. To watch next week's episode of Social Chatter, your weekly social media marketing talk show, tune-in to our YouTube channel or watch on Facebook to learn about the latest breaking social media news from this week!About The Author Christian Karasiewicz Founder, Social Chefs Founder and CEO of Social Chefs, a digital marketing agency. I host two shows, #SocialChatter, the industries longest running social media marketing talk show and Social Snacks, 5 minute or less social media marketing tutorials. ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail55 Shares
