Now that I’m getting the hang of the world of blogging, it is time to reach out. At the time right before this post, only some select friends and relatives have been made aware of this blog’s existence. Of course this cannot remain the case since the purpose is to connect with a variety of people, including parents and guardians of children with special needs, teachers and professionals who work with these children and families, other people involved in education or related non-profits, or those generally interested in the subject. We are building this foundation and resource center for all these people, and what better way than to make them apart of it? And by “these people” I mean you, the reader. So it is you that I am asking for participation. This means your questions, comments, ideas, stories, and what you envision would be at our center. Obviously most of our ideas and visions have not been shared yet so I am sure the questions are innumerable. We also have so much more to think about and figure out. This is still only the beginning. We are just eager to make this blog and this process of building Green Bee interactive and have the wider community know about what we are doing as soon as possible. Why wait?
If you don’t feel comfortable posting a comment or question publicly, you can always email us at greenbeefoundation@gmail.com. This avenue may also be a good idea if you have a long story you would like to submit. Perhaps it can become its own post for others to comment on. The possibilities for the ways to exchange ideas are endless. In order to reach out as far as we can, we will need to utilize a variety of social networking sites such as facebook and twitter. We also need to take steps to make the blog more visible on google. While I am familiar with and frequent these sites, my knowledge of how to best utilize them for the purpose of promoting Green Bee is limited. Luckily this is one area where we have support from a knowledgeable friend, and for that we are very grateful. Thank you!
Make sure to create a Page on Facebook, as opposed to a personal profile. Personal profiles are limited to 5,000 friends but Pages can have unlimited "fans" (although I recently read they're doing away with the "fan" designation). There's also a way you can link your FB posts to Twitter so that any time you post a status update on FB, it will tweet.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as soon as you get 100 people to fan your page, you can get a personalized URL such as facebook.com/greenbeefoundation
One other thing... suggest that people who have a Page of their own, make GBF a Favorite Page so that it displays on their site. I'll be sure to do that as soon as you've got it set up!