When you are invited to a Facebook event do you invite friends of yours on Facebook to also attend the event?

I encourage you to do so. There are several reasons why I believe this to be a good idea.

Reasons to Invite Others to a Facebook Event That You’re Invited To

1. People who host events want to have a good turnout at the event.
2. Bringing more people to the event enhances your relationship with the host of the event.
3. Even those who can’t attend have the option to follow up with the host to learn more about the topic.
4. Those you invite who attend the event will likely learn something and hopefully make a business connection with at least one person they meet.
5. Those who attended because of your invite will appreciate you asking them to come, and you enhance your relationship with them.

A couple weeks ago, Kristie Keever, a friend of mine who is a marketing consultant and owner of Freshly Stated, invited me to an event called: Building and Protecting a Brand: Marketing, Trademarking & More.

Being I am always up for learning more about marketing and branding, I signed up to attend this 1 1/2 hour free event. Plus I wanted the chance to see Kristie in action.

Later I got to thinking that I had friends on Facebook who could benefit from this program. So, I clicked on the Invite Others button and invited quite a few folks.

Four Great Things Happened

1. Kristie gave a dynamic and information-filled presentation with practical ideas that I can easily implement.
2. A friend of mine who does medical writing, web copywriting, and creates small business marketing materials attended the event and made a great connection with Kristie afterwards.
3. Another friend of mine came, and we ended up having dinner afterwards.
4. This experience was so positive that I decided to blog about it, thus saving me from having to stress out thinking of what to blog about this week.

 

Back to You

Can you think of an event (posted on Facebook or just any old event) that you attended and also encouraged others to attend? Do any of your invitees come? If so, did they benefit from attending the event?

As long as you believe that the event will be of high quality and worth the time of those you invite, reach out to others and encourage them to attend. Good things are sure to come of your invite.

Joyce Feustel, Founder of Boomers’ Social Media Tutor, helps people relatively new to social media to become more effective and comfortable in their use of this medium. Find her at www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com