Whether you have a public Facebook group or a private one, both you and your group members can invite a limited number of people each day to join your group, helping it grow.
Through this article, you can understand the stepwise process of:
- How to invite all friends to a Facebook group?
- How to invite people to a Facebook group? OR How do you invite non friends to a Facebook group?
- How to create a Facebook group invite link?
- How to invite someone to a Facebook group by email?
So, let’s dive right into the details.
How to invite all friends to a Facebook group?
1. To invite friends to your Facebook group via desktop, open your Facebook group from the left hand side menu in your newsfeed.
From mobile, open the Facebook app and head over the groups section. Under ‘groups you manage’, open the group you’d like to invite members to.
2. Below your Facebook group cover photo, click on the +Invite button that you see.
3. A dialog box with a list of names of people will appear. You can either search for people by typing their name or scrolling through that entire list. You can even choose from the filters given above like city you reside in, groups in common, workplace, to name a few.
4. After you’re done, click on ‘send invites’ and the invite will be sent to those members.
As per Facebook’s latest update, when you invite people to join a Facebook group, they get a notification for it.
In addition, they can also see a preview of your group content in their news feed like this.
This gives them a better understanding of whether or not your group is relevant to them, helping them decide if they would want to join it.
FYI: The group invite for public Facebook groups automatically expires in 30 days. So, you can choose to accept or decline the invite request within that time frame.
However, that’s not the case if your Facebook group is private and hidden.
To invite others to private and hidden groups, you can create and share a link with them (More on this below) only after seeking permission from the admins.
Please note that if someone is previewing your Facebook group, they won’t be added to the total member count. Only when they accept your request to join the group will they be a member and hence, your total member count will update.
How do you invite non friends to a Facebook group?
To invite non-members to your Facebook group, you need to generate a Facebook group link and share it with them on Facebook or across other social media channels.
(Steps on how to create a Facebook group invite link shared below)
How to invite someone to a Facebook group by email?
To invite others to your Facebook group via email, you need to draft an email that tells people what your Facebook group is about, how it is relevant for them, what value it will provide to them, and share your Facebook group’s link at the end.
To create your public and private Facebook group invite link, please refer to the next section.
How to create a Facebook group invite link?
1. From the laptop, open your Facebook group from the left hand side menu in your newsfeed.
From mobile, open the Facebook app and head over the groups section. Under ‘groups you manage’, open the group you’d like to invite members to.
2. Below your Facebook group cover photo, click on the three dots given.
3. Select ‘Share’ and click on ‘Copy Link’.
Now you can easily share your group link with others on and off Facebook.
In case you have a private Facebook group, people will be able to see the group’s basic info and will have to request to join the group. Only after you or the moderators approve their request will they be able to access the group’s content.
On the other hand, if you have a public Facebook group, people can join anytime they like. As per the new public groups’ experience, they will be able to access the group’s content even without being a part of the group.
However, in order to participate, they will first have to request permission in case participant approval is turned on.
If you’d like to learn everything about the new public group’s experience on Facebook, check out this article that covers all the details.👇🏻
Facebook’s new public groups experience – Know about all the latest updates and tools
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