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Hello Pauline and Adland Help Desk team,

I have a question about how the groups feature works.

Once I have accepted an invitation to join a group, is
there a way to post to the group as a member? I joined
a group but do not see a way to make a post.

Thanks for all help in understanding how the group feature
works and how to best utilize it to build my business.

Thank you,

Terri

Terri, I believe the group adminstrator needs to make a post or event and then you can add yours. I looked at several that were as you say started but no posts were added. I am not sure we have that discussion in our Garden of Friendship - the Place to Start in Adland, you can check it by clicking the banner in my signature.

Maybe there are some others who know more about groups and will come in to address this one for you.

Sara

Thank you for the reply, Sara.

If I understand what you are saying correctly, the only
way to post to a group, that is not started by yourself, is
if the originator has a post then you can reply to it. Yes?

If so, how else can you communicate with other members
of that like-minded group? Would you have to contact them
individually?

Terri

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Thank you for the reply, Sara.

If I understand what you are saying correctly, the only
way to post to a group, that is not started by yourself, is
if the originator has a post then you can reply to it. Yes?

If so, how else can you communicate with other members
of that like-minded group? Would you have to contact them
individually?

Terri

Hello Terri,

Each group has a forum (at least one when forum is created.) This is how you post to the group. At the bottom of each group there is forum thread on which you need to click. Once in there you will be able to post to it.

Bogdan Fiedur

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Thank you for the reply, Sara.

If I understand what you are saying correctly, the only
way to post to a group, that is not started by yourself, is
if the originator has a post then you can reply to it. Yes?

If so, how else can you communicate with other members
of that like-minded group? Would you have to contact them
individually?

Terri

Hello Terri,

Each group has a forum (at least one when forum is created.) This is how you post to the group. At the bottom of each group there is forum thread on which you need to click. Once in there you will be able to post to it.

Bogdan Fiedur

Thank you, Bogdan. Your answer is very helpful.

To recap, if the group organizer has only gone so far as to
start a group but has not set up a forum to go along with
it nor made a post on the group page, then a group member
does not have a way to communicate to the group as a whole.

This leads to another question. What is the value in joining a
group that doesn't have any posts or forums to allow group
members to interact? Is there a benefit to the group organizer?

Thanks again.

Terri

It seemed like a good idea to find people willling to stay here in Adlandpro other than just creating an ad once and then leaving. Being little miss helpful, I decided to invite everyone for the day, see who answers and accepts. Then I would post the names and urls, thinking that this would help everyone in Adlandpro to increase their friends list with less time invested.

I posted the first set of names and urls only to discover when ready to post a second set, that NONE of them have "invite" button. Apparently the default is "disable friend invitation notifications".

That being the case, an additional "Send Message" to inbox would have to be sent tellling them to remove the check mark.

How can we make this easier? To make our community better, we need to encourage people to stay by making them feel welcome.