Follr Community Feature #6: Inviting New Members!

Follr-Behind-the-Scenes-290x300Season’s Greetings!  As the holidays are upon us this year, now is a great time to talk about your Follr page and then invite new members to become part of your growing community.

This week we’re going to take a look at how to effectively reach out to people in your circle of influence and send invites for them to join you on Follr.

Let’s get started!

First log in to www.follr.com, then click on the “Communities” link at the top.  (Make sure to create a Community page if you haven’t already done so!)

Next click the Pencil icon next to the Community you wish to update:

PencilThen on the left-hand side, click on “Members & Paid Levels” and then “Invite”:

Members - InviteNow you’re ready to begin inviting new community members!  On the next page you’ll see two parts you’ll be interested in.. sending invites via social media and email.

To invite via social media, click on any of the icons to produce a post on one of your linked social media accounts:

Social Media InvitesOr if you’d like to invite via email, click on “Invite Members” at bottom:

Email InvitesThis will take you to a page where you can manually enter the email addresses of people you’d like to invite, or you can choose to upload a file of email addresses by clicking on “Upload File”:

Enter EmailsUpload File** Please note that if you’re uploading a file it needs to be in a text or .csv format, with one email address per line.  And please, no Spam! 🙂

After you’ve entered or uploaded your file of addresses, click on “Send Invitations”:

Send InvitesThat’s it!  Now you can sit back, relax and watch your Follr community grow.

As always, have fun and we hope you enjoy your holiday season!  And Happy New Year from all of us here at Follr!