How to Add Members to Your Facebook Group

The final step in creating a Facebook group lets you to invite people to join it ur group (in the right column) as well as manage its current members (in the left column). Because your group is new, this step is useful to you only for its inviting capabilities.

Remember that if you designated your group as open or closed, it’s not necessary for you to invite people; they might discover the group on their own via the News Feed, the search feature, the Groups section on their friends’ profiles, or many other sources. However, if you chose to create a secret group, these invitations are the only means through which someone can discover and join your group.

If you decide to invite people to your group, it takes just a few seconds.

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Invite your friends who are already on Facebook by typing in their names or clicking on their pictures.

If you have a lot of friends (congratulations!), you can type part of a name in the box above the list to filter the list quickly. When you invite a Facebook member to join your group, they receive a Facebook request from you. Depending on their notification settings, they might also receive an e-mail from Facebook regarding your invitation. Note that Facebook doesn’t send the invitation to your friend as soon as you select him in the list. Keep reading for instructions on actually sending the invitation.

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Invite friends who aren’t yet on Facebook to join the group by typing their e-mail addresses (separated by commas) into the box in the bottom of the right column and click Add.

Can’t remember their addresses? No problem. Click the Import Email Addresses link to open a window that enables you to select their addresses from your e-mail address book, assuming Facebook supports your e-mail provider (it supports the most popular ones). Forgot some folks? Enter more addresses into the box, separate them with commas, and you’re set.

If you accidentally add someone to the list that you don’t want to invite, uncheck their photo or delete their names from the e-mail list you created.

(Optional) Include a message with your invitation by typing it in the Add a Personal Message box.

Although optional, this adds a personal touch and makes your invitation more persuasive.

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Click Send Invitations.

The invitations are sent to the people on the list. Forgot some people? You can repeat these steps at any time.

When you’re all done, click Save to complete the group creation process and then click the group link on your Facebook page to see the Home page of your new baby.