127: What Would Katie Krimitsos Do? Facebook and Animal Rescue Organizations

Katie Krimitsos is host of the popular business podcast, Biz Women Rock! in the Tampa, Florida area. She talks in today's episode about Facebook best practices for your animal rescue community. Biz Women Rock! - Katie's podcast Bizwomenrock.com Biz Women Rock's Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/bizwomenrock/ Biz Women Rock's Facebook Group (it is a closed group, subject to moderator's approval) https://www.facebook.com/groups/bizwomenrock/ Tell a story with your Facebook page Experiment. What may have worked three years ago may not work today. Facebook Live is a great way to tell a story honestly and invite your followers into your world. Your Facebook strategy should get your followers to engage and ultimately to become advocates for you. Suncoast Animal League https://www.facebook.com/Suncoast-Animal-League-116178745212/ Rescue Road Trips https://www.facebook.com/RescueRoadTrips/ Wings of Rescue https://www.facebook.com/WingsofRescue/  Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue https://www.facebook.com/MarleysMuttsDogRescue/ Facebook Page vs Group Pages With a Page, you can talk to your audience, and your audience can talk to you. Your audience "Likes" your page to follow you, and popular pages can have hundreds of thousands of Likes. Pages are public. Groups With a Group, you can talk to your audience, your audience can talk to you, and your audience can talk to one another. Like an online forum or bulletin board. Your audience "Joins" your page, subject to your approval. Groups can be public, closed, or even secret. Our previous interview with Katie: http://thisispawprint.com/12 Photo credit: Jessica Leigh Photography http://www.jlpflorida.com   About Nancy and Harold Rhee We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats! If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 About Pawprint Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com Don’t miss any new episodes. Sign up for our email list. If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ About Pawprint’s Music All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Brisbane, Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://info.vanillagroovemedia.com http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton