As mentioned starting in September, Ralph KI6ZJB, was going to be doing some social media promotions for the upcoming class this January. Here are the stats so far.
In Facebook, the clubs Facebook page has increased the number of people that follow it. In September we had 33 people following the clubs Facebook Page. Today we have 67 following us. The majority are local to the Coachella Valley. There are a few that are outside the area.
We increased form 31 page likes to 60 so far in the same time frame. On average the posts to our Facebook page are seen by 130 people each month. That does not count the number of people that read this newsletter which has most of the posts in it as well.
The real test
The real test was to see how many people would sign-up for the class through the Facebook promotion. As of Friday December 15 we had a total of 25 people sign-up. 23 of those sign-up came from the social media promotion on Facebook alone.
We, as a club, need to do more things with Facebook and Twitter. For first responders, you need to learn how to use twitter and follow the emergency groups such as Riverside County Cal-Fire twitter account and some of the other emergency groups that serve our valley.
