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  • Whenever you create a group, a Suggestions popup will be shown to you, enabling you to selectively suggest your group to friends. You can select your desired friends from this popup and send suggestions to them for your group. You and other visitors to your group can also suggest your group to friends any time by using the “Suggest to Friends” link available in the left quick links on your group Profile. While sharing enables users to share your group with all their friends, suggestions enable suggesting your group to selected friends.

  • By using the “Share group” link on your group Profile, visitors to your group can share it with others on this website. Whenever a visitor Likes your group by clicking on the Facebook Like Button, a feed gets published on the user’s Facebook wall for this action, thus sharing your group with their Facebook network. There are also numerous Social Sharing buttons available on your group Profile using which your group can be shared across multiple websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, etc.

  • groups can be made Sponsored only by our site administrators. There could also be certain Packages for groups on our website, groups of which would automatically be made Sponsored. You can choose such a Package for your group during group creation, or upgrade your group to such a Package. The availability of such a Package is conditional.

  • Sponsored groups are groups which are specially marked as “Sponsored”. Such groups are more highlighted than others and thus gain more visibility. Sponsored groups appear in the “Sponsored groups” carousel on groups Home. On “Browse groups” and in search results, they are marked with a “Sponsored” marker. Their group Profiles also have a marker. Sponsored groups appear in a “Sponsored” tab on groups Home.

  • groups can be made Featured only by our site administrators. There could also be certain Packages for groups on our website, groups of which would automatically be made Featured. You can choose such a Package for your group during group creation, or upgrade your group to such a Package. The availability of such a Package is conditional.

  • Featured groups are groups which are specially marked as “Featured”. Such groups are more highlighted than others and thus gain more visibility. Featured groups appear in the “Featured groups” slideshow on groups Home. On “Browse groups” and in search results, they are marked with a “Featured” marker and their entries have a distinct background color. Their group Profiles also have a marker. Featured groups appear in a “Featured” tab on groups Home and the search form for groups also has a quick filter for seeing Featured groups. In all maps, markers for Featured groups appear with jumping animation effect.

  • Yes, you can close your group on this website by using the “Close group” option on the group Profile or by visiting “My groups” and using the corresponding “Close group” link for your group. Users will be able to browse your closed group. However, if you want to permanently make your group unavailable to public, you can delete your group anytime.

    You can also reopen your group by using “Open group” option available on the group Profile or by visiting “My groups”.

  • Yes, you can Link your group to other groups available on this website. You can Link your group to another group using the “Link To Your group” option available on the other group Profile. Any number of groups can be linked to a group. The other groups linked to your group will be shown on your group Profile in a separate “Linked groups” block. This functionality for linking groups is very useful for connecting other groups related to your group. An example usage of Linking groups could be a movie theater group linking itself to the groups of movies being played over there.

  • While creating your group, or editing its information, you can specify its location. You can then accurately point out the exact location of your group on map using a drag-and-drop marker from the “Location” section of your group Dashboard.

  • Foursquare offers free tools to help you attract new customers and to keep the existing customers engaged. With the help of “Save to foursquare” button on your group, visitors can easily get foursquare reminders from you when they are near the places that you suggest. This button is very easy to setup. When one of your group visitors clicks on the “Save to foursquare” button on your group, your group is saved on their to-do list in foursquare. Then, when they’re out and about, foursquare Radar will buzz on their phone when they’re close to it.

  • When you want to display admins of your group on your group Profile, then you can make some or all the admins as Featured Admins. An example usage of making Featured Admin could be highlighting the Manager of your Store on your group Profile in a block.

  • group Admins will have all the permissions for your group as you currently have, to manage various aspects of your group like editing it, viewing reports, editing style, adding new content, updating information, etc.

  • Yes, you can add other members to be admins of your group. To do so, go to the “Manage Admins” section from the group Dashboard. From here, you can add any number of Admins for your group. These admins will have all the permissions as you currently have to manage various aspects of your group. You can also choose Featured Admins for your group from the “Featured Admins” section in group Dashboard. These Featured Admins are shown on group Profile in a separate block.
    You can choose to have your group colleagues, managers, etc as admins for your group, and have them assist you in keeping your group active and updated.

  • If you have completed configuring your group and want it to be available for public then select its status as: “Published”, otherwise, if you would like to save current configurations of your group, and continue configuring it later on, and would not like your group to be visible to public, then choose status as: “Saved As Draft”. Once you save the group as “Published”, it cannot be switched back to draft mode.

  • How can I create a group on this community?
    Ans: To create a group, please follow the steps below:
    1. Click on “groups” from the main navigation menu bar at the top of any group on this community.
    2. Go to “Create New group” section.
    3. Choose a suitable “Package” for your group and click on “Create a group” button placed alongside the chosen Package.
    4. Fill the basic details for your group.
    5. When you are done, click on “Create” button to create your group.
    6. Configure and enhance your group from its Dashboard.
    7. Add content like Photos, Videos, Documents, Offers, etc to enhance your group.

    Tip: Our site administrators control Packages, if you are not asked to choose a Package while creating your group, then they might have currently disabled this functionality.

  • A group enables you to showcase your offerings, groups (hotels, stores, restaurants, etc), properties, organization, personalities, products, profiles, services, books, pets, etc by choosing the appropriate category. It enables you to have an effective online presence. You can interact with your fans and visitors through your group. You can also enhance your group by adding various Apps to it and get new fans virally by inviting your friends and your contacts to your group and much more!

    You can create a group using your personal account on this community and can also add other people to administer your group.

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