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Facebook Fan Page?

by Joseph Then
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I have a kids entertainment business where I would like to create a 'fan club'. So after some research, I thought it's best to create a fan club in Facebook.

They seem to have everything! Video upload, photo upload, wall updates, feedbacks, join club, etc.

Our purpose is to build a fanbase that is big enough so that we can use this fanpage in facebook for publicity, marketing and promotion.

Most importantly, the fanpage will also provide a stats if we need to pitch for major projects. You see, if we have 10,000 followers in our fanpage, we would have a very strong stats to pitch for bigger commercial projects.


However, I do see some problems, one I can think of is:
To join a fan club, they must have a facebook account. Well, the 5-7 years old kids may not have a facebook account, nor email address!


Perhaps I didn't explore facebook enough, they might have some workarounds that I don't know. Has anyone setup, or know of someone who has setup a kids fan club in Facebook and has done it successfully?

I would like to model them.
#facebook #fan #page
  • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
    Kids aged 5 to 7 that have a Facebook account should be taken away from their parents by child services. You should be reaching out to the parents of your target audience. Recruiting children under the age of 13 to join any group is not only wrong, it is illegal.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
      Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose View Post

      Kids aged 5 to 7 that have a Facebook account should be taken away from their parents by child services. You should be reaching out to the parents of your target audience. Recruiting children under the age of 13 to join any group is not only wrong, it is illegal.
      I had that in mind too. However, looking at the fact that kids at 5-7 years old are also visiting children websites like Playhouse Disney.

      Even schools are encouraging kids to learn online.

      I also know of many kids having a facebook account when they are 7 years old.

      If the kids joins a fanpage, it is definitely with the parents permission because they have to go through the parents to sign up.

      But what you have highlighted is also important for us to put into consideration.

      If facebook is not the way to do it, do you have any other ideas?
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    • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
      Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose View Post

      Kids aged 5 to 7 that have a Facebook account should be taken away from their parents by child services.
      Our friends little boy has a Facebook account he's 7, he posts
      his photos of his family life to it so his grandparents in England
      can see him growing up in Australia.

      He obviously doesn't get to use it on his own but his parents login
      with him now and then to update family members, as
      one of his unofficial uncles I often post a "hello" to him
      or let him know we have sent him a little present.

      He has 3 friends from his school on there and they
      talk about their favorite football and rugby teams
      and how they enjoyed their football practice that day.

      You're making a gross generalization about a parents
      child caring competence based on some pretty lousy
      assumptions of what Facebook can be used for .

      In a polite word ... twaddle.
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      • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
        Originally Posted by SimonHarrison View Post

        Our friends little boy has a Facebook account he's 7, he posts
        his photos of his family life to it so his grandparents in England
        can see him growing up in Australia.

        He obviously doesn't get to use it on his own but his parents login
        with him now and then to update family members, as
        one of his unofficial uncles I often post a "hello" to him
        or let him know we have sent him a little present.

        He has 3 friends from his school on there and they
        talk about their favorite football and rugby teams
        and how they enjoyed their football practice that day.

        You're making a gross generalization about a parents
        child caring competence based on some pretty lousy
        assumptions of what Facebook can be used for .

        In a polite word ... twaddle.
        Targeting kids 5 to 7 to sign up for a Facebook fanpage or any membership site is illegal in the United States. It is also against the terms of Facebook, which say, " If you are under age 13, please do not attempt to register for Facebook".
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        • Profile picture of the author Midas3 Consulting
          Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose View Post

          Targeting kids 5 to 7 to sign up for a Facebook fanpage or any membership site is illegal in the United States. It is also against the terms of Facebook, which say, " If you are under age 13, please do not attempt to register for Facebook".
          Moot.

          I didn't discuss the merits of them signing up to any fanpage.

          You stipulated any parents of children on facebook need carting
          away for being appalling parents. I gave you an example where
          that is twaddle.
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  • Profile picture of the author Social Experts
    well if its for the kids just make like a forum on ur website
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    • Profile picture of the author E. Brian Rose
      Originally Posted by The Freshmaker View Post

      well if its for the kids just make like a forum on ur website
      You cannot make chat forums that are targeted for 5 to 7 year olds. Besides the fact that it is immoral and illegal... how the heck are kids that can't read going to chat in a chat forum???? OMG
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
    OK, maybe the question is a little too tough to answer.

    Let me ask this way, do you know of any script that allows me to run a fan club?

    I rather use an existing script than to create a new one by myself.
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    • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
      I agree: Facebook is NOT the way to reach children. Facebook is for adults.

      Your first consideration is ALWAYS your target market. Your target market will always dictate the methods of reaching them and doing business with them.

      You could try the Adventures in Odyssey fan club -- or "fan list." You can find the fan club (fan list) site here:

      The Official "Adventures in Odyssey" Fan List

      The Adventures in Odyssey site is here:

      Whit's End Home

      Adventures in Odyssey is a hugely popular radio drama for kids produced by Focus on the Family. I listened regularly for many many years and still love to listen to them when I can catch it on the radio (which is almost never, anymore).

      AIO has been airing for around 20 years or so (maybe more) and has a large and very loyal following. I haven't studied their business model because I'm not targeting children, but if I were, I'd DEFINITELY look at it.

      You might also look for children's magazines. They might have fan clubs you can look at and model. Highlights for Children comes to mind. I have no idea if they have a fan club or not though.

      Otherwise, just Google "children's fan clubs" or "kids fan clubs" and see what pops up.

      Hope that helps!

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      • Profile picture of the author Nightengale
        A fan club is a membership business, therefore, just look for membership scripts. Before you can decide what membership script is best, though, you have to know what kind of membership site you want to run and choose the most suitable script.

        I chose WishList Member, a membership script plugin for WordPress. I've been very happy with it, primarily because of it's simplicity. But again, what type of membership you want to run and what you need the script to do will determine what script is best for you.

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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Then
    Thanks for the replies.

    I'm still looking at different angles. I was wondering if I can setup a fanclub in Facebook and they don't need to sign up, perhaps just to "click to like it" or anything that allows us to form stats without signing-up?

    Thanks for the suggestion too, Michelle, I'll look at membership script as an alternative.
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  • Profile picture of the author shousley
    I think this is the one you're looking Create a Page | Facebook
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    • Profile picture of the author Aira Bongco
      I agree with the guys here. After all, parents are already monitoring their children when it comes to computer and Internet use. You can help yourself if you will explore the market of Facebook through alexa. You will see that you are not really in the right age group.

      I agree that you should target the parents instead. These children don't have money of their own. But their parents do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    Joseph,
    I use to work as a children's entertainer (Magician) and a lot of us had fan clubs. I see a lot of them are using facebook now. But yes, it needs to be directed to the parents.

    You might want to try and get them to join a list and then you could send a newsletter to the parents email that is "for the kids". Then the parents choose rather to pass it along or not. It could include coloring pages, puzzles, magic tricks, etc. It's a way to send things to the children but only with the parents approval.

    You can also include places you might be performing: festivals, libraries, etc. If you can tell someone you have a large mailing list it does make them more responsive to hiring you.

    Rose.....aka Ramblin' Rose the magician
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