How do I create a Facebook group or list?

As I get more and more into the world of Facebook, I find myself wanting to create some mailing lists. I know how to do it in LinkedIn, for example, but what's the process for creating a new list on Facebook?

Dave's Answer:

Once you've gone through the process of ensuring that everyone on your list is a friend of yours in Facebook, the process is relatively straightforward to create a mailing list.

As usual, the first step is to log in to your Facebook account, then click on the "Friends" Menu and choose "All Friends".

Now, on the top left, you'll see:

facebook make friend list 1 (facebook mailing list)

Click on "Make a New List" and you'll need to next come up with a spiffy name:

facebook make friend list 2 (facebook mailing list)

As you can see, I'm going to create one called "Film Fans". When done, simply press Return (or Enter, as the case may be), and you'll have an empty list:

facebook make friend list 3 (facebook mailing list)

With typical Facebook attention to detail, you can now just type in the names of the people who you want to add to the list: just a letter or two will probably be enough to bring up your match, along with a couple more (depending, of course, on how many friends you have in Facebook).

Here I type in "Gwen":

facebook make friend list 4 (facebook mailing list)

.. and my friend Gwen Bell's Facebook match shows up. To select it, I can simply click on the name. Easy enough.

Add all the names of the people who you'd like to have in your new group, then to actually utilize the group, go to "Inbox" and choose "Compose New Message":

facebook make friend list 5 (facebook mailing list)

Now simply start typing the first few letters of your new group and...

facebook make friend list 6 (facebook mailing list)

Voila! You've created and now also know how to use a mailing list / group in Facebook.

I should note that the current limitations detail that you can only have a max of 5000 members in a Facebook mailing list. If you want more than that, you'll need to split it into more than one group, and good luck.

I'd also like to let you know that I have quite a bit of Facebook help here on the site and that I also have an Ask Dave Taylor Facebook Fan Page that I invite you to join.

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Categorized: Facebook Help (Article 8542, Written by Dave Taylor)
Tagged: facebook groups, facebook mailing lists, facebook marketing
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Reader Comments To Date: 9

Greg said, on November 23, 2008 12:49 PM:

How do I create a mailing list in LinkedIn? Also how can I send a "bulletin" in LinkedIn without using questions?

If you can answer this I will definitely buy you some Chai!

Thanks!
Greg

Dave Taylor said, on January 3, 2009 7:42 AM:

Greg, you can't create a mailing list, per se, in LinkedIn. That's a conscious choice on their part not to support a feature that many would end up using for spammy purposes. Consider creating a group instead.

mahi said, on May 12, 2009 12:01 AM:

thanx for this post.

lando said, on June 9, 2009 7:10 PM:

I tried this and my list doesnt come up and when I try to just type it in it disapears after I press enter. I went back to see if the list was saved and it was. Whats Goiong ON?

tonia16 said, on August 4, 2009 3:33 AM:

i need a face book of my own

Nathalie Miller said, on August 6, 2009 6:27 AM:

Grrr well it's all very well if it worked!! I've created two lists now but when I compose an email and type in the name of my list nothing comes up. The list is still there when I go back in to check it's saved correctly. Does it really work??? Has anyone else had the same problem and is there a solution?

hans hansson said, on November 3, 2009 4:21 PM:

after the list is created it needs to be saved, so that it appears when composing a message. BUT: not more than 20 friends are allowed

Pam said, on March 20, 2010 4:37 PM:

I added a 'add me' to Petville. As I obviously don't know these people is there a way to keep them in a list just for Petville??? I don't need to see all their posts really

Marsha Eaton said, on November 9, 2011 1:27 AM:

I am new to Facebook. I am under "Edit Profile" and I swear there is absolutely no place to create a new friends list. It does not give me the option, whatsoever. Every site I've been to that tells how to do it has pictures that do not look like my Facebook window and they have menu options my window is not giving me. I work on a Mac. Does that make a difference? Please help! (I was able to specifically name friends as "family members", "close friends" etc. for the purposes of categorizing their news feeds. But I absolutely cannot find where I can create a friends list in order to organize friends into categories for the purposes of selecting who veiws my personal news feeds.)

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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How do I create a Facebook group or list?

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