Using Facebook to advertise our wedding website and collect addresses

Ummmmm idk. I would just message them all personally. And as far as the wedding website is concerned, i put a link to mine on the backside of my save the dates. www.WeddingWire.com/RushandSarah2016

I don't think it's a bad way to collect addresses. I would put the wedding website on the stds and invites, but I guess it couldn't hurt to include it there too...

I texted people to ask for their addresses and used Facebook private message to get the addresses from a few of my cousins. I wouldn't suggest an event or group message, because I wouldn't want to share my address with everyone. I would suggest sticking to something more private.

Yeah..I wouldn't do an event. Just message people privately.

I sent a group message to the friends we were inviting that we didn't have their mailing address, the people in the message were the only ones that could see the message obviously. all of the people in the message are close friends so no one had an issue sharing their address though. i wouldn't share my wedding website on my main FB page.

eta: anyone not in that group of friends i sent an individual FB message to.

I wouldn't do this, but if you did, I would highly recommend making this a private/secret group that nobody could see unless you invite them in. I asked certain people for addresses through FB messanger, but otherwise, I've not posted wedding related stuff on FB at all.

I would message or email them.

I think if Facebook messenger is how you usually communicate, then there is nothing wrong with sending a private message with the website and ask for their address. I guess you are thinking of making a Facebook event in order to not have to write the same thing over and over again. I'd just copy and paste it into a personal message for each person.

We did private messages.

Yeah, just text or message for addresses. People don't need to see the wedding website this early anyway. It takes a little bit of time, but just sit down one evening with a glass of wine and text away and have your Excel spreadsheet or however you're tracking addresses open while you do it.

For the guests that use FB, that's a good idea. As long as you aren't just posting on your regular wall with wedding stuff that doesn't apply to your entire friends list, then it's not tacky or rude.

I did something similar. I created a friend's group that only included people on my friends list that were invited to the wedding. So when I posted those kinds of posts, it only showed to them. An event would probably work a lot easier.

My friend just did this. It's worked great so far.

Eh. Depends. I always see people RSVPing to events that I'm not invited to. So your uninvited people on your list is likely to see that you created the event, etc. Just send people messages, texts, call, etc. A personal reach out goes along better than people posting their personal info on a Facebook event page which isn't always private.

I think it's tacky. It's better just to message or text everyone you need addresses from.

If you have all of their email addresses, you can actually do this right on WW. When you go into your guest list, there is a button at the top that says "collect addresses". It sends an email to everyone you select requesting their address information and it auto populates.

ETA: Just re-read the original post. This will work for those you have email addresses for, and them maybe PM the rest just to get their email addresses? It's still an extra step, but will still cut out a bunch of work for you since WW auto-populates the addresses for you once they fill them in.

Using FB isn't a bad thing, however is definitely recommend a private message over a group too. First, for all the reasons already listed, but second, have you ever been in a group with a ton of people? The notifications are so OBNOXIOUS lol. Like as a guest I don't care what FH's cousin Bob's daughter's address is, please make the pop ups stop haha. Just my 2 cents

I did private message.

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And then personally contact each person and/or enlist the help of family.