What are ways to improve the unit pride in my unit with those on Social Media?

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:34:14 -0400

Are there tools or methods to increase the visibility of the unit I am currently serving in to attract past, present and future assigned Soldiers?

Response by Capt Brandon Charters made Sep 18 at 2013 12:05 PM

Capt Brandon Charters — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:05:13 -0400

LTC Purvis,

I've seen many base Facebook and Twitter pages spring up over the last year. Also seen quite a few unit pages as well. These are usually managed by base personnel and would be easy to reach out to for info. I'd start there and see if you can offer to put your unit in for some 'face time' with the social media lead or start your own page. RallyPoint is also a great tool for recruiting future soldiers. Through your connections and visible endorsements, you can start searching for candidates that would be a good fit for your unit. On the RP unit pages, you can also sort the past, present, and inbound members to your unit.

On a quick search I found the Fort Jackson base paper Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/RallyPoint?ref=hl#!/FortJacksonLeader
Try searching FB and twitter for some of the units inside the base. Might find some more hits. All the best!

Brandon

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 18 at 2013 1:01 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:01:02 -0400

Capt Charters,
Thanks, we have a battalion Family Readiness Group FB Page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/4-10-Family-Readiness-Group/ [login to see] 6927?ref=hl) that members of the FRG manage, and I'm aware of the ability to track past, present and future members of the battalion.
What I'm trying to do is continue to find ways to reach out to the current members of the unit so they share their pride across social media without becoming a "bad" site.
Any other ideas are welcome!
Jkp

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Sep 18 at 2013 5:52 PM

CPT Aaron Kletzing — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 17:52:53 -0400

LTC Purvis, what if there was a way on RallyPoint for members of your unit, while discussing things inside your unit page, could share appropriate types of info on Facebook, just by clicking a Share button? Do you have any ideas along these lines?

Response by 1SG Johnny Carter made Dec 3 at 2013 7:01 PM

1SG Johnny Carter — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:01:14 -0500

Starting a media FB page would be a great start!

Response by LTC Jason Bartlett made Dec 3 at 2013 7:07 PM

LTC Jason Bartlett — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:07:51 -0500

Check out Leader RAKKASAN FB page they (LTC Cloutier) are doing a great job and you can get a ton of ideas.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2013 8:18 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:18:02 -0500

Sir, I am a huge fan of utilizing social media for the same reasons. I am in the National Guard and we cater to the community also and just our soldiers. I pretty much took on the role of a Social Media Officer my company. I created a page and often post content on it for members of the unit and their families. While we are training I ensure we try to collect any media from our training and post it on the site. I also post events in our units history. Now we have additional Company level Senior NCOs and officers utilizing this as a tool. The link below is to my company page. We had to add the states PAO as an admin to control any content deemed questionable to the representation of the NCNG.

https://www.facebook.com/bco120thinf

B CO, 1-120th INF

For the past and present soldiers of Bravo Company, 1-120th Infantry, "Mad Dawgs".

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 12 at 2014 5:45 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 05:45:27 -0400

Not only start a Facebook page, but improve on the FB page by adding

FRG, EO, NCOER updates, Updates with the Army as a whole, Soldier & NCO of the Month pictures, if you type 716th MP Batt. you will be on our page... I am sure there is other Facebook pages out there to help as well.

Response by SGT James McCue made Apr 6 at 2014 9:29 AM

SGT James McCue — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 09:29:07 -0400

Sir,

Of course Facebook and Twitter are great platforms to spread messages, but photographs and videos really help attract an audience. Everyone will want to see what the unit is doing, or see themselves, or show off past events to friends and family.

Response by SN Jennifer M. made Oct 27 at 2014 7:23 PM

SN Jennifer M. — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:23:29 -0400

Starting a Facebook page is a great idea! I have several that I a part of. I am even a part of a group for basic and one of the ships I am on. Try to work on doing a reunion. And if you need an event coordinator... let me know. LOL :)