New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
Facebook has reached well over 500 million users. There is even a movie scheduled to release on 1 Oct titled “The Social Network” that tells the story of the founders of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (CEO and face of the company), Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes. Facebook is used by everyone and most businesses promote themselves with groups and/or pages. These groups and fan pages are a great way for companies to spread news or promote their events. For example, a bar will likely post live music details, drink specials and other happenings in order to generate visitors to their venue. Members that join the groups or “like” the pages get the updates in their Facebook member feeds. The good news is that most companies have a group or page. The bad news is that most don’t update them. This article will list the best New Bedford specific Facebook pages or groups. These pages and groups are listed based on relevance to New Bedford and activity. Basically, are they posting frequent updates and are the updates useful to people living in New Bedford?
New Bedford Guide (Facebook Page)
Yes, we are tooting our own horn, but honestly there is not a more relevant Facebook page for New Bedford residents. The official New Bedford City Facebook group hasn’t had an update since December of 2009! The New Bedford Guide feed provides relevant articles written by New Bedford residents. Subscribers can expect to get articles and reviews on local business (i.e. Bar and Restaurant Reviews), “Best of ….” articles and more on a regular basis.
AHA! (Art – History -Architecture) (Facebook Group)
AHA! (Art • History • Architecture) Night is a FREE arts and culture event that takes place the 2nd Thursday of every month in Downtown New Bedford. Subscribe to the AHA! Group and get a reminder several days and hours before each AHA! Night. They also promote other cultural and art events throughout the month.
Downtown New Bedford, Inc (Facebook Group)
Downtown New Bedford, Inc is non-profit organization representing all downtown stakeholders: property owners, business people and residents. They post updates on events, economic updates, business development and other important issues related to improving New Bedford.
Zeiterion Theatre (Facebook Page – Facebook Member)
If you are like me you love to attend events at the Zeiterion Theater. Subscribe to their Facebook page and membership to keep up-to-date on what’s going on at the Z!
The New Bedford Whaling Museum (Facebook Member)
The New Bedford Whaling Museum has changed considerably over the past few years. No longer is it simply a static whaling museum. The museum hosts outside tent sales, AHA! and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra.
SouthCoast Today (Facebook Page)
This is the Standard Times Newspaper’s office Facebook page providing daily news updates. The problem is unless you are a Standard Times online subscriber you can only read the headlines and a short blurb. When you click on the news feed on their Facebook page you will be taken to the news article on SouthCoastToday.com (the digital version of the Standard Times Newspaper). If you are an online subscriber this is a great page to be a fan.
The New England Business Bulletin (Facebook Page)
The New England Business Bulletin provides tons of updates each week providing valuable information for businesses owners and professionals in New England. This is also owned by the Standard Times, but you do NOT have to be an online subscriber to read the The New England Business Bulletin online.
I am from New Bedford (Facebook Group)
While not affiliated with any organization, this Facebook group is generally active with community postings. There are several thousands members that will pictures, videos and events related to New Bedford.
New Bedford Cape Verdeans (Facebook Group)
This is a very active group for Cape Verdeans in New Bedford. There is no requirement to be cape Verdean to join this group, but obviously the main discussion will revolve around Cape Verdian issues.
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