---------- Forwarded message --------- From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 12:05 Subject: Re: [itpmods:14172] Any use?- Posting on efloraofindia page in Facebook To: itpmods <[email protected]>
Pl. see if the facebook icon looks Ok at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 22:02, Ashutosh Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Garg ji its there on https://indiabiodiversity.org/ also, see at bottom > in attached screenshot > > About how to add i think it might be simple just like adding other links > but in this case we have to copy any freely available Facebook and > Instagram icons from google and embed that link in Icon.... > > After some search on google i found these steps to link - > Choose *Instagram/Facebook* as *the *social media network. Sign*in* to *your > Instagram/Facebook account a*nd allow *the* app to access *your account*. > Provide *your Instagram account's web *address. Click Embed *in Your Site* (or > something similar, such as Generate Embed Code) to generate *the* embed > code... > > > I will make our official Instagram account tomorrow till you can try to > add the Facebook and GMail there at bottom on our site home page, as i will > make the Instagram account will also link that in similar way if it works... > > Best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > On Tue 7 Jul, 2020, 9:16 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Found at https://indiabiodiversity.org/pages >> But how to add ? >> >> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 21:14, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I did not find anything at https://indiabiodiversity.org/ >>> >>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 21:11, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Linking and adding our official Fb page account and mail to the bottom >>>> of the website home page of our group-> what to write and how to link ? >>>> >>>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 21:09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot, Ashutosh ji, for your detailed views. >>>>> ..... if required I will be happy to make that ....-> Thanks, Ashutosh >>>>> ji. Pl. go ahead. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 20:49, Ashutosh Sharma < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Respected Garg ji, >>>>>> >>>>>> Social media is very important platform nowadays to reach great >>>>>> number of people for any organisation, i am sure that posting updates on >>>>>> Fb >>>>>> efloraofindia page is useful for group but i will say we are not able to >>>>>> reach more people as there are less than 1K likes/followers on Fb page >>>>>> but >>>>>> i feel it will reach more people in future as our group is getting more >>>>>> fame being largest database of Indian Flora with number of species pages >>>>>> increasing significantly every year. >>>>>> >>>>>> But what i observed in past that our Fb page is much restricted only >>>>>> to the group members or the botanical society, we were not able to reach >>>>>> common public and i will say to reach common public is equaly important >>>>>> as >>>>>> we can make people plant conscious in today's world when people are >>>>>> suffering from so called 'Plant Blindness' but for this we need to work a >>>>>> little more, some of my suggestions for this are - >>>>>> >>>>>> 1). At present the posting on Fb page only includes addition of >>>>>> images of family/genera/species pages to site but we should be adding >>>>>> plants that look more interesting to common people at regular intervals >>>>>> say >>>>>> weekly means the plants that are rarer, or specialised like >>>>>> parasites/mycoheterotrophs etc. along with regular near daily posting of >>>>>> beautiful images of those plants that are seen by common people almost >>>>>> everyday including ornamentals and other common plants like so called >>>>>> weeds >>>>>> in agriculture etc. that were posted on our group by any of member on to >>>>>> our Fb page. See Indian Biodiversity Portal IBP Fb page for this, as far >>>>>> as >>>>>> i remember they have very less followers about one year back but just in >>>>>> last couple of months it has reached to near 10K because of their regular >>>>>> postings... >>>>>> >>>>>> 2). We have some really rare plant images on our site which may also >>>>>> includes some of the plants that are photographed for the first time with >>>>>> almost no images on other sites like talking about my own post we have >>>>>> Impatiens glauca images (A rare unique endemic balsam only known from >>>>>> couple of localities and only from HP and Uttrakhand state) and there are >>>>>> such many other species also, similarly we have images of those plants >>>>>> that >>>>>> are recently discovered/described but their images were discussed before >>>>>> publication on our group so we can just add them say on weekly basis to >>>>>> reach more people and make group more popular... >>>>>> >>>>>> 3). Linkingb and adding of our official Fb page account and mail to >>>>>> the bottom of website home page of our group, this is done by almost >>>>>> every >>>>>> organisation/institute now so if one visit our site they can check for >>>>>> our >>>>>> Fb page also and vice versa ultimately reaching more number of people >>>>>> .You >>>>>> can check IBP home page for this also. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now just giving an example to show how fb page of our group is/may be >>>>>> useful, I remember in June 2017 when this group completed ten years large >>>>>> number of members mainly moderators/pillars shared that beautiful poster >>>>>> and details on their personal Fb account, and it is only through the FB >>>>>> efloraofindia page i came to know about this amazing group and i soon >>>>>> joined this group in October after some discussion with Anil Thakur >>>>>> sir... >>>>>> And at that time i was a novice student with hardly any knowledge but >>>>>> yes with great passion towards exploring our biodiversity, i still >>>>>> remember >>>>>> once i was not able to confirm some rarer species ids and i had no clues >>>>>> that time how to proceed further but as i started posting and interacting >>>>>> on our group it not only resolved all my doubts but also made my basic >>>>>> understanding stronger and increase interest to go for detailed taxonomic >>>>>> studies which i am currently doing. So i think we need to reach more >>>>>> people >>>>>> and without any doubt social media platform is best way for this mainly >>>>>> to >>>>>> reach youngsters, who knows there will be another passionate student >>>>>> waiting to know about our group so as to contribute and learn through >>>>>> this >>>>>> group... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Garg ji i was thinking of posting my views on use of social media for >>>>>> popularising group from last one week and finally your this question gave >>>>>> me opportunity to share my views. Also i want to add that it will be >>>>>> really >>>>>> great if we can make official page just like our Fb page on Instagram >>>>>> also >>>>>> there it is much easier to reach large number of public with similar >>>>>> interest than Fb we have several pages there regarding botany mainly the >>>>>> botanical garden pages like Kewgardens and more... >>>>>> Also i am using Instagram for past couple of years and have many >>>>>> international friends/scientist with similar interest so the group >>>>>> moderators who use Instagram can make its official page there even if >>>>>> required i will be happy to make that and the posting on Fb and Insta >>>>>> will >>>>>> be near similar i think both pages may also be connected. And similarly >>>>>> connecting and adding link of Instagram pages at bottom of our site home >>>>>> page will be good just similar to that what i recommended for Fb page... >>>>>> >>>>>> I am sure by doing so it will not only make our group more popular >>>>>> but by reaching large number of audiance we will be also spread knowledge >>>>>> and possibly increase interest in youngsters about plants diversity >>>>>> around >>>>>> us and make awareness about the same in common public and offcourse >>>>>> people >>>>>> will love this ... >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards >>>>>> Ashutosh Sharma >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue 7 Jul, 2020, 4:51 PM Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On social media, posts from organizations are often for promotion of >>>>>>> their products, and keeping the audience reminded of the organization >>>>>>> itself. >>>>>>> Likes, reactions, views - they serve as some kind of indicators of >>>>>>> popularity, following, etc. It is actually a matter of analysis. >>>>>>> I too am not aware of such analysis. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards. >>>>>>> Dinesh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 4:11 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For quite some time, I have been posting updates regarding updating >>>>>>>> our families and genera with comparative images. >>>>>>>> Is there any use of such postings (except for getting some likes/ >>>>>>>> engagements), as I am not much familiar with Facebook working ? >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> With regards, >>>>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest >>>>>>>> in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) >>>>>>>> or Efloraofindia >>>>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>>>>> species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which >>>>>>>> more than 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>>>>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than >>>>>>>> a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, >>>>>>>> Plants >>>>>>>> etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for >>>>>>>> free >>>>>>>> as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds >>>>>>>> of India'. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDK-HbJOwp5WXeeVC-Dg%3DyZuH2q0%3DsrppE3z8KOcgYXVQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDK-HbJOwp5WXeeVC-Dg%3DyZuH2q0%3DsrppE3z8KOcgYXVQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC2WStbmxHhoX%2BNm2wrC%2BUMdkyAQO3ssk_XuWpu9upa5oA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC2WStbmxHhoX%2BNm2wrC%2BUMdkyAQO3ssk_XuWpu9upa5oA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkfUKvdOxj0T%2BW35WO5ynSpda0yFSv%2BtQOtyTGAGA807DE%3DqA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkfUKvdOxj0T%2BW35WO5ynSpda0yFSv%2BtQOtyTGAGA807DE%3DqA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> >>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>>> >>>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>> species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which >>>>> more than 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). >>>>> >>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants >>>>> etc. >>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>>>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>>> >>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>>> India'. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>>> 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). >>>> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >> 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAKmx7knRUn4mmL-qMhTVgtu5q66yU7FctVpkd__1fjhg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAKmx7knRUn4mmL-qMhTVgtu5q66yU7FctVpkd__1fjhg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkfUKvm2ydTv8BNJBdSew-ivucF8B31NQbcB%3DNUbMAP_s4NwA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CADkfUKvm2ydTv8BNJBdSew-ivucF8B31NQbcB%3DNUbMAP_s4NwA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFATShuxj_g9tdV77qQWN2jj9mJOPFNpnZsbxFtKHae-mA%40mail.gmail.com.
