Google Groups is a free service from Google  where groups of people have discussions about common interests. Internet users can find discussion groups related to their interests and participate in thread conversations.  See steps below on how to set one up.

Steps

1. Sign up for a Gmail account if you dont have one then head to http://groups.google.com
2. Create a Google group by clicking on the ‘create a group’ link on the main google groups page.
3. Fill in the information for you group and invite people or automatically join them in.
4. Decide the type of access you want by selecting public, announcement only, or restricted.
5. Design your group! Upload a picture for your Google Group. It is important that your members have a visual to go along with a catchy and distinctive title.
6. Take time to think about your welcome message, as whenever someone reaches this site, they will see it.
7. Now you can write pages on the topic, start discussions that each member will receive in their inboxes every time someone sends a new message, or upload files. These files are usually more pictures.
8. Fine tune the group settings. Go to the smaller-font navigation links to fine tune your group settings. At the “About this group” one, you can change the language, description, and see the latest archive. You can also select a category for your group in case it is public and people who have similar interests can find yours easily.
9. On edit my membership, you can select your nickname, see some info about the group, and select how much read you want from the group.
10. Group Settings is pretty straightforward. Just click on the different tabs and it will show you the different things you can change.
11. Setup is complete

Tips

• Make your Google Groups support your ideas or for an upcoming event that needs to be planned. Take the tour to learn more about what you can do with Google Groups.
• Only group owners can delete the group. If you choose to, then you can go to Group Settings and then Advanced.

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