Good news this week for those using Facebook Groups to manage and communicate with your customer community or otherwise for marketing purposes on Facebook: Facebook has just increased the group size message blast limit from 1,200 to 5,000.

The increase makes Facebook a more usable tool for those managing large user groups. However, for those with large groups, converting your group to a Facebook Page is the right move. (Those wanting to migrate their group to a Page can fill out this request form and Facebook should do it for you automatically.)