Posted on 10/08/2009 8:33:33 PM PDT by redheadtoo
I am thinking of getting a facebook page. Some friends, and I, wish to start a joint blog to promote our group. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
All the facebook users that I know, just use the page to find old friends. But I want to use it for business purposes. I would appreciate you sharing some of your knowledge
no thanks for me! I don’t have a facebook account. I think there are too many possible problems!
I got talked into starting a Facebook page. Now whenever I log on all I see are the adolescent giggles of the daughter of the woman who talke me into it.
For biz purposes... no thanks!
Face Ache Book ???
ROFLMBO
I believe you can block a person or remove a “friend.” Or you can delete the entire page.
I’m thinking the latter.
I have a facebook account to keep in touch with friends and family. If you were going to do a blog I suppose you could also form a “group”. There are lots of different groups on facebook.You could post your entries as “notes” or shorter ones on the “wall” of the group page. These would be sent to all members of your group.
I use it for family and friends. Its great for keeping in touch ..... even a little silly at times.
I am a realtor in Los angeles, and I started a FB page. At first I did hook up with a lot of old friends only, but I have had a couple who have used me to purchase a home. I love Facebook! I do try and keep the politics out of any posts and for a lot of friends I HIDE their liberal nonsense.
I also started a page with my recent sales and listings. About 20 of my friends have become FANS. It’s not much, but every little bit helps.
I have a FB account just to keep in touch with family, friends, and coworkers. One word of caution. There are hackers at work on FB who somehow generate some type of worm infection that gets attached to people’s names and attempts to lure people into clicking onto a link - usually something to do with a video - if you bite your computer becomes infected. Happened to me and it was hell cleaning the infection out of my laptop.
I work for an online retailer. We have a facebook page, we use twitter, and have a youtube channel. Plus we keep a couple blogs (links to those can be found on our website.)
We reach customers through all these mediums. The facebook page is easy...you set up a “page” not a profile, and instead of friends, you have fans. Lots of advertisers on there. Check out the Starbucks page, or adidas, Victorias Secret, Coca-cola...you can name almost any large retailer and you’ll find a page on facebook that they’ve created. They post regular info, updates, and then send out the announcements to their “fans.”
It’s not only companies that have pages. The latest facebook phenom is the Sarah Palin page (only Barack Obama has more fans...she ranks 2nd among politicians.) Just go in and browse pages and you’ll get plenty of ideas and see how other people are using the site.
I work for an online retailer. We have a facebook page, we use twitter, and have a youtube channel. Plus we keep a couple blogs (links to those can be found on our website.)
We reach customers through all these mediums. The facebook page is easy...you set up a “page” not a profile, and instead of friends, you have fans. Lots of advertisers on there. Check out the Starbucks page, or adidas, Victorias Secret, Coca-cola...you can name almost any large retailer and you’ll find a page on facebook that they’ve created. They post regular info, updates, and then send out the announcements to their “fans.”
It’s not only companies that have pages. The latest facebook phenom is the Sarah Palin page (only Barack Obama has more fans...she ranks 2nd among politicians.) Just go in and browse pages and you’ll get plenty of ideas and see how other people are using the site.
Ditto. It helps keep those friends keyed in to the fact that I’m a REALTOR, and I can help with their property needs. I’ve closed more deals since linking my realty website on my profile. Just keep it professional and post wisely.
was there and only lasted 2 days
I get confused about who can see what. I see conversations of friends, but they seem to route from their page to mine. So if I put a comment on my page, does it route to theirs? How do you control that?
I found an old friend on FB and learned she was a realtor. When folks I knew were moving to her area, I recommended they look her up to help them find a house, and she was able to find them a home. If it hadn’t been for FB, I would have had no idea where she was, or what her profession was.
There are all kinds of controls you can set up on a private page. Your updates don’t have to show up on anyone’s “home” page if you don’t want them to. Log in, then on the blue line at the top you’ll see “settings.” Clinck on that, then go down to privacy, and click on manage. At that point it explains their filters and you can filter out onlookers from any part of your page.
Click “settings” then “privacy” and then “news feed and wall.” You will see a myriad of choices on what to keep private and what to publish.
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