Comments on: Facebook is Overrated

By: Tony@Fresno Kitchen Cabinets

Tony@Fresno Kitchen Cabinets — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:33:00 +0000

Have you noticed an increase in the number of comments since installed KeywordLuv? I’ve been considering using it on a blog I own and need some honest feedback.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:22:12 +0000

It is true that most social networking sites steal time out of my schedule and make me a loser! - Mike

By: admin

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:57:03 +0000

Molly,
Thanks for your comments. One of my friends called herself a dinosaur because she avoided Twitter and Facebook – - but to be honest, neither service is where her potential clients hang out. I’m really on the fence over Facebook – - maybe I’m a T Rex too – - but right now I’m working to make a business case for being there as much as I’m “told” I should be. However, I’m open, if statistics prove me wrong! Thanks for subscribing to my RSS – and for your thoughtful post. Nancy

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:00:26 +0000

Nancy,
I got here via ProBlogger’s announcement that you are the first he’s seen that reviewed his workbook. Great article. If I weren’t already inclined to get the workbook, your article would have convinced me. At that price who wouldn’t?
As for Facebook, I tend to agree. If you’d have said Twitter I’d agree more. I got onboard Twitter early (though not an early adopter) and did ‘work’ it as advised. However, I’ve reached the conclusion that I can spend my marketing/socialization time much more efficiently in the ‘old fashioned way’ : getting to know people I’m interested in either through searches for solutions and/or from friends’ recommendations.
Don’t get me wrong, Facebook is not only fun, but useful. So is Twitter. I just don’t think they’re the genius marketing tools they’re being promoted as. Nothing comes w/o hard work, whether is a social network’s marketing potential or taking time to use other, less ‘in the now’ methods to accomplish the same thing. In my opinion the latter is a better fit for me. For one thing I’m long winded (as you can see) so Twitter/Facebook’s restrictions grate on my psyche every time I post/respond. I like to think I’m a deep thinker and appreciate those who also appreciate a longer, more thought out post.
I subscribed by email to your feed (another of my favorite methods of learning) and look forward to listening and enacting your sound advice.