Comments on: 10 Reasons Why You Should STILL Be Using Facebook

By: Team Reading List 1.25.08 » (EMP) E-Marketing Performance

Team Reading List 1.25.08 » (EMP) E-Marketing Performance — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:37:57 +0000

[...] 10 Reasons Why You Should STILL Be Using Facebook [...]

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:39:45 +0000

Hey Steph, cheers for the link and the congratulations

By: Matt Davies

Matt Davies — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:16:24 +0000

I read this article on Facebook a few days ago, a quite interesting (and possibly paranoid) look into their security and privacy issues -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook.

I’m still getting a lot of use out of Facebook but the shine has definitely been taken off recently. The combined security issues and continual invitations for pointless applications are making using it as much a chore as a pleasure.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:24:19 +0000

@Anthony A.K.A. OldSchool - It is true. All Social Media sites can very easily suck you in but I always try to make sure my time spent has purpose.

@robojiannis - Part of me is definitely concerned about my personal information. If I chose to stay away from Facebook because of that, I miss out on a whole world of Marketing that is needed.

@ Judith- Its unfortunate that not all companies agree that time spent on social sites is important. But because some people misuse these sites, I can understand some companies being against it.

By: Judith 'deCabbit' Lewis

Judith 'deCabbit' Lewis — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:35:46 +0000

Really interesting and brilliant article. Facebook is hot but marketers really don’t understand how to use it. I love working on marketing ideas through Facebook and think it is brilliant however work doesn’t always agree

I think as long as you are aware of the limitations, the benefits professionally for your brand outweigh the “haters” and drawbacks :p

By: robojiannis

robojiannis — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:26:19 +0000

The recent security breaches don’t concern you? Or their privacy policy?
When you delete your facebook account all the information remains in facebook. The only way to remove it, is to delete one by one (sometimes a cumbersome process)

By: Anthony a.k.a. OldSchool

Anthony a.k.a. OldSchool — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:44:27 +0000

Stephanie, that one of the down sides of the whole Social Media arena, they all “suck you in” and next thing you know an hour has passed. Great article as I am getting ready to start a FB group for a new online brand.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:16:07 +0000

@ Julie- Thats probably the worst part about trying to use Facebook professionally. It can suck you in for periods of time. I try to set actual time aside at the end of the time for my Nonsense Facebook Indulgence.

@ Anita- I’m glad you feel that way. I didn’t want to see another SEO Chick hating on Facebook the way you hinted at in a previous comment

By: Anita Chaperon

Anita Chaperon — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:04:25 +0000

Love the post Steph - it is so clean and for someone that doesnt use it - I get it :o)
(BTW: I know I am missing some apostrophes but my computer really annoyingly will not let me use one - it keeps launching the quick search box…)

As a marketing tool Facebook is potentially a gold mine. It also allows the creativity juices to flow as it is such an unusual environment. The biggest problem as I see it (for a marketer), is that although the audience is huge, they have not expressed an interest in buying. So, as a marketer you would be push-marketing… that is not to say that you can not find a way to target…

Any opinion on why it has taken off so much better than any of the other social networking sites?

By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:19:12 +0000

You’re such a hip youngster…excellent post! I love Facebook and spend too much time on it, but I do find that it’s seriously fantastic for the most part. I’ve gotten in touch with several old contacts through it, and made a ton of new ones, so it’s definitely worth your time, even if you hate this type of thing. And if you hate it, you are obviously a communist.