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Social => General Discussion => Topic started by: N.E.Media on January 11, 2010, 12:48:43 PM

Title: Facebook may not help
Post by: N.E.Media on January 11, 2010, 12:48:43 PM

Be careful using Facebook to "market" your own site!!

It's very simple!

Giving your site a Facebook presense swells Facebook's numbers, from out of your membership ranks.  Your site membership will increase suddenly but briefly from simple reciprocation, and then stop.

So you gain numbers.  A few.

But then your PARTICIPATION at your site will suffer significantly - your members are now having a blast at Facebook sending invitations all over the place, building their profiles, playlists, albums and all that endless fun stuff.  Their socialization will continue there.  Facebook is a huge dilution.

I have experienced this in stark, obvious reality - twice.

I'm not here to rant.

If you think I'm wrong - I WANT to be wrong about this.  But I'm afraid what I've seen with my own eyes can't be debated away.

Thanks for your input!

I'm not an angry guy - this post is not "yelling".   ;)

Dan

Title: Re: Facebook may not help
Post by: Nathaniel on January 11, 2010, 10:23:27 PM

Well, I guess it depends on what kind of site you are running. If you are running a social networking website, then linking it to facebook might not be a good idea, but for a website like SimplePortal.net or any forum that is not based on social networking, I think facebook can be an decent method of advertising.

Title: Re: Facebook may not help
Post by: Aceprint on June 13, 2010, 10:47:42 PM

Quote from: Nathaniel on January 11, 2010, 10:23:27 PM

Well, I guess it depends on what kind of site you are running. If you are running a social networking website, then linking it to facebook might not be a good idea, but for a website like SimplePortal.net or any forum that is not based on social networking, I think facebook can be an decent method of advertising.

I absolutely agree with you Nathaniel. It is typically used now, they link there forum or social networking site for the purpose of advertising. It is a good way to drive your website globally.

I absolutely agree with you Nathaniel. Many people nowadays use facebook and other social network as a ode of advertisement to their products and services. It should be avoided then or they will just look at other social sites which are capable of posting some ads.