You don't use your personal profile to woo clients, or business. You use a Facebook page. Granted, Cam needs to do a little gussying up on this page, but here's an example: https://www.facebook.com/sumo.consulting
And Cam posts a lot of great stuff. I learn so much from links people post on Facebook & Twitter, and news, that it has indeed become my "RSS news feed of choice". But anyway. I'll stop being an evangelist for it. :) I just think it gets a raw deal because of "privacy worries" and the fact that there's still people that think social media is a joke. Those that need good SEO need to remember that Google favors social media indicators now and if you are trying to outrank your competition on the web, you better look at it from all sides. :) On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I understand that completely...but there is no way to pigeonhole clients > and > other potential employers into a group that would be fitting, while still > continuing political, religious, and other more personal discussions that > I > wouldn't normally include my employer or clients in. So I RARELY add > people > I work with...I do have a few exceptions with folks I have a close > relationship with and they are part of my personal life. I think that > includes about 3 or 4 people. The rest of my friends are just > that...friends, family, and other associates that are socially linked to me > either through friendship, relationship, or common causes and beliefs. > Fellow workers...they go to linkedin. It's nt that they can't see what I > am > talking about. They can find anything I say on the net if they really > wanted to. I wouldn't invite most of my bosses or co-workers to parties I > have, so why would I want them on my FB? Google+ did it better in that you > have an easier way of just targeting certain circles, so I would be more > comfy having everyone on Google+. I know you can do it with FB...but not > in > the same way. FB is Friends, Friends of friends, and the world. So if > someone is a FB friend...I have no way of saying I don't want political or > religious discussions going to them like I could on Google+ with the > circles > concept. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 7:15 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again! > > > Facebook has evolved some, and I don't think you see the full picture. > > With lists and permissions you can have only certain things appear to > certain people, works kind of like google+ circles. > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > I am not arguing with its success...i think FB is wildly successful > > and will be for quite some time. I just keep my social life and > > business life separate. Just like I don't display the gay rights or > > any other political group that I am involved with on Linked in on my > > public profile...I don't use facebook for business networking. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:10 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again! > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > I just don't think that I want my clients or employers in on what I > > > am discussing with friends or family....it' just too personal. The > > > only people that I have on facebook that I work with are people who > > > are also considered close friends and I would socialize with outside > > > of work...so they know more about me. Linked in is for professional > > > connections and I don't have friends as connections there...unless > > > they are in the same or similar field or are recruiters. If I want > > > to know what you are doing in your business life...i go to linked > > > in. I don't want to know about it on FB. > > > > > > I think that the key to understanding Facebook's success is to > > completely disregard what *you* use it for (or not), and instead > > consider what *other* people are using it for. > > > > -Cameron > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349765 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
