For me, the a-ha moment was obvious.....I had absolutely no idea Facebook was so large. Large, encompassing, social, but with a dangerous aspect...that of losing your privacy. After this segment of the class will I get a Facebook page? No, probably not, but I will certainly respect even more all of those that do consider themselves a Facebook "user". When a friend mentions their "wall", or "Farmville" or their number of "friends", I will now be able to at least intelligently participate in the conversation. It seems like every time I see an advertisement, visit a restaurant or watch a television ad, I either see the Facebook logo somewhere or hear the Facebook word. The other night my husband and I were out for dinner at a moderately upscale restaurant. On the coaster for our beverage was an ad for the restaurant saying to "check them out on Facebook". Before this class, I guarantee I would have never even given it a second glance. So I've learned that the social network of Facebook is absolutely huge and I am glad I learned about it. My students certainly talk about it and now I will feel more connection to their world. Reading the articles about Facebook provided great up-to-date information about the privacy problems. I guess I thought that such a big, successful enterprise such as Facebook would not have this type of problem. Even though I don't have an account, I will probably continue to read about the improvements that are constantly being made to Facebook. 500 million users.....WOW.
Nancy
Friday, October 22, 2010
Nancy's A-Ha Moment
Posted by Nancy P. at 5:18 PM
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Companies have really gotten on board with Facebook. To me that kind of makes it less cool. If you own a business you have to stay on top of it or get left behind. Has only noticed that we can connect our blogs to Facebook.
Nancy,
You are not alone is not being aware of the sheer number of Facebook subscribers. I agree that everything seems to be tying in directly to Facebook and it appears that marketing style will only increase.
I had a colleague attend a conference recently where the keynote speaker talked extensively about social marketing. We have touched on the topic a bit and working with youth it is one that we are starting to use more and more. Many times I find out information from social media before I do from e-mail or in person. Many individuals just post their announcements on Facebook, figuring the news will get out view that media.
It will interesting to see where technology takes us next.
Facebook is definitely a driving force in the marketplace. Just like YouTube, Facebook is able to reach masses of people at a much faster rate than through any other media source. It's smart for companies to get on board with this means of communication. More exposure can only help with their marketing. If a business is running a promotion or offering a new product Facebook is one of the quickest most effective ways to get this information out to the consumers. I think it's great, although there is still some security features that need to be strengthened.
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