I don't know about him, but if you feel like writing that up, *I'd* be interested in reading it. Not sure I have anything to contribute, but I wouldn't mind reading it.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Prickly? Did you not see the smiley?! :) I guess my fun tone didn't come > through very well. My apologies. > > I still don't see the relevance in campaign quality. and said so. My > anecdote about ROI was relevant because people here still don't see the > marketing aspects of Facebook. That anecdote was to show that usefulness. > All they see is happy puppy and baby pictures and think the medium is too > "personal" for any business related activities. > > I am quite happy to have a campaign quality discussion with you though if > you'd like. What makes a good Facebook campaign and what doesn't. Which > posts are likely to be read and which arent. And how to engage your "fans" > versus turn them off. But I still believe that would be better served in a > different thread. > > Geez louise you must be wonderful at brainstorming sessions too :) > > XOXOXO > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Why so prickly? > > > > The original topic was "I don't get Instagram being purchased for 1B > > dollars." Then it evolved, as conversations do, to "I don't get FB." Then > > you decided to chime in with how great it is for marketing, which makes > > talking about the quality of said marketing relevant to a discussion > about > > FB's marketing potential. A poor campaign makes your single anecdotal > > experience about your high ROI completely irrelevant. > > > > Geez Louise. Are you the only one allowed to converse and bring up points > > you *think* are relevant? > > > > You must be a lot of fun at brainstorming sessions. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Really?! The topic of the conversation was "I don't get Facebook, it's > > > useless" to paraphrase. At least that is what I read between the > letters. > > > > > > I demonstrated why it was useful, i.e. business marketing. B2B and B2C. > > > > > > How good marketing campaigns are is irrelevant to the discussion > because > > > you can insert ANY medium into that conversation: TV, Newspaper, Radio, > > > etc. > > > > > > Come on now. :) > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Nor were we talking about Facebook ads until you took it there. It's > > > called > > > > a conversation. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We arent talking about poor marketing campaigns now are we? > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes... and no. As with any medium for marketing it depends on the > > > > product > > > > > > and it depends on the campaign. A poor marketing campaign isn't > > going > > > > to > > > > > > engage people no matter how many ads you buy or how many > different > > > > > mediums > > > > > > you utilize. This isn't quite a case of "if you build it they > will > > > > come." > > > > > > Not that you're saying it is... but it does sound a bit like you > > are. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Erika L. Rich < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then you are missing out on connecting to potential customers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Eric Roberts < > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Isn't that what linkedin is for? I don't do anything with > > > business > > > > > > stuff > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > FB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Erika L. Rich [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:39 PM > > > > > > > > To: cf-community > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: It's Dot Com Boomtime Again! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There's TONS of room for growth with Facebook. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But the only way you see that is if you use FB as a BUSINESS > > > TOOL, > > > > > and > > > > > > > > that's where the growth is. Those that ignore this in their > day > > > to > > > > > day > > > > > > > > dealing with clients, are doinng a disservice. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just because some people don't care to post every little > nuance > > > of > > > > > > their > > > > > > > > day, doesn't meant it's going the way of myspace. FB isn't > > going > > > > > > anywhere > > > > > > > > for a long time. There's a LOT of behind the scenes changes > > with > > > > > > > marketing > > > > > > > > dollars, features, ads, etc that the average person never > sees, > > > > and I > > > > > > can > > > > > > > > tell PT doesn't even give them a glancing thought. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And that's a shame, because in this highly competitive world, > > > where > > > > > > every > > > > > > > > little edge means the difference between a job, a contract > or a > > > > > > client, I > > > > > > > > would NEVER ever, put down a vehicle that might help me get > > what > > > > I'm > > > > > > > after. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I realize most programmers could care less ... but I still > > think > > > > you > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > doing yourself a horrible disservice by dismissing them so > > > quickly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's more than just a place to share photos. > > > > > > > > And Instagram is more than just a vehicle to share photos. > > > > > > > > It's the client base people.... the client base!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Cameron Childress < > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is lots of room for growth. Not in membership, but > in > > > > > business > > > > > > > > > lines. That's why they are acquiring new business lines. > > It's > > > > > easy > > > > > > > > > to smugly sit back and make fun of Facebook, but I think > they > > > > have > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > huge amount of runway left and lots of future potential. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -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:349772 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
