Keep talking... you're making me famous

You know the saying... keep talking shit, you're making me famous? Well it's actually true in a very distinctive way on facebook. When you post a message on facebook, and someone likes you post or comments, it actually boosts your post so that more people can see it. So not matter what someone said about your post, good or bad... it gets seen more. So if you don't like what someone said or did, don't comment because your only helping their post get seen in the long run. On the other hand, if you do want to boost your friends post, like and comment on it so it gets seen more.

All those celebrities out there know that any publicity, good or bad is good publicity. Every scandal, every picture in a magazine... it all helps them letting you know who they are. When no one is talking, no one cares. It's a good thing to keep in mind next time someone writes something rude about you online. Keep talking... you're making me famous!

Facebook now charging for personal page posts

I have to say, I was quite shocked when Facebook decided that in order to reach a large amount of fans on your business page, you now have to pay to reach out to the fans that you tried so hard to collect in the first place assuming that you would be able to reach them easily with your business page. But now Facebook is offering this for your personal page as well. They have a button now on your post that says "promote" it then wants you to pay $7 in order to make your post "important news" on your friends newsfeeds.

This seems like the beginning of Facebook slowly becoming a paid site which will ruin the while concept of Facebook completely.

I'm wondering what the push is for these new methods of making Facebook users pay? Are the billions of dollars Facebook is making off advertisers not enough? Are they just getting greedy? Or are advertisers backing out because, in my opinion at least, Facebook advertising is less effective than google advertising.

I understand hitting up the advertisers and small businesses for cash, but hitting up the typical consumer Facebook user is just going overboard. What is going to be paid next? Does this mean that my posts aren't going to be seen by as many of my friends if I don't pay?

The big question is, what do I really get out of paying the $7 to promote something to "important news" on my personal page. Lets say I want people to know about my small business or my event, am I really going to make $7 worth of profit from advertising to under 1500 friends? Not necessarily. Maybe if I was a medium sized business with a personal page but I'd say the majority of people are not.

Now I'm just wondering what the next social media site that's going to be coming up if Facebook wants to keep hitting us up for money, I know everyone will be gone soon enough. Maybe google plus? I'm not a fan of their layout but I'm also not a fan if paying for posts!

You can now schedule a post on Facebook

Now you can schedule a post on your facebook page. Scheduling posts is great because you can schedule posts for your business page for your entire week or month without having to remember that you have to post again every few days. There are also several other websites that let you schedule posts like www.hootsuite.com A lot of blog websites like blogger let you schedule your blog posts also so that it automatically posts them at a later date. This is also great for when your going out of town but you want to keep up on your posts without having to jump on the computer while on vacation.  Here is some more information about how you can schedule posts to appear on facebook at a later date:

You can prepare a post and schedule it to appear later by adding a date and time in the future before you post it. You can schedule a post up to 6 months in advance in 15-minute intervals. 

From your Page's sharing tool:

1. Choose the type of post you want to add to your Page
2. Click the  icon in the lower-left of the sharing tool
3. Choose the future year, month, day, hour and minute when you'd like your post to appear
4. Click Schedule

If you choose a date in the past, the post will appear immediately at the appropriate place on your Page's timeline. All times correspond to the current time zone you're in.

Click here to go to the facebook forum page about this

I help you get more Facebook fans NOW!

Hey fellow business owners, I'm doing a giveaway contest on Facebook that you can be a part of!

I'm giving away a $49 "My Accessory Business" Jewelry Sales Kit from www.MyAccessoryBusiness.com. The "My Accessory Business" fan page has 3000 fans and I want to help you get tons and tons of fans too! Plus my personal page has over 1200 other friends and 2 other business pages with 300 different fans. I'm looking for other businesses to join my giveaway that will be broadcast to over 4500 TOTAL Facebook users. Here's how it works:

- 4500 Fans from my 3K fan page, friends page, and 2 other business pages want to enter my contest to win a $49 sales kit
- They go to the contest page and they get one entry for each business page that they "LIKE"
- Most people will like every page in the contest to get a better chance of winning the prize
- I entered my business page in a similar contest and got tons of new "LIKES"
- Getting new fans increases your chance for getting your message out to more people to promote your business
- Even if the fans you get don't have interest in your business or are not located in the area your business is located, the more fans you get, the more popular and therefore trustworthy your business will look online.

Here's how you can be a part of my giveaway:

OPTION #1: Your business page listed on my giveaway as an option to "like" your page for 1+ entry in the contest- costs only $5

OPTION #2: Your business page listed on my giveaway as a mandatory option to "like" your page for 1+ entry in the contest & they MUST click "Like" on your page in order to enter the contest- costs only $10

OPTION #3: If you have more than one business page you want to enter, you can have BOTH listed on the giveaway- costs only $8

For your business to be part of the giveaway:
- Send correct payment through www.paypal.com to liquidreddesign@gmail.com
- Mention which option you are choosing
- In the message box, write in the Facebook URL for your Facebook business page

Be sure to enter your business now and try it out, the cost of entering your business in this type of giveaway may increase at a later date.

The contest starts on May 1st, 2012 and goes until May 15th, 2012 (2 weeks!). You may send your payment for this at any time from now until the end of the contest but the earlier your business is entered, the more fans you will get, so enter your business page now!

If you have any questions, you can email "myaccessorybusiness AT gmail.com" or message me on Facebook.

-Megan