Comments on: Free Live Training Facebook for Small Business http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MariSmith http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411634 MariSmith Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:57:32 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411634 Just a quick correction - Facebook user count is over 350 million and Twitter is closer to 50 million! :) Definitely exciting times for marketers! :) Just a quick correction – Facebook user count is over 350 million and Twitter is closer to 50 million! :) Definitely exciting times for marketers! :)

]]> By: MariSmith http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411635 MariSmith Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:56:17 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411635 Thanks again for the opportunity to contribute to today's Facebook webinar, John! You're a true pro - really well organized, paced and you managed to glean a ton of valuable info from all three of us panelists. We might just have to come back for an encore. lol! Thanks again for the opportunity to contribute to today's Facebook webinar, John! You're a true pro – really well organized, paced and you managed to glean a ton of valuable info from all three of us panelists. We might just have to come back for an encore. lol!

]]> By: randyciafre http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411627 randyciafre Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:05:47 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411627 I am looking forward to getting below the surface of Facebook, putting it to work for my small business and watch if flourish. I am looking forward to getting below the surface of Facebook, putting it to work for my small business and watch if flourish.

]]> By: SuppliesGuys http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411561 SuppliesGuys Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:14:27 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411561 What a great concept. Thank you Duct Tape Marketing for putting this on and showing SB owners the benefits that marketing their business on Facebook can provide! It's also nice to see the reactions from the participants who are looking to use social technology to develop brand awareness & further connect with customers. If there was an inspired button, we'd be pressing it! What a great concept. Thank you Duct Tape Marketing for putting this on and showing SB owners the benefits that marketing their business on Facebook can provide! It's also nice to see the reactions from the participants who are looking to use social technology to develop brand awareness & further connect with customers. If there was an inspired button, we'd be pressing it!

]]> By: Michelle Steiner http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411383 Michelle Steiner Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:41:15 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411383 I just registered for this training. I started using Facebook last year as a way to promote my business, and I'm looking forward to learning more tricks and tips! I just registered for this training. I started using Facebook last year as a way to promote my business, and I'm looking forward to learning more tricks and tips!

]]> By: Shawn http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411377 Shawn Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:24:11 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411377 Looking forward to it. Looking forward to it.

]]> By: Dr. Marc Kossmann http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411374 Dr. Marc Kossmann Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411374 I absolutely could not agree more. Trust is a precious commodity in life and on the web. Unfortunately, it is one that many people don't take the time to cultivate. Just because you have amassed a few thousand "friends" on FB does not mean they are listening to you. If you have not invested in building the relationships with the kind of value and "awareness sharing" that you are talking about, then you have probably been turned off in most of those "friend's" feeds. People flock to social media sites because they want to be "in" on the good stuff and connected to people they care about. Most people (myself included) are quickly annoyed by people pushing product on FB. If that is your approach, make sure your ad is in the right hand column as an ad. People don't really mind a valid ad. It's expected. Putting your blatant ad in the news feed is an obvious and clumsy Trojan horse. It's why I love my DVR and the ability to fast forward through the commercials. I'm there to watch my movie and you are intruding into my mind. Even if your message sticks, I am going to resent you. Is that what you want the basis of our relationship to be? Share with me something really good, really cool, or of real value - well now I am very glad that our paths have crossed on this virtual highway. Now I am not bothered by the fact that there is a price. But I have to say there is something almost creepy about the way intention can be communicated subtly in your words. Write your message with the intention to GET and it just plain comes across. Write your message with the intent to GIVE and that comes across just as clearly. How you feel while you write is much more important that most people realize.<br><br>Dr. Marc Kossmann<br><a href="http://www.PersonalSuccessMarketing.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.PersonalSuccessMarketing.com</a> I absolutely could not agree more. Trust is a precious commodity in life and on the web. Unfortunately, it is one that many people don't take the time to cultivate. Just because you have amassed a few thousand “friends” on FB does not mean they are listening to you. If you have not invested in building the relationships with the kind of value and “awareness sharing” that you are talking about, then you have probably been turned off in most of those “friend's” feeds. People flock to social media sites because they want to be “in” on the good stuff and connected to people they care about. Most people (myself included) are quickly annoyed by people pushing product on FB. If that is your approach, make sure your ad is in the right hand column as an ad. People don't really mind a valid ad. It's expected. Putting your blatant ad in the news feed is an obvious and clumsy Trojan horse. It's why I love my DVR and the ability to fast forward through the commercials. I'm there to watch my movie and you are intruding into my mind. Even if your message sticks, I am going to resent you. Is that what you want the basis of our relationship to be? Share with me something really good, really cool, or of real value – well now I am very glad that our paths have crossed on this virtual highway. Now I am not bothered by the fact that there is a price. But I have to say there is something almost creepy about the way intention can be communicated subtly in your words. Write your message with the intention to GET and it just plain comes across. Write your message with the intent to GIVE and that comes across just as clearly. How you feel while you write is much more important that most people realize.

Dr. Marc Kossmann
http://www.PersonalSuccessMarketing.com

]]> By: ducttape http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/01/07/free-live-training-facebook-for-small-business/#comment-411373 ducttape Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:18:55 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=4894#comment-411373 Marc - I often say that all the social media platforms are best used to create awareness about great content you have back at your hub or main web site. If you use it this way, you can promote all you like, because all you are promoting is something of value that usually free and drives home the point that you are an expert. That's when the sales process kicks in after the know, like and trust process is complete. Marc – I often say that all the social media platforms are best used to create awareness about great content you have back at your hub or main web site. If you use it this way, you can promote all you like, because all you are promoting is something of value that usually free and drives home the point that you are an expert. That's when the sales process kicks in after the know, like and trust process is complete.

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