The above doesn’t matter, if you’re getting “likes”. It’s better than writing FB off and ignoring it’s potential. The trick is to get something posted that gets “liked”.

I’m 62 and kind of slow at this viral stuff. Am I getting warm?

Since I have a WP blog which is part-public and part-private I looked at some customizable Facebook like plug-ins and favor fblinkbutton by Dean Peters, which can be got by searching WP’s list of plug-ins from the download plug-ins.

There’s another one with multi-language capability including Welsh (total speakers about 600,000)

Thanks for the insights. I might not have done anything about this without it.

However if you can get your 5000 friends to do something that gets you ranked higher in Google or a Facebook (think Likes) search engine or better yet convert them into email list members then, it is worth your time.

The take I have on Facebook users is that, like Digg, they come in droves to look at the tagged page but don’t go anywhere else on your site. they don’t join in. they don’t sign up, except for free stuff, and they don’t buy enough to justify the effort.

These are people with very short attention spans, that’s why they’re on Facebook. What do they spend money on? Poker chips, glttery stuff for their Facebook page and not much else.

But have fun folks, at least you’ll all have thousands of friends you have never met and never have to really talk with.

But then maybe that’s how we are – perceiving the best (most liked) to be the best.

Good to see competition coming and hopefully ‘quality’ of searches improve. That’s the most important thing.

And as Ryan has pointed out in the past is get them off of the social site and onto your email list. That is golden advice! (This is one of the most important IM tactics to keep in mind and I have you (Ryan) to bringing this to my awareness)

One thing I like about Facebook is that it is very powerful! Just look at the power of the Facebook feed. That can really go viral for you when using it for marketing. Regardless, of whether you’re using a profile, fan page, and or group to spread your wings.

And of course Paid Facebook Ads seem to have potential. I haven’t tested them out yet but plan to very soon. And I want to warn everyone about something that really bothers me…

And that’s all the information being peddled online regarding how to use Facebook Ads. I’m certain they can work and surely clicks cost less compared to Google Adwords (at least for now). But in the end its all just another PPC platform. And anyone who knows PPC will tell you it takes a lot of time, money, and effort to find what will work.

This usually involves taking a loss both financial and time wise in the beginning.

Of course Facebooks Ads will work for some but not others. My point is beware of those who hype up their “Facebook Ads Marketing” courses, seminars, etc. especially when they say things like cheap clicks and make lots of money. Truth is, with most PPC you usually lose money, sometimes a lot at first, until you can test and pinpoint what is successful or profitable. Keep that and eliminate what doesn’t work.

I could ramble on forever here but will stop here.

Again, thanks Chris, and you too Ryan!

And all the best to everyone reading.

Sincerely,
Eric Bonnici