Karen Kefauver is Santa Cruz's leading expert in social media, and she brought her knowledge to a gathering of nearly 30 business leaders this week at the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce "Caffeineighted" series.
The marketing opportunities of Facebook are many, and the growing social media site is still increasing its usefulness particularly by those interested in marketing their services.
Kefauver, pictured here at left, offered a ton of hints -- many of which are on her Facebook business page or on her web home page at KarenKefauver.com
Highly recommended for those interested in using Facebook for marketing.
That said, I still have reservations about the use of Facebook in that way. Is that really what we envisioned when we first signed up? Or is everything and every connection about marketing these days?
Karen did offer up a number of strategies to keep from pissing off your Facebook friends and viewers. Sadly, there are a lot of folks who don't pay attention to her warnings. "It's about content, not advertising," she advised.
Still, when I sign on to Facebook I'm more interested in whether my old friends are now grandparents or whether they have something funny to say. Frankly, I'd just as soon not be marketed at.
I wonder how many people feel the same way. It'd be great to start a discussion Click on the "comment" tag below to weigh in.
In the meantime, I'm not sure whether to post this -- or any items here -- to my Facebook page. Any thoughts?
