If Facebook is dead...

There are many social networking sites which are for online marketers, just search for them on Google.

Hello santosantinie I think after Facebook, Google+ is the best social media and on number 3 Twitter and LinkedIn.

If the facebook is dead,

the name will change to

DeadBook .com

Facebook isn't dead, you just don't utilize it correctly. The problem isn't that things are "dead" just people have no clue how to use them, a lot like press releases.

Hi,
I believe that Google+ has an important role because it is the social network of Google (as far as ranking is concerned).
As far as networking is concernend, I am not sure Google+ could replace Facebook!

Face book was never intended for marketers, we say a method to utilize social networking for online marketing purposes and took advantage of it. All things change you just have to adapt your strategies to the perceived change.

Instead of FB, I'd go to LinkedIn.

Facebook is still one of the top 3 Internet destinations in the world.

Slowed growth or dismal growth does not change that fact...

With this kind of reasoning, maybe I ought to boot my girlfriend when she turns 30, because she is closer to dead than she was when I met her... :rolleyes:

There are lots of networking sites if Facebook would be dead. You can go to Google +, Linkedln, Pinterest, Twitter etc. Just Google them but I’m hoping not to hear the word “deadbook.com” in the future.

If Facebook is not Facebook, there will still be other social networking sites which can be the platform for marketing, Google+ for an instance.

A lot of people think that Facebook or any other 1 single marketing technique is the only one out there. That is not true at all.

There is:

Yahoo PPC
Google PPC
Sold Ads
Forum Marketing
Article Marketing
YouTube Video Marketing
Blogging
Twitter PPC
Banner ads.

If you are not combining a few of them at the same time, what's going to happen when one day 1 of your strategies DIES off and does not work anymore for you? It could be a disaster.

You always want different places getting you traffic.

Google+ is hard to monetize unless your offering a service. You can't add leads like you can in Twitter or Facebook because people have to add you into their circles first. I've played with it for a year or so and honestly, I think its pants. Facebook is still where its at, you just have to know what your doing.

Facebook's not dead, I will be the moment it will lose all of its users. What other social networks can one use to promote a website? It all depends on the niche you're interested in. Most geeks like to use Google+, cooks and cuisine freaks spend most of their time on Pinterest, photographers and artists usually promote their work through StumbleUpon...
There are so many social networks you can chose from, the secret is to find the one that's right for your niche.

I agree with Fred and others who do not think Facebook is dead. You just have to learn how to use properly. Same applies to blogging, forums and everything else folks claim are dead ( OK some things really are dead)

Facebook is huge. It's not just alive, it's alive and kicking! You just have to know how to use it.

No, Facebook is definitely still one of the strongest social media options and tools for IM, you just have to find new ways to utilize it.

Facebook is never dear my friend.

Facebook is not our primary option when it comes to marketing, nor have we maximized the use of it. We just focus on SEO to drive traffic. We've also started with PPC. And then we are still on the process of building a huge list of targeted clients' email's and phone numbers for email marketing and telemarketing processes.

I think that the best days of Facebook are gone, like the best days of Twitter are gone, but besides that both are working very well for many people, and Google+ is just another social networking site. Pinterest too; it is another variation. Many people like StumbleUpon. Everything depends on where your prospects like to be.

I'm not sure I would say FB is dead, more likely the proliferation of the new kids on the block social media sites like Pinterest for example has been nicking a lot of people. So people naturally spread their time over a myriad of different sites.

I was researching this very topic for a client of mine, and I saw a nice infographic on social media trends over the past year. Facebook in terms of visitor volume was down 4% year on year, while Pinterest gained 1,000%+.

Here's the Infographic in case anyone is interested (not mine):

What Were Consumers Doing for 121 Billion Minutes This Past July?

FB has reached saturation - it would have to, given that just about everyone has an account. But It isn't dead!

I don't think Facebook is dead. The way to use it has changed.

Many people ignore facebook ads. As long as you track your campaign, do split tests and understand your metrics, there are plenty of profitable campaigns you can set up. Of course this depends on your market, but until you've tried you could be missing out on a gold mine.

Think about all the pages that your competitors have built with 10,000-100,000+ people who like them. You can actually target the audience of your competitors directly. This is a HUGE opportunity.

If you're not willing to advertise you can still use facebook. I recommend using a page. What makes the page grow is engaging your audience. It'll grow proportionally to the amount of time you spend. The more you post & respond to people who post on your page, the more it grows. It's a long term strategy.

Your goal shouldn't be to build your page and then try to get opt-ins. You'll only get opt-ins if you promote them in the midst of all the traffic that your page gets as it grows. You need to constantly work it. Posting to a facebook page gives you a free message in everyone's feed...

Don't wait until you have 25,000 people who like you and then expect to get a decent percentage to opt-in to a list that makes you money. Grow the list while you grow the page.

If you're looking for the next best thing after facebook, I recommend spending some time on pinterest, it's still in it's growth mode. We'll have to wait and see what comes next...

G+ seems like it will be king. Personally i don't even use facebook myself.

I avoid social networks like the plague, I fully understand that they can be very good for buisness but I just cant spend time on them I am a social media network hater.

As for Google+ I also dont know anyone who used this, I tried it once a while back and it was horrible to use I thought Google dropped the ball on that one.

Yes after facebook we have Google+ which will benefit in seo more, Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest comes after that which are top social networking websites

Facebook is still a huge part of people's lives. G+ is dead because Google have built it for Google, not for people.

LinkedIn is very important if you're in a certain niche (like being a software developer/programme manager etc. etc.).

Twitter is popular but I've never really got much from it.

Then a new Facebook will arise.

I've been online since 97 and you know what ? I'm still making money ever since so...

The same goes for "G"

facebook have many campaign and many newbie become in facebook list

so .. that why facebook never die

i like to use twitter and reddit for alternet of facebook

Facebook is still growing, so there I can't see any possibilities of Facebook dead in the near future.

You need to adapt...If you ask me then I still think Facebook is the best social network and of course is not dead for businesses.
I also recommend linkedin more than google+ and twitter.

We have seen this question many times: "Is Facebook Dead?"

But I realized, though asking questions for the sake of argument is not a crime, is this question or theory statistically backed-up with processed data (information) that will make it worthy to be discussed?

I read somebody else's post in the past that Facebook will die in the next five years.

Did any authorized group make a survey on all these forecasts on Facebook?

You can be sure that FB is definitely not dead. It's nearly impossible to predict what will happen in 4 or 5 years, because the internet is very dynamic and is always changing, but now FB is a powerful traffic source.

We are doing a lot of social media for our local clients as well as PPC on Fb and the results have been great. When used properly, it's possible to get lot's of laser targeted traffc from FB. In fact, often times we get better traffic from FB than from Google (and no, I'm not exaggerating), because with G we have just a keyword, while with FB we have all the demographics of our visitors (talking about paid advertising) and know exactly who is on the other side.


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Facebook has become a little harder to make money with, but I know for a fact that you can still pull in some bank from it. It is not that Facebook is dying, it is that people are becoming more aware of advertisements and such.