Is Facebook necessary?

13 years ago

I wouldn't say you're dependent on having a FaceBook page, but you should look at it as a useful source for traffic generation. I wouldn't ever depend on it because I wouldn't be surprised if they stepped in one day and started making people pay for posting links, but for right now it is a good source for targeted traffic.

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awesummer

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Escalate Internet

I wouldn't say you're dependent on having a FaceBook page, but you should look at it as a useful source for traffic generation. I wouldn't ever depend on it because I wouldn't be surprised if they stepped in one day and started making people pay for posting links, but for right now it is a good source for targeted traffic.

True. No matter how dumb you think about Facebook, you could still find possible clients/customers there. I think there's no limit when we talk about ads. We should reach out to all kinds of people.

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FirstSocialApps

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Ace24

In today's modern media marketing, is having a Facebook page necessary?
I feel like Facebook dumbs down the content too much.

( when it comes to gaining traffic for your website, not selling a product )

Nothing is necessary when you think about it.

A life vest on a boat is not necessary.
A helmet for a motorcycle rider is not necessary.
A parachute in a plane is not necessary.

None of those things are necessary just like Facebook is not. Hover just like Facebook all those things are a good idea

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webcosmo

13 years ago

It depends on what volume of traffic you need, of course it`s not compulsory, but it`s an important source.

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movemaker

13 years ago

Foolish to think that bro!

You just have to know how what your doing...

Period!

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movemaker

13 years ago

Foolish to think that bro!

You just have to know how what your doing...

Period!

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12 years ago

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carcin0genic

12 years ago

Unnecessary.

I drive traffic from FB daily and haven't spent a dime out of pocket to do it.

My FB marketing is done through my profile and I haven't had a lead or customer mind in a year so no, a Fan Page isn't necessary unless you want to run paid traffic.

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carcin0genic

12 years ago

Unnecessary.

I drive traffic from FB daily and haven't spent a dime out of pocket to do it.

My FB marketing is done through my profile and I haven't had a lead or customer mind in a year so no, a Fan Page isn't necessary unless you want to run paid traffic.

-Mike

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askdanyal

12 years ago

According to me facebook is one of the best way to generate traffic to your websites and I say this of personal experience, I have a funny page with 301k likes, I created a website for it , put some jokes, funny pics , vidz and here I go, I am earning around 300$ from it and its been 3 months only , another page related to fashion , I created a blogspot blog and got so much response that I shifted to paid hosting , custom domain and premium stuff and I had earned 100+$ in amazon affiliate commissions.
And the point here is that I am getting 90% of my traffic from facebook , from my pages.

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JCorp

12 years ago

If you're going to do FB, then I'd advise setting up a Fanpage. It's still worth it, especially in doing Newsfeed ads and building your likes just by advertising through your fanpage.

You can still build a list through Fanpages and funnel people to your external website, so definitely still worth it.

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baliharish

12 years ago

My take is - It is necessary - If someone likes your blog post or your service on your web page, there are two options to express liking - social media like or commenting ( for which FB) is an option and commeting on the web page.

Both are good idea but people prefer commenting on FB easier, so that way it helps your post popularize for free.
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himanuzo

12 years ago

Facebook is the largest social media, so it is a must to be utilized for building good relationship with customers/ clients.

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selvak

12 years ago

Facebook not important but everybody wants to increase traffic or becomes a popular website that's why using Facebook. Facebook or social media sites help you to show your website available in online.

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John Jonas Phil VA

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ace24

In today's modern media marketing, is having a Facebook page necessary?
I feel like Facebook dumbs down the content too much.

( when it comes to gaining traffic for your website, not selling a product )

You're not supposed to duplicate your content on Facebook. And if you feel like you have to "dumb down" your content to get more traffic, maybe your targeting the wrong demographic.

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shriganeshkrupa

12 years ago

To promote your business,today Facebook has become an important tool.Facebook page plays an important role in brand building and brand awareness.

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Riggs

12 years ago

It's the second most visited website in the world. Regardless of content necessary to develop SMO, it's a platform worth using to source additional traffic and build brand awareness.

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datingworld

12 years ago

If you don't have presence on Face Book, you are ignoring 1 Billion Face Book users.
Think yourself whether it is necessary or not.

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ConnectVT

12 years ago

Not a necessary thing. But if you need some targeted traffic then yes you should go for it.

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amcg 12 years ago

Originally Posted by ConnectVT

Not a necessary thing. But if you need some targeted traffic then yes you should go for it.

This. Setting up and maintaining a FB page isn't a huge or complicated task so it's worthwhile doing.
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jaintechnosoft

12 years ago

Facebook is a great tool and in today's competitive world its necessary to have a Facebook page and profile where everyone socialises, posts videos, pictures, Shares latest news but it really depends upon the purpose.

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Assignmentwriter

12 years ago

Face book is a source of market to promote your business to get good results, if you know the best for grow your business on Face book then it is necessary.

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abnerhawkins

12 years ago

Facebook is not necessary at all but today it becomes the source of traffic without spending much more time. You could go for other social sites as well such as Google+ and lot more.

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ImLarge

12 years ago

yes its free you need it for traffic and branding

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sarah23

12 years ago

Ofcourse facebook is necessary.
The way facebook keeps growing, you cannot ignore facebook.

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techno g33k

12 years ago

It is one of the best tool for gaining traffic to your site

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Jomealawuru

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ace24

In today's modern media marketing, is having a Facebook page necessary?
I feel like Facebook dumbs down the content too much.

( when it comes to gaining traffic for your website, not selling a product )

Facebook is very necessary and compulsory to have in your overall traffic generation plan. I do not think facebook is going to start charging for posting links because they already making a lot from ads and also their new feature of booting post etc. Doing such a thing will cause a lot of people to reconsider using Facebook and that will leave the possibility of another company coming up to fill that spot. Facebook wouldn't do such a thing. Facebook is a sure way of getting targeted traffic to your websites and offers. It cannot be ignore as Facebook is the biggest social media network on planet earth. ignoring it would be a very bad business decision..

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martinluther

12 years ago

Facebook has its own importance as this is the kind of social media site, which helps to connect and communicate with local people. Search Engines give priority to FB pages comparison to other social media site pages; this also makes Facebook different.

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Johnpa012

12 years ago

According to me, It's not. If you do have ability to generate traffic from other places you have no need to make a Facebook page. I have created an fb page just to fill the social icons on my website. Other wise there is not any necessity.

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Roy Jones

12 years ago

Facebook a social networking site who have maximum traffic among all, and facebook page and sharing with facebook is good to get traffic to site. Its all about how to use it to get traffic otherwise its just formality because there are many pages on facebook.

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VivekThakur

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Roy Jones

Facebook a social networking site who have maximum traffic among all, and facebook page and sharing with facebook is good to get traffic to site. Its all about how to use it to get traffic otherwise its just formality because there are many pages on facebook.

And many times facebook pages also ranked at a good position on search engine for a keyword. That is also a good source of traffic. You just need to increase Facebook pages quality and popularity.

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rrembedded

12 years ago

Ofcourse , facebook usage is must to promote our products at google search page.

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Pak Voter

12 years ago

I don't think that its necessary but if you use it for business purpose then it helps a lot.

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yogiloveable

12 years ago

Facebook is necessary because all the age group using Facebook

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Charles Harper

12 years ago

Perspective is everything and it depends on what your business model is. What most of the posters are saying is correct, in a sense. That being said, there are a number of traffic sources that we all ignore. Can it bring buyers to your offers or is there another more targeted way to do so?

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Warcrafty

12 years ago

You are asking a really smart question, ACE24. Just because a social media tool exists doesn’t mean that you need to use it. Facebook can work well for B2B. But you are concerned about resources, which I translate to: We want to do it right but don’t have the manpower to do that. The added opportunity may not be worth the time investment for Facebook for your business.
I’d advise you to keep looking at Facebook. See what your competitors and peers are doing there. Collect a list of links to their Facebook pages, make a note of things you see them do that you consider to be smart. These things will help you if you decide in the future to include Facebook.

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artlivemedia

12 years ago

As per my opinion having business pages or business accounts on Social Media websites like Twitter, Face-Book, Google+ etc.... is important but it is more important to be regular there and share relevant posts, images and information. These Social Sites are good source if we want to gain audience/customers for our business.

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gurbachan singh

12 years ago

hi, i would like to say facebook pages are necessary for genrate traffic and meet same business line partners. They help solve your business problems. you are saying Facebook dumbs down the content too much.you are wrong.

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Copper11

12 years ago

Facebook page is quite important. After all, it is the largest worldwide social network with lots of your potential customers in it.

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Repucaution1

12 years ago

As today FB is one of the most popular sm sites I think that an account there is neccessary , if you want to be engaged in sm sphere of course.

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ChristinaCa

12 years ago

I think Facebook necessary for get traffic on your site.So is it necessary.

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SusanHayden

12 years ago

Nope. I don't have any social networking site account. I am a very private person. So for me, there is no need to join such sites. It would make me feel way too exposed.

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