Wired Magazine started a wild-fire when they said, "The Web Is Dead."
Everyone from TechCrunch to Mashable blogged about that blog about blogs vs Facebook. To a large extent, Wired is right on the money. Discussion forums killed the BBS. And Facebook killed discussion forums.
Facebook also killed Flickr. Or they at least killed Flickr's growth potential with the easiest photo uploading, tagging, and sharing software on earth - their own.
So since Facebook is so easy to get into and so hard to get out of, let's go to the mountain since it ain't comin' to Mohammad anytime soon.
Facebook Marketing Tips and Strategies from the Most Cunning Social Media Marketing Bastards in Los Angeles and NYC
1. Build a NONCOMMERCIAL "Like" Page
Nobody Likes Your Business But You.
Nobody realizes that if you click "Like" you've just subscribed to the Page Admin's messages. Every few years, people get tricked into opting in for advertising. They do. When Google first came out with Adwords, you couldn't tell the difference between sponsored ads vs organic high rank search results. Advertisers got rich.
Just a few weeks ago, Apple released iAds for their iPad and iPhone Apps. These ads are so interactive and beautiful that app developers are getting rich from people clicking just for the curiosity of it all.
Just about the same time, Mark Zuckerberg announced at his F8 Industry Conference that he would convert the "fan" button to a "like" button and let Facebook pages broadcast into the stream of those who clicked "like."
The public generally doesn't realize that if they click "Like," on your page, they are opting-in to your messaging. So, build a NONCOMMERCIAL "Like" Page. Like this one: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-SLEEP/73330003836
Whatever your industry, and business, I'm sure you can come up with a non commercial concept that's much easier to like than "Joe's Plumbing." Maybe Joe should try a page named, "Hot Showers" or "Bubble Baths." Then, he'd hit his target demographic and do so with zero resistance to "Like" conversion.
2. Copy and Paste your Edutisement to all the biggest pages until you get blocked
I hate spam. I hate sales people. But if a cologne saleman wants to educate me on the differences between French vs Italian herbs used in Gucci VS YSL, I'll listen and maybe even buy a bottle. So sure, post a message on any page you want. Go ahead. But make sure each post is valuable in and of itself. Make sure each of your posts are valuable to THE READER - NOT to you. Then, when they click through to your site, educate some more and sell the value of your product - not your product.
3. Contact the Admins of the Biggest Facebook Pages and Ask them to Post Your Message
You may have to offer them money. But if you put it all in perspective, even if you printed one million fliers at a five pennies each, you'd have spent $50,000. Then to distribute those fliers, you'd spend another $200,000 on the cheap. So even if
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