10 Reasons Facebook Isn’t Working For You!

I remember being in college in 2005 when the only way to validate your account on facebook was having a school issued email account. Those were the good old days (zero reference to facebook).

If I wanted to meet someone who I didn’t know (which is what I still use facebook for these days) I’d ask someone we both shared in our networks to introduce us.

It wasn’t like today. If you didn’t know someone you didn’t send them a friend request, because there was always a chance you’d bump into them on campus, and it could turn into an awkward situation.

What we lost over time on facebook was general courtesy, and respect for people in our network. These days I get slammed with spam, and pumped with junk. People love to connect with me on facebook, but sometimes I’m left to question if they really know how to.

If you’re one of those people who have been having a hard time connecting with others on Facebook, here’s a post for you.

10 Reasons Facebook Might Not Be Working For You!

1. Your Info tab on your profile is blank. When we encounter chat or message requests from strangers the first thing we run to is your info tab to see what you’re all about. Blank makes you look suspicious.

2. You start off conversations asking an extreme sales oriented question. EX: Yesterday some guy sent me a message, “Hey Karl, do you like real estate or golf?” at 2am probably not the best way to open up first dialogue.

3. You ask people about what they do for a living without checking their info tab. Probably one of my biggest pet peeves, initiating cold contact when information is readily available. A quick glance can save you from asking a lot of dumb questions.

4. You send your friends a request to join the hundreds of facebook pages you create each day. One of facebook’s coolest new features is suggesting pages to our friends, but don’t abuse the privilege.

5. You’re not willing to talk to people who are not interested in your business or product. Huge mistake, just because someone isn’t interested doesn’t mean they don’t know a couple people who could be your next biggest clients.

6. You’re Url on your profile page is not hyperlinked. A lot of newbies do this, but I always point it out when I catch it. Make sure to always include the “http://” part in front of every web address. People are way to lazy to copy and paste.

7. You’re posting marketing promos randomly on people’s walls. Wall post are for saying hi, and adding value to people, anything else is forbidden.

8. You include all your friends in every Promo Flyer you upload. If I didn’t go to your 80′s costume party the last 10 invites, why are you not seeing the trend?

9. You send an impersonal message to your friends inbox about a product no one ever requested information on. A better way to do this would be to ask the admin of a group page that shared interest in the product you’re providing, and asked them to send out the message to the entire group.

10. Your profile has zero personality. You’re wall is full of your blog updates, on going sales, and RSS fed content. There’s no opportunity for your friends to interact, or learn about who you are.

Networking on Facebook isn’t as hard as it might seem. At the end of the day you’ve only got two things to accomplish:

1) Treat people like people

2) Add value. That’s it!

Feel free to share this with anyone who’s violated anyone of these rules on Facbook.