The amazing Julie Prichard reminded me of a current issue we have, us who have a Facebook page. You can read her blogpost «the ugly truth about facebook» by clicking.
Facebook is very clever about how to push us to spend money if we want to actually be seen by the people who are liking our fanpage. But as a small business, trying to have the head about the waterline, it is not in my budget right now to spend between $5-20 for EACH of my status update to be seen by you.
I have published it on my personal Facebook page, knowing that if I was posting it on my fanpage, only 10% would see it anyway. But I am pasting it here too, because this is important:
ATTENTION! Facebook now requires page administrators to pay to promote their updates if we want our content to be seen by our fans. If we do not pay to promote our posts, only about 10% of the fans receive the updates on the Facebook home page feed.
To keep RECEIVING ALL POSTS FROM US you have to hover the mouse on the “Like” button near our name. In the drop-down menu select “ADD TO INTEREST LISTS”. Then create an interest list (and make a name for your favorite sites). When you select that interest list you will see ALL of our posts and you won’t miss anything important!
We recommend that you follow the above instructions for ANY Facebook page you care about, so you can continue seeing all the posts from the pages you love.
Thanks for your help, and please share this with your friends!
If you want to stay in touch via my page, that I update everyday, often several time a day, please take 2 minutes of your time to make sure you are seeing my statuses.
I really appreciate it. Thank you.
And if you are not a fan yet, you can still «like» my page anytime. It is right here: http://www.facebook.com/InnerVoices.net
ATTENTION! Facebook now requires page administrators to pay to promote their updates if we want our content to be seen by our fans. If we do not pay to promote our posts, only about 10% of the fans receive the updates on the Facebook home page feed.
To keep RECEIVING ALL POSTS FROM US you have to hover the mouse on the “Like” button near our name. In the drop-down menu select “ADD TO INTEREST LISTS”. Then create an interest list (and make a name for your favorite sites). When you select that interest list you will see ALL of our posts and you won’t miss anything important!
We recommend that you follow the above instructions for ANY Facebook page you care about, so you can continue seeing all the posts from the pages you love.
Thanks for your help, and please share this with your friends!