tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post271200937868056729..comments2024-03-26T07:24:43.732+00:00Comments on Words&Pictures: Social Sheila Video: how to let people follow you on Facebook without becoming friendsCandy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-61073138900392377482013-05-13T13:09:49.499+01:002013-05-13T13:09:49.499+01:00The policy should also instruct employees to adopt...The policy should also instruct employees to adopt the highest privacy settings to prevent an employee's contacts from seeing who else the employee is connected with, in order to avoid potential confidentiality issues. Employees should also be trained in how the policy operates. <a href="http://maximizesocialmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">social media consultant</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805059262641706631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-56173403575587602792013-04-30T10:00:11.761+01:002013-04-30T10:00:11.761+01:00I would love to hear an agent's views on this....I would love to hear an agent's views on this. From my perspective (unagented, unpublished) it seems both the agent and the publisher are keen to have an author page that they can potentially co-administer and actively market. I don't see the benefit in giving up the author "page" if you have already started one but feel more and more strongly that "follow" has value.<br /><br />Sheila Averbuchhttp://www.spacekidsbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-83097781307959370122013-04-23T09:36:12.739+01:002013-04-23T09:36:12.739+01:00I have 3 facebook identities by the looks of it. I...I have 3 facebook identities by the looks of it. I have an account with my workname for school and work friends. Then I have a writer facebook account where all my friends are in publishing, bookselling etc. Then I created an author page from which I post at least one thing every day and about 85 people have liked the page and I try and get more people to like it.<br /><br />The personal work/home facebook - I don't mind if I don't update it often. But I am friends with myself - so the work/home persona is friends with writer persona but I have made sure that the posts from my personal account does not feature in my writer account. However the writer account sends all its posts to the personal - ie. my work and home friends know all my updates as a writer - so I get twice the coverage.<br /><br />However, I should say I'm afraid of giving up the author page or the author account and have one identity - because I might be careful of what I post on facebook but my friends might not be. As a children's writer, I worry about weird photos, drunken posts infiltrating into my writer account. <br /><br />But I should say having the writer account has helped me in gaining a lot of followers, blog visitors, publishers getting to know me etc. <br /><br />The question now is - should I give up the page and use the follow feature more effectively. Chitra Soundarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459683357077199646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-34212603984310307542013-04-22T22:05:22.076+01:002013-04-22T22:05:22.076+01:00Thanks John - my big frustration is that my Page (...Thanks John - my big frustration is that my Page (www.facebook.com/StopwatchGardener) wouldn't let me interact / leave comments on other people's Pages. So frustrating! I like the half-way house of "following" because it lets strangers in a *little* way, without being too creepy. Your illustrations on www.facebook.com/illustratorjohnshelley are beautiful...am following you now. Sheila Averbuchhttp://www.spacekidsbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-74924507688972208152013-04-22T21:59:07.356+01:002013-04-22T21:59:07.356+01:00Thanks Jane & good point about the analytics; ...Thanks Jane & good point about the analytics; I too manage Pages (four of them) and the insights are helpful; I can imagine they would be even moreso if the likes on those pages were very numerous. Sheila Averbuchhttp://www.spacekidsbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-78803217938815371542013-04-22T20:44:22.479+01:002013-04-22T20:44:22.479+01:00Yes the metrics are great. But so much effort for ...Yes the metrics are great. But so much effort for such an opaque tool with unpredictable changes. I wonder if Facebook is getting too smug about its reach.Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-28362568070456099712013-04-22T20:12:38.069+01:002013-04-22T20:12:38.069+01:00I'm pretty exasperated with the way Facebook k...I'm pretty exasperated with the way Facebook keeps moving the goalposts. Only a select few people see my updates, the last time I went back to Japan I chose to use FB to notify all my business contacts and friends I'd be in town - the vast majority never even saw the post and were completely surprised when I arrived. I've a fan page on FB which few follow despite my efforts to develop it, but a personal page creaking with the weight of people who don't know me from Adam, who ignore my fan page, but still wanted to 'friend' me. I wish there was a way I could slim down my personal page to, well "personal" people, and transfer the rest to the fan page, but I fear it's too late for that. And don't get me start whinging about Google+, that's another story.....John Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667956500314198121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-90817158957724022362013-04-22T15:25:59.329+01:002013-04-22T15:25:59.329+01:00Thanks for the mention, Sheila!
If there's on...Thanks for the mention, Sheila!<br /><br />If there's one argument in favor of Pages (and I say this as someone who manages one for a publication), it's the behind-the-scenes metrics (data on who likes you) and the ability to incorporate additional functionality into your page.<br /><br />But, as is clear, I don't find these features compelling enough to personally manage two Facebook identities.Jane Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067082028836791606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-68915904697570126512013-04-22T14:58:26.607+01:002013-04-22T14:58:26.607+01:00Thanks Candy for your comments...I have read insig...Thanks Candy for your comments...I have read insights online that say "if you are an author and you have not already created a Facebook page, forget it"; I'm not sure if I would go that far, but Pages are looking less and less attractive. You are right, the goalposts keep moving! (and thank you for the idea about "Social Sheila" – that was yours.) I would be interested to know if, as an author who has activated Following, you're finding it difficult to still use Facebook in a personal capacity, or has there been no problem with that?Sheila Averbuchhttp://www.spacekidsbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-19841384095537583742013-04-22T12:02:11.446+01:002013-04-22T12:02:11.446+01:00Ooh and Social Sheila! Great branding!Ooh and Social Sheila! Great branding!Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1222814162697318696.post-80591598863133389982013-04-22T12:00:14.191+01:002013-04-22T12:00:14.191+01:00Thanks for the update on the workings of FB. The p...Thanks for the update on the workings of FB. The problem with FB its rules are too fluid to keep to one social strategy. Now it's trying to get us to pay for every post! Another good reason to stick to the profile. I have a book of soon and I'm thinking a Facebook page is not a good idea. Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.com