yorolpal
Like I said...it was simply to link to an article a friend had touted.  No biggie.  Although I keep telling myself that whenever I finish my (now mythical) new CD project I'll need to have a real...and not just pretend like I have now...facebook "presence".  Whatever the hell that is.  Or do I?
 

Whenever journalists and people in the business talk w/ my wife, they ask for Wikipedia and Facebook details. They don't want to spend time browsing through your web site and reading about you and your feelings. They want the short version, and pictures. And a way to keep in touch/follow and interact. So much that we didn't bother getting her web site back online.
 
People want to read one or two sentences about how successful you are, how well you are doing and to see a pic. If you happen to be a beautiful girl, all the better

I'd already noticed that way back when I had my own pages for my project. Even if I'm just an ordinary guy, nothing got me as much traffic as new pics. 
 
That being said, traffic is like money - you need traffic to generate traffic. Facebook can help amplify it, but it won't do the basics for you. If people don't know who you are, they won't look you up.

bapu
 
FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

You're supposed to look up people you didn't really like much years ago and tell them what you had for lunch first.

paulo

bapu
 
FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

You're supposed to look up people you didn't really like much years ago and tell them what you had for lunch first.

Can I get yer email, errm Fakebook login? You must be dying to know about my beacn chhezeburger  oh drats......

I think that's "squirt", not "screen". That should get a few "likes".

bapu

yorolpal
Like I said...it was simply to link to an article a friend had touted.  No biggie.  Although I keep telling myself that whenever I finish my (now mythical) new CD project I'll need to have a real...and not just pretend like I have now...facebook "presence".  Whatever the hell that is.  Or do I?
 

FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

Have you used paid advertising though? It's a good way of building likes, and the more likes you have the better you look to potential customers who may view your Facebook page. When people visit your business website these days they expect to see a Facebook link (maybe Twitter too) and they're going to think very differently about a company that has 3000 likes than they do about a company that only has 50. 
 
I have built a pretty good "like" base (currently around 3500) by two ways - running Facebook ads and sponsored posts. The ads targeted people above a certain age in a certain area who have expressed an interest in dogs (we work with dogs) and brought them to my Facebook page (although you can have the ads link to your biz website too). Once or twice a week, I'll run a sponsored post for about $20 (targeting maybe 50,000 people) - usually a fun or interesting photo which generates a lot of likes. When people like the photo, it appears on their friends newsfeeds as well. This leads to more likes. Then some of them in turn will like the page itself. 
 
It's all about generating content which catches people's eyes when they scroll through their newsfeed. I can honestly say business has improved since using Facebook, although it's hard to put an exact figure on how much of that is directly due to Facebook. But one thing I'm 100% sure of is that when people find my business site online and click the Facebook link, they see those 3500 likes and are reassured that the business has some kind of reputation. It makes all the difference. 

I won't use it until they have a "Meh" instead of a "Like" to use.

paulo

bapu
 
FWIW, my business FB page has gotten me ZERO business.

You're supposed to look up people you didn't really like much years ago and tell them what you had for lunch first.

One thing that disturbs me about connecting with people you haven't seen for 20 years on Facebook are the ones who send you a friend request and then don't respond to messages. You know the ones - you accept their request, then send them a nice note saying "Hey how ya doing, haven't see you in ages! What are you up to these days?" and they don't reply. Then why send the request? Either they just wanted another friend to add to their friend count, or they took a look through your Facebook, realized you're having a better life than them and backed off out of embarrassment. It's really weird. Happened to me loads of times and to other people I know too. 
 
Facebook exposes weirdness in your friends that you wouldn't otherwise have noticed. My best friend from the age of 4, who lives back in the UK and with whom I have never had a cross word, unfriended me a while ago. I wrote him a little message asking him why, and he replied "oh yeah sorry man I was just messing about, accidentally unfriended you" and then re-friended me. Two weeks later, he unfriended me again and I got the message. Really really bizarre and to be honest by that time, I'd given up wondering why.

I just realized that Feckbook was created to allow people to remain perpetually in the juvenility of high school for the rest of their lives...
 
No wonder I don't care much for it!

I've recently had a bunch of old pals from back home sending me friend requests and then never giving sign of life. They never interact, never like a status, never send a message. Almost like they only stalk you. Which is kind of weird  if those folks used to be good friends.
 
Maybe I'm old school or something, but usually, when I send a request to someone (which is like once every 3 years) I also send them an accompanying message, even just to say "Hi, how have you been? Remember me?" Even folks who used to be very close friends. It just seems rude to do otherwise.
 
Sometimes I'll even send a short message BEFORE I send a request.
 
A little while ago, I got back in touch with an old pal and we started discussing and he said something like: I know you must have answered that a million time but, how did you end up in Vegas?
 
Fact is, he was the first and the only one out of dozens of old friends to even ask. lol
 
The other thing that I can't get my head around is people "poking" you. I've had people adding me and then after a few weeks of radio silence, poking me. What's that suppose to mean? Aren't you able to type "hi"? What does one expect from a virtual poke - to be virtually poked back? That the other will start a conversation?
 
Speak! Bark if you can't speak - can you bark?
 
 

I never got poked 
Does the poke button even still exist? 
 
I had one guy I haven't seen for 15 years send me a friend request because we interacted on someone else's post. Then after a few weeks of interaction here and there, he sent me a message saying "this is really embarrassing man but I just realized who you are..." - like, he friended me thinking I was just some guy he'd never met but thought I'd be cool to know on Facebook, then it dawned on him that we actually used to hang out. I guess that's what comes from having a profile pic that isn't actually your face, and using your "proper" birth name instead of the slang version everyone used to know you by 
 
But looking up your really old school pals can be a big shock. There was this girl I was at school with age 10 who EVERY boy wanted. She was the stunner of the school. I had major crushes on her like you wouldn't believe. Looked her up on Facebook recently. Such a shock to see her looking old, extremely overweight and incredibly rough. She's married to some beefcake thug bouncer type with a shaved head and tats on his knuckles. Bubbles have been burst, let me tell you...