I agree completely. Our web site design folks want to set us up with FB and twitter in addition to the blog. I just don't see the point. Glad I'm not alone. It seems to me a great deal of inane self centered babble.So a couple of businesses have had a great initial idea, whipped up a storm and got a great deal of publicity about it. Good for them, but it's been done and it's over.
A few years ago someone put the contents of their vacuum cleaner up for auction on EBay, it made the national news and they got loads of bids on it. Try that again and see what happens.
I have 44 friends on FB and many of them I have "hiden" because most of their daily prattling are of no interest or relevance to me. I really have no interest of having the owners of B&Bs/Inns on my FB friends and reading their daily contributions (even less on Twitter). It's just not relevant, even if I where looking for a place to stay.
We have a well known celebrity over here called Stephen Fry, he's witty and intelligent and I greatly enjoy his work. He is a great exponent of Twitter so I added him, most of his postings were just irrelevant to me and after a few weeks I removed him again.
It seems to me that here the only people promoting social networking as a marketing tool are those who sell their expertise in social networking to other businesses..
Seeing as how I am the only one mentioning website designer, I assume this is directed at my comment. I was pointing out, in reference to HJ's comment about marketing, that they want to CHARGE me for what can be done for FREE. They also wanted to CHARGE me to set up a blogger blog, which I have already done on my own. Personally, I learn by doing.If you need a website design person to set you up then I would say don't bother, you don't get it and won't use it and CORRECT it would be meaningless for you.
It obv works for plenty of other people, like the millions who use it, or perhaps they might actually enjoy it. Some people embrace technology and what we have 'today.'
Take this forum for example, it drives some people batty, for some it is a very useful resource, then for others it is 50/50 or 20/80... Don't throw the baby out with the bath water because it is technology you don't understand. I am actually thankful when people share new ideas here...I thrive on that, and appreciate them taking the time to investigate or post information that benefits all of us.
For rest, go back to your index cards. Tell us another time how online reservations don't work and I will say "Rubbish!".
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