Fan Pages and Facebook

Posted by robertahill on in Uncategorized |

I feel so ambivalent about this whole Fan Page thing and so far have refused to become a fan of anyone. This makes me feel a little guilty as a couple of requests have come from real “friends” who are trying to use Facebook for their business and keep their other Facebook profile for more personal purposes. I also heard that if you get 25 fans – you can claim your name back. Didn’t I say I didn’t care that someone else has my username: robertahill?

I read with interest this article yesterday – How to Get the Most Out Of Facebook Fan Pages:

Facebook Fan pages allow you to officially represent your business on Facebook. You get to give your “fans” and customers a unified place to hold conversations about you, to get updates on what you’re doing, interact with you, and connect with other people who are “just like them” and love your products.

Michael Jackson via last.fm

It is the term “Fans” that really bugs me the most. Maybe I would be more inclined to consider a Fan Page if is was called something else. Don’t know exactly what but anything would be better. They say in social media, it isn’t who you know but who knows you. The whole paradigm has shifted.

Michael Jackson’s Facebook fan page grew from 80,000 to over 7.3 million members in under ten days following his death, unseating President Barack Obama as the most popular fan page. This huge following leaves the singer’s heirs (and his record label) with a massive network to communicate with fans and continue the massive resurgence of interest in Jackson’s music.

OK – maybe dying is a little over the top in order to get attention.