Comments on: Is Facebook a Waste of Time, or the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread for B&B Marketing? http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2010/05/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time-or-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-for-bb-marketing/ The Innkeeping Industry Blog of the Professional Association of Innkeepers (PAII) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:42:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nikki http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2010/05/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time-or-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-for-bb-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-360 nikki Mon, 16 May 2011 17:38:07 +0000 http://www.innkeepingblog.com/?p=389#comment-360 i agree with yea on that one :) i agree with yea on that one :)

]]> By: Debbie http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2010/05/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time-or-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-for-bb-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Debbie Wed, 19 May 2010 20:25:52 +0000 http://www.innkeepingblog.com/?p=389#comment-294 I appreciated this article. Good overview as I try to get and stay smart on tools like Facebook. I shared it with my local chapter alumni association, as we are trying to strengthen the association's marketing. I appreciated this article. Good overview as I try to get and stay smart on tools like Facebook. I shared it with my local chapter alumni association, as we are trying to strengthen the association’s marketing.

]]> By: Peter http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2010/05/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time-or-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-for-bb-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Peter Mon, 17 May 2010 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.innkeepingblog.com/?p=389#comment-293 Hi, a good in-depth article about a very interesting (from a marketing pov) and possibly intrusive (from a personal pov) topic. My website http:MyFriendsHotel.com is built on the premise of promoting accommodation (traditional and independent) amongst friends and through interests. Now, should I be worried about Facebook killing my fledgling business....maybe, but at the same time my site is a specific resource for Hosts and Guests alike and I'm able to bring Facebook tools and it's users to my site - making it a two way conversation. As long as users can leave Facebook to access content then I guess it's a win win situation. That said, with Facebooks resources they'll soon have all the content and the search capabilities to make external sites redundant. But without them there's no content to 'like'! So, if they're too controlling they'll kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Hi,
a good in-depth article about a very interesting (from a marketing pov) and possibly intrusive (from a personal pov) topic.

My website http:MyFriendsHotel.com is built on the premise of promoting accommodation (traditional and independent) amongst friends and through interests.

Now, should I be worried about Facebook killing my fledgling business….maybe, but at the same time my site is a specific resource for Hosts and Guests alike and I’m able to bring Facebook tools and it’s users to my site – making it a two way conversation.

As long as users can leave Facebook to access content then I guess it’s a win win situation. That said, with Facebooks resources they’ll soon have all the content and the search capabilities to make external sites redundant. But without them there’s no content to ‘like’! So, if they’re too controlling they’ll kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

]]> By: Phil, owner of B&B in Normandy http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2010/05/is-facebook-a-waste-of-time-or-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-for-bb-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Phil, owner of B&B in Normandy Mon, 17 May 2010 15:52:59 +0000 http://www.innkeepingblog.com/?p=389#comment-292 You may be right, but I've only got so many hours in the day and with three blogs, two websites, Facebook and Twitter plus B&B owners forums, something had to give! In my case I dropped Facebook - there's no point in doing these things if you aren't going to do them properly, and I could see I wasn't. PLUS I got cheesed off with friends sending me cows for a virtual farm I didn't want, as well as a load of other rubbishy games etc! But if I'm ever so quiet that I have the time to do it properly, your article may have prompted me to have another look. Now, is Twitter a waste of time? :) You may be right, but I’ve only got so many hours in the day and with three blogs, two websites, Facebook and Twitter plus B&B owners forums, something had to give! In my case I dropped Facebook – there’s no point in doing these things if you aren’t going to do them properly, and I could see I wasn’t. PLUS I got cheesed off with friends sending me cows for a virtual farm I didn’t want, as well as a load of other rubbishy games etc!

But if I’m ever so quiet that I have the time to do it properly, your article may have prompted me to have another look.

Now, is Twitter a waste of time? :)

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