You’re right! MySpace lost its way due to a targeted youth audience and musician’s, which left the rest of us with hard to load pages and bling sparkling left right and center. However, Facebook has come along and it’s audience is of an older group, not to say that teens don’t use it, but baby boomers seem to be its majority. This is great news for businesses, not to mention the added bonus of having a page separate from your profile. Although Facebook does give your business the added boost with no bling, an older fan base and a separate page, it is ultimately up to the user to be professional while socializing all the while staying true to themselves. Thank you for your comment and insight, it is greatly appreciated ~Erin

I can’t help but think of all the garage bands and starlet wannabes that hounded their “fans” on Myspace. Eventually, it became such an issue that many people (including me) gave up using Myspace altogether. To me, this is a prime example of how -not- to use social media to market.

It is great that you think the same, I concur with the business pages that are filled with sales pitch after sales pitch, it is partially why I wrote this article. Being social sounds so simple, yet, companies find it very difficult to do, I hope that you are able to pass this along to some folks you think could benefit from reading this and use your Social Media smarts to guide them to a better way of business. Your input is valuable so thank you.

I always feel bad when I stumble upon a business’s facebook page only to find update after update saying “come test drive the all new bla bla bla…” Some folks just don’t get it. Hopefully after reading this, they will.