Yesterday, I did something I thought I’d never do (sounds dramatic, no?). For the past few months, I’ve been debating whether having a facebook page for the site makes sense. I know a lot of people use and like facebook, but for a long time (OK, not that long, since the blog has only been in existence since October) I was sort of a, “hold out”.
Because I don’t really like or enjoy using facebook in my personal life, I figured I probably wouldn’t enjoy using facebook for SDS. But at the risk of being the only kid on the block without a page, I’m going to give it a go and see how it turns out. Truth is, I don’t know much about facebook, or all of the new changes to the layout etc (are they even new? They’re new to me!). So if I start, “liking” photos of your dead uncle 
or accidentally delete a heartfelt message from you, please bear with me, I don’t really know the, “rules” yet, so it’s going to be learning process.
What are you waiting for? You could be my first friend! Err, “like”? I’m not stuck up, I promise I’ll like you back! Here’s a Link to my page-Or click on the facebook icon I added on the sidebar at the top of the page.
Folks I “Like” (My Standouts):
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- Money Smart Guides-The Truth About Taxes
- Free In Ten Years-Challenging the Typical Emergency Fund
Folks Who “Like” Me (Aww!):
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- Debt Roundup-Weekly Personal Finance Round up
- Brick by Brick Investing- Wealth Building Bricks
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- Making Sense of Sense-Saturday…And a $400 Giveaway
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Do You Use Facebook? Do You Have a Page For Your Blog? Am I The Only Person In the Free World Who Doesn’t Use Facebook Regularly? Does That Make Me a Weirdo? (Don’t answer the last one, I already know the answer)
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Mrs. Pop @ Planting Our Pennies
February 24, 2013 at 10:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think Facebook jumped the shark a while ago. Most people I know don’t use it anymore. Our site has a facebook page, but it generates precisely 0 traffic. I don’t even know why that’s a metric for site rankings…
One piece of advice – use twitterfeed to auto post your posts to the page. It’ll save you time and effort if you have negative desire to be on facebook. =)
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yeah, I’m not sure if it will be more work than it’s worth, but I’ll definitely set up the auto post you mentioned to make things a little less labor intensive.
krantcents
February 24, 2013 at 10:37 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for the links, I am in good company.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You bet.
Johnny Moneyseed
February 24, 2013 at 10:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I do pretty well on Twitter, but my Facebook page seems stagnant. No one comments on it, no one follows links. I don’t really get it!
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:10 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Me neither to be honest, but I figured I’d give it a shot to see how things go. If nobody likes it I’ll probably just post my links via the autofeed Mrs. Pop mentioned and call it good.
Mackenzie
February 24, 2013 at 11:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I don’t have a facebook page for my blog. It’s just not my thing!
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:10 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think that’s the general consensus. This might be short lived
Grayson @ Debt Roundup
February 24, 2013 at 11:56 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Welcome to the Facebook page world. I have one, but it doesn’t do much for me. I just push my twitter updates to Facebook. Thanks for including my mention.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:12 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You’re welcome. Funny how everybody is saying the exact same thing. I figured a lot of folks used facebook, I guess that’s just for their personal pages/friends, not for blog related stuff.
Michelle
February 24, 2013 at 2:11 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I recently started my Facebook for my blog just 2 months ago. It is nice to have, but I don’t really use it that much.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Seems like most folks don’t put much energy into it/get much interaction from facebook. This is good feedback to have so I don’t feel like a failure if nobody stops by
Brick By Brick Investing | Marvin
February 24, 2013 at 3:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Nothing wrong with increasing your presence around the web!
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:14 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Can’t hurt, but sounds like it doesn’t really “help”. I’m fine with it in either case.
Kevin Watts
February 24, 2013 at 5:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think facebook used in certain ways can still have value. I read many times that leads from fb convert at a higher percentage than any other source. I have not started using fb on my site but I will do a trial run and see the benefits.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Interesting, I wonder about the conversion and if that’s specific to certain types of pages/sites? May as well start one, if nothing becomes of it at least you tried, and who knows it might be wildly successful. Some folks seem to have had really good luck with facebook. I know a lot of the coupon and lifestyle bloggers have pretty big and pretty active followers on facebook.
Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
February 24, 2013 at 5:47 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I have a FB page for the site but I don’t do much with it. I just use it as another way to get the word out there. I know people who do everything in facebook including emails etc. If I can reach them too than bonus.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I sort of see it as an added bonus too. If I don’t have any followers/interested readers from facebook, nothing lost nothing gained. If I do, awesome.
Jon @ MoneySmartGuides
February 24, 2013 at 7:43 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks for the mention. I too was debating about Facebook when I first started but decided to give it a go and have been working at building up my followers.
KK
February 24, 2013 at 9:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
You’re welcome. Even if one person stops by and becomes a reader, that’s a win for me.
Tony@WeOnlyDoThisOnce
February 26, 2013 at 1:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Some great reads here for sure. As far as Facebook…it can be used for good or evil. I absolutely love it! Good luck.
KK
February 26, 2013 at 9:24 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I won’t be trying any evil;-) just trying to meet fellow bloggers and share some of my/their work. I guess I overdid facebook when I first got it and then quickly lost interest.
Leslie
February 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I stumbled upon this post but it turned out to be a good find. I, too, have been contemplating an FB page to complement my new site. Though I personally use FB regularly, judging by the comments it seems that for now I think I will put a bit more effort into my site and add FB later. Or maybe outsource it just to get it started.
KK
February 26, 2013 at 9:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Thanks Leslie, glad to have you here. Outsources the parts you don’t like, or take a lot of time is always a good option if you have the resources to do it. Right now I have more time than money, so I’m pretty much do everything myself. At some point I might consider outsources certain things I don’t particularly enjoy (the tech side of things for me).
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