Does Facebook Spam Drive You Bonkers? -- WTF? Episode #18

WTF? is a daily web show for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to learn how to naturally attract customers and get the FAME and FORTUNE they deserve.

In this episode, we talk about spam. No not the canned stuff. Junk messages that people send you with no relationship and absolutely no relevance. Spam has been happening in the email for years but it’s on Facebook too. We talk reveal how to deal with Facebook spam and how to make sure you don’t get flagged as a spammer yourself.

Facebook is a great way to market your small business using social media but don’t blow it by breaking the unwritten rules of good taste.

Comments

[Dave Woodson]

hey great post look forward to hearing more and watching

[paul]

Hi,

I watched your video about facebook spam...what about sharing a link and it showing up on all your friends homepage whenever you twitter or whatever?

[Travis Miller & Jimmy Vee]

Paul,

I believe what you are referring to is your Facebook feed. Your feed is a constantly updating flow of what all your friends are doing. So an update (link, message, tweet, whatever) that shows up in your feed is exactly how social media was designed to work. That's the beauty of it.

That's not spam… that's design. Also part of the design is the ability to reduce or hide a person's updates from your feed. And unfriending someone is also an option. You have total control and that not spam.

I'm also not saying you shouldn't send massages directly to people… you shouldn't send stupid messages that are non-relevant and promotion without giving value first!

If you were being tough-and-cheek about my twittering showing up on your feed and it being spammy… then I suggest you unfriend me. We write for our fans not for anyone else. I suggest you work to err on the side of over communicating with your customers and possible pushing those who aren't raving fans away. Everyone will be better off for it.

You'll have more loyal customers who love you and you'll spend more time with the ones who want love you and less with the ones who don't care. That's what ESP – Enjoyable, Simple and Prosperous business is all about.

Defy Gravity baby!

Jimmy

[Jeremy]

I cannot tell you how many messages I get from totally random people and company's...not to mention the inundation of events and groups asking me to join or take part in.. Whatever happen to doing business with those you KNOW, LIKE, and TRUST... jeez!! great video today!..

[Normal Joe]

I agree man! Get these types of messages and be like WTF? lol....

I've never had contact with them before, and then they just send me a link...wtf man...fa reals

[Christine]

GREAT examples of what is spam and what isn't!!

People add just a link not only to emails--but also to places such as blog posts or Twitter bios.

I find them annoying. I want to see a short explanation of why I should take my time to go there!