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Ann at greenoak said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
good post here….. http://www.jeffdoak.com/facebook-quietly-destroys-half-the-value-of-your-brand-page-overnight/
this is so major…. so much of my work work down the drain…and i dont see a very good plot yet…
i feel for the social media pros out there tryin g to explain this to their clients who want their numbers to go UP!!! not crash…
we have dropped about 30%% … now im lucky to get 800 when i used to get over 1000 several times a week, out of 3000 fans….
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Claudia Poeckl said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for sharing, @annfurnivall. It seems this topic is becoming more urgent with every new day. I will start working harder on the other social media platforms and maybe I should even consider using MySpace. Getting ready for the time when Facebook becomes commercially uninteresting for small businesses…
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Andrea Vahl said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
I am very frustrated by this as well, @annfurnivall I don’t have any good answers. I found this article that I like because it offers some different theories: http://blog.getpostrocket.com/2012/10/whats-going-on-with-your-facebook-page-reach-postrockets-take/  But again, none of it is good news, the reach is still down.
I’m wondering if small businesses are going to get too frustrated with it,
@claudiapoeckl and leave. I’ve actually been really liking LinkedIn’s new look.
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Ann at greenoak said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
i cant see abandoning   facebook since thats where my customers are….. now if they were abandoning it that would be different….
hopefully its early days and some new   plots will emerge……
@andrea-vahl i read your   facebook page about this too….good info…
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Melissa Holmes said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
My personal suggestion…
A business that depends or benefits from Facebook to a large degree, whether it is you @annfurnivall or anyone else should try to find a more independent form of keeping in contact with their fans. As you see the numbers change and FB charging to promote posts, it just goes to show what direction FB is headed. They have control over a lot more than what we actually see in our analytics. Although it is still a free source and should still be used effectively I think it would be best to create a place or offerings where your true fans can keep their appetite for your content. The question is, where is that other place? It all depends on what you have to offer and what your strong points in socializing is.
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BA MacRobie said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
@claudiapoecki, @annfurnivall, – I already had Google+ and Pinterest on my to-do list. They’ve just moved up a lot higher to the top.
@andrea-vahl – thanks for the info. I found the PostRocket post interesting though I deeply dislike the smug tone – “suck it up and create better content.” I know that the change is real because even though the Reach stats have never been reliable, the numbers of people engaging with my posts by liking, commenting, and sharing have plummeted. I’ve lost between 70 and 90 percent of engagement. People can’t engage with what they can’t see.
I understand that Facebook needs to make money, but I would rather pay an annual fee for a Page than endure FB’s constant machinations to try.to get promoted posts. I could put the annual fee into my budget just like I have a budget for my e-newsletter.
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Ann at greenoak said
7 months, 2 weeks ago:
@melissaholmes,i agree on   not having all your eggs in one basket…. actually i have a lot of independant ways to keep in touch with my customers….but i love facebook TOO… i keep in contact/market to    my fans thru snail mail to our big database , about 4000$$ a year just in the stamps for 4 mailings a yr…., monthly email, billboards and a very well recieved website..and   face to face   interaction…..so im not doing just facebook . …. but facebook is wonderful and   offfers   such a great interaction in our case……and i want to keep it…..
and like <a href="mailto:l@bamacrobie“>@bamacrobie i would   sure be willing to go for a fee structure to be on facebook..but i was and am glad to   enjoy its freeness, as it was offered to us… …
and i agree with BA,,,, the problem isnt better content…. my content was working just fine ,now its not   nearly working as well…. i hope BA and everybody will   keep posting   things that might help in this wierd situation…. i feel pretty   frustrated but dont want to give it up…
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