South West eCommerce

Facebook - a dilemma for your humble correspondents.

Regular readers of the blog will know that we’re building up a bunch of income streams and learning as we go.  You’ll also know that we want to get cleverer all the time so when things come our way, we try to consider them.

The other day an offer came through to get onto another course and learn how to use facebook for marketing purposes.  It was full of marketing hype, you know the stuff, "I’m making a million, you can do it too".  The offer didn’t seem to be bad either.  The cost was significant, but not really big, and it promised to hook us into the way to monetise our exposure to Facebook.  We've taken the plunge with a couple of things over the years and they're the basis of our modest but growing success.

Here’s the dilemma for us.  We have to do the things we know at present, because we are on a deadline to be making enough money to pay our bills by the time some other cash from selling part of the business runs out.  The things we know will make us cash but they are demanding our attention.  A very successful blogger wrote about it a little while ago and said the secret to making a dollar was to work hard, and work hard every day.  

Facebook on the other hand presents a dilemma for us.  It is massive and we have learned that any use of the internet that generates significant traffic can be used to generate cash.  So we’re faced with a choice between a tried and proven path to success, or a possible path to faster success and that day off we’ve been craving.

Anyone who’s been following the blog will know that while we desperately want to get on the facebook thing, we’re going to take the percentage shot.  Our processes through niche blueprint are working and the month will show some growth.  If we work that lot steadily and diligently, we’ll get to the end we need and have some time to check out exciting opportunities.

The offer seemed good, but in this world we’ve come to know that some offers aren’t everything they’re cracked up to be.  We really wanted to offer this to you and see who could make it work, but we only promote things that we’ve tried and we know they’re good value.

This brings us to a point where we’re going to ask for feedback from you guys (gender free term by the way).  Facebook is massive, its revenue generating capacities are untapped and we know that the biggest, easiest money in such things happens when someone grasps to how to work it, and works it hard until everyone else catches on.  We don’t have time to figure what makes great facebook ads, or offers.  One of you knows it, or is convinced you’ve got an insight that’s going to work.  We want to ask you how it’s going and will you share it with your fellow travellers on this road.

Not sure what the first one wins, but we look forward to your feedback.... how do you make facebook work for you?