Is FB a Necessary Evil?
I've been having trouble with Facebook again. They don't care that many of us have perfectly good computers that have older software that is not readily upgraded constantly, so I can no longer get to my small business FB page, nor anyone else's business page. At least when it changed the personal pages (so that it now switches me to a reduced function page to accommodate molder software), it warned me of the potential of a problem. Not so the business page. Sigh. And yet everyone seems to expect that we will have an FB page. I have another option for creating a page for my business, on Earthlink, since my account there allows several web pages, but it does take a fair amount of time to set up and I have not dedicated that time among the many other things on my plate, so if it works, FB really is easier... but are there better options that would seem as acceptable? Does FB have competition? It has an amazing history. It filled a lot of unseen needs, but it has also had a lot of problems along the way, not least the advertising and spyware issues that Dreamwidth has studiously avoided (Thank you Dreamwidth!)
Does Dreamwidth include formats amenable to small businesses? Though actually, perhaps just a page with a small business name that works exactly the same as this would serve the purpose. I've seen pictures, posts that could as easily be about a business activity as a personal one. I never found any of the extra "business oriented" features of the FB business page to be useful, even if only because I didn't know how to use them.. Right now, I'd just like some token online presence so that I could share our planned craft class schedule with the right audience, especially since the local community newsletter is going through a change in leadership and other issues. Is FB really the only way to go?
Does Dreamwidth include formats amenable to small businesses? Though actually, perhaps just a page with a small business name that works exactly the same as this would serve the purpose. I've seen pictures, posts that could as easily be about a business activity as a personal one. I never found any of the extra "business oriented" features of the FB business page to be useful, even if only because I didn't know how to use them.. Right now, I'd just like some token online presence so that I could share our planned craft class schedule with the right audience, especially since the local community newsletter is going through a change in leadership and other issues. Is FB really the only way to go?