Am learning to detach from FB fan numbers and to allow for variations.
The first time the number dropped by one, I panicked. What had gone wrong? Why had someone dropped me off their Like list? On and on I went, doing vicious loops in my head.
I am now practising the art of detachment.
When I first click on the 'Adverts and Pages' tab, I take a quick breath and picture a number in my head.
Funnily, about 90+% of the time, that number is exactly right.
Today's count is 107, and I'm wondering: where have all the new people come from?
It strikes me as supremely ironic that during the period that I've deliberately absented myself from FB, the numbers have actually crept up by themselves with no frantic effort from me.
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Getting Off FB
I am taking an indefinite FB break.
It's madness, like being on a treadmill that you can't get off. I can spend hours reading other people's postings but never being able to catch up with all the energetic Facebookers who use it to market their products and services and every now and then announce that they are now at 1,555 likers or whatever.
Wish I could do the same, and believe me I did try for a few months, but it's exhausting and the results are not guaranteed. I haven't made a single FB sale, although my fan count is now a healthy 102.
The only people who buy from me are still people I know personally.
Maybe that's the way for me: just keep talking to people and being myself and suggesting organic solutions where appropriate.
It's madness, like being on a treadmill that you can't get off. I can spend hours reading other people's postings but never being able to catch up with all the energetic Facebookers who use it to market their products and services and every now and then announce that they are now at 1,555 likers or whatever.
Wish I could do the same, and believe me I did try for a few months, but it's exhausting and the results are not guaranteed. I haven't made a single FB sale, although my fan count is now a healthy 102.
The only people who buy from me are still people I know personally.
Maybe that's the way for me: just keep talking to people and being myself and suggesting organic solutions where appropriate.
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