As business owners we all know that what you say is sometimes as important as how you say it. As the social networking giant Facebook matures (they just passed Google as the most visited site on the planet) so does the way in which they present themselves.
People will soon connect with your Brand Pages by clicking ‘Like’ rather than ‘Become a Fan,…
But don’t worry according to a Facebook spokesperson you can still refer to “Branded” Facebook pages as “Fan” pages. So why make the change at all then? According to a confidential email obtained by clickz users have been clicking “Like” almost twice as much as the “Become a Fan” button. Translated that seems to imply that as business owners who run “Fan” pages we can expect to be “Liked” even more. In the realm of internet reality that is Facebook that translates to a potential for even more exposure for our branded pages. In the immortal words of Martha Stewart, “It’s a good thing!”.
According to MediaMemo another possible side-effect to the new love of “Like” is that we can expect Facebook to expand the “Like” button all over the interwebs. Perhaps it will be akin to “Digg” or “StumbleUpon” etc..
So… are you guys a “Fan” of “Like”?
via|insidefacebook
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13 Comments at "Facebook No Longer a Fan of Fans"
I like it.
I kind of prefer there to be a difference…at least to me, “liking” something and becoming a fan are two different things. For instance, if someone becomes a fan of “staying asleep till the last possible second,” I’m more likely to “like” that than to become a fan myself. IDK…maybe I’m old fashioned?
I rather fan. I think there should be a distinction.
If facebook has decided, then facebook will do! But for what its worth I much prefer the fan pages as people are effectively signing up to mini newsletters by recieving each update you send from the fan page. By removing this, how do we communicate with them?
Andrew they are not removing fan pages. They are removing the become a fan of button. This is all about the button and verbiage not about having a biz fan page.
btw when I say they are removing the become a fan of button I mean it’s changing from become a fan of mark lutz photography to I like mark lutz photography.
I think they should rather remove “Like” from fan pages as people actually click on it mistakenly. Whats the point in liking and not being a fan.
Works for me.
It makes more sense really.
I do not see any problem with it as long as it gets more “Likes” than Fans.
I like the like idea… seems like less of a commitment to people and hopefully more traffic.
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