I had an experience on Facebook last week that got me thinking about how important it is to be careful that our communication doesn't resemble something that people could take the wrong way. It isn't enough to be genuine, we have to communicate that we are. If you use the language of scammers and spammers, people will wonder if you are. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, people will naturally conclude that it's a duck. Here's what I mean and what we can all learn from Pst Spence. Last week, I received a friend request from someone with an odd sounding name: Pst Spence. We had several mutual friends, his page looked normal and he...
This week, I'm talking about Facebook Faux Pas. Communication on Facebook is often seen as somehow different from communication elsewhere so things are regularly done (said) over Facebook that would NEVER be tolerated in person. On Wednesday, I told you about the issue of adding people to Facebook groups without asking their permission or gaining their consent. Today is about dating. Over the weekend, I received another in a series of Facebook messages about dating. (No, this picture is not him, though I sincerely doubt the picture he has posted on his Facebook wall is him either.) Shockingly, this guy didn't just ask me if I liked Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. After telling me a bit...
This week, I'd like to share two true Facebook stories with you. Each of them illustrates a problem in communication. Facebook is a very large and growing venue that facilitates communication between people all over the world. There are, however, several communication issues that crop up and can make your Facebook experience less desirable. In fact, these are issues that can alienate your Facebook friends. Since so many people establish relationships through Facebook for both personal and business purposes, I feel these two issues are vital to discuss and understand. It's Word Wednesday and this week's word is "inadvisable." One of the latest changes Facebook had made was to create new Facebook groups which allow you to add any or...
In November, Art of Eloquence will be eight years old! We've been having a great time with our visitors/customers with our birthday celebration and we've been giving away prizes! So far we gave away prizes for finding all eight FIMMs that are hiding throughout our site, for playing Communication BINGO over on our Facebook fan page, and we have tons of folks who have earned Birthday Bash Points toward our Grand Prize by either posting a link to any page of our site (and letting us know) or by purchasing any of our speech communication eProducts! But the Art of Eloquence Birthday Bash is coming to an end this month! There are only a few more weeks left to...
We interrupt this blog to bring you this Public "Survey" Announcement! LOL My husband and I went over the marketing plans for Art of Eloquence for next quarter. The topic of pay per click advertising on Facebook came up again and we thought we'd get your input. If you have a minute, we'd love it if you'd answer 4 questions for us. 1. If you are on Facebook, do you notice the ads at all? 2. If you do notice Facebook ads, have you ever clicked on one? 3. If you saw an ad on Facebook for a company you knew and liked, would you be likely to click on it? 4. Do you think we should advertise on Facebook? ...
