Anyone here on HN using Facebook successfully to promote their startup and/or pe...

teej · on April 20, 2009

If Facebook was a useful promotion tool, they wouldn't have revenue issues.

dmix · on April 20, 2009

Jason Calacanis 1-2 years back made a post asking for peoples advice on how to promote on Facebook. The consensus was widely and rightfully so:

1) Facebook is NOT an effective marketing platform

2) Please don't try, nobody wants it to turn into myspace

Although, like any social site, it can be useful if users spread your message - on their own.

JacobAldridge · on April 20, 2009

I've run workshops for clients on using new media for new leads. The consensus has been that Facebook is a neat way to give news to people who already know you (though the signal to noise ratio continues to lower), but a poor way to find new people.

That said, I would encourage most businesses to have a presence on there as part of their online content management. If it's quick to copy news from your site over to Facebook (etc), then the costs are low and it will support your brand.

robryan · on April 20, 2009

Gauging by my mostly non tech inclined friends list the average person is only interested in quizzes and top5 lists in terms of apps.

Still considering giving facebook a try for promotion of the site I'm working on but don't hold high hopes for a lot of traffic coming from it.