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by quickben 2896 days ago
I apologize (but maybe this will be useful feedback to you), but I just don't see the benefit provided that would warrant me shelving out a couple of hundred bucks a year.

If I am established business, I have somebody on staff that manages social media accounts, and I have a website.

If I am a small business, I paid X to have a web presence, but they told me I need this social media presence, so I paid Y for Facebook presence (or I manage it myself). Why do I need to duplicate it?

If I am a savvy user, I have a professional site that's different.

If I am a novice user, why do I have to pay to display my pictures again when Facebook does it for free?

I guess, you are trying to earn a living from duplicating content already hosted on a free platform, but I just don't see target user audience that would want that.

Sorry about the negative feedback.

2 comments

I have worked exclusively for small business owners (building websites and assisting online marketing) for the the last 20 years. Plenty of "established" thriving businesses do not have staff capable and/or available to manage social media, let alone make regular website updates.

After reading OP's post my first thought was "some of my clients need this!"

Once a website is built and launched, and/or a social media presence is created, the single hardest challenge we have is convincing the business owner and staff to stay engaged.

Connecting Facebook to a website (terrible as it may be) is just another tool for the small business owner who is limited on time (they ALL are!)

What if you're a small business, but haven't paid for a web presence (yet)? Seems like this is an alternative to those.