Do you really want Facebook to be your main or only web presence?

With Facebook dominating the Social Media scene, and many people relying on it for their web presence, we ask the question . . .

Do you really want Facebook to be your main or only web presence?

Will Facebook eventually replace Websites?
But more importantly . . . .

Do you really want it to?

The real issue is keeping control of your business and your web presence.

So . . .

Why is this an issue?

I have now heard of a number of instances, (of which Velvet Burger is just the latest), where Facebook has summarily deleted a Facebook account.

No questions or consultation – just gone!

Not without reason of course.

When you signed up for Facebook, you ticked the “I AGREE” box next to the pages and pages of their Terms and Conditions which you read through thoroughly of course . . . not!

So you probably don’t even know most of the reasons why Facebook can and will delete your account.

This happened to Velvet Burger and they lost everything, including almost 10,000 FB fans!

So . . . while Facebook is an important social media (read – marketing) tool, should you make it your main or only web presence?

We think NOT!

As you see in the attached image, (click it to enlarge), Velvet Burger set out to run a simple promotion to share a lottery ticket with people who shared their post.

Seems pretty simple and straight forward, and a good idea to get people to your page – but it breaches one of Facebook’s rules about running competitions from your Facebook page.

Bet you didn’t know that one!

You cannot run any form of competition, raffle or lottery from your Facebook page.

If you do, and you are discovered, your page disappears immediately and most likely will never, never, never, never, ever return.

Along with it goes all of your social connections and contacts . . . and your business.

And there are so many other things in all that fine print that we didn’t read.

So, again, do you really want Facebook to be your main or only web presence?