Some of my friends are afraid of getting on Facebook. They either think it's a huge waste of time or dangerous or both. Nothing I can say seems to change their minds. So that's why I was so happy to see this post by Julie Devaney of Hubspot.com, writing about her mom's experience with Facebook. Julie says:
"My Mom is in her late 50s and recently got a Facebook account. An admitted skeptic, she previously didn’t see the value or purpose of “doing Facebook.” She thought it was a kid thing -- something too technically complicated and too socially intrusive for moms in their late 50s.
That was until this past Christmas, when my Mom’s inbox saw more holiday greetings than her mailbox. Many of the expected annual family letters and pictures from her childhood and college friends came in the form of emails, with links to blogs and Flickr accounts, and “Happy New Year” signatures ending with lines like, “check out my Facebook page for pictures of my son’s wedding.”
It was a bittersweet change for my Mom to have the good news of the past year living in her laptop rather than hanging on her door frame on familiar holiday stationary for all to see. Yet, she now saw the value in having her very own Facebook account."
Julie then goes on to share her 5 great tips for Facebook First-Timers, which takes some of the mystery out of getting started. I'm going to share it with my friends and see if I can convince them to jump into the social media waters and get their feet wet!
Linda Locke
Social Media Coach
