Re: Burglar Alarm Face book group

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On 9/26/2015 1:27 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> Les,
>
> I've never used FB for my contracting company, but it definitely generates
> business for my mold making business.  LinkedIn too.  I periodically write
> an article or interesting social post, and then share it to other pages as
> well.
>
> Recently I had a mold customer visit me here in my shop to discuss some
> designs we are working on.  That's pretty rare since I ship molds all over
> the country and even around the world.  I made a big deal out of it and
> shared it on fishing groups, tackle making groups, and even on his business
> page as a purely fun and social post.  It resulted in about 700 visits to my
> FB page and two new custom jobs.  I imagine if I did similar things for my
> contracting business I could drives new jobs that way too.
>
> To go further an occassional fishing partner of mine uses socail medai and
> personal contacts to drive business his way.  He is a new car salesman and
> since he started doing that he has been the number one new vehicle salesman
> in his dealership every single month.  He doesn't even do the advertising
> side of it.  Just has a huge friends list and does things like post smiling
> pictures of people with their shiny new pickup truck.
>
> I hated Facebook and Linked-In just like you guys, but I have learned a
> little bit about how to use them to drive business also.
>
> Add on that all my Aunts and Uncles and Cousins stay in touch through
> Facebook...
>
> Bob
>


I hear you Bob, but........................

I guess that I am too much like my Dad.  He was the top Ford mechanic at
a local large dealership.  He was the guy that could listen to an engine
with a long screwdriver up against his ear and the engine block and tell
you that a certain valve had a bad gap at the rocker and was tapping or
the timing was off by a frog hair.

He retired at the right time since the new computer stuff was starting
to takeover and he did not understand the new fangled thingies.

In those days nobody could make a engine cheat on a emissions test.
Well, there were no emissions test even to consider cheating on. :-)

I know the new stuff can do this or that when applied and adjusted to
meet the need and desires but I am just to old to strain my brain on the
issue.  For me it is a lot easier to ignore and move on with the
workload that I presently have.............. which is significant.

Also, I was on LinkedIN for a period of time a number of years ago when
I thought it might be a benefit.  Well it wasn't and I cancelled it as
well.  As the saying goes; "It just ain't my cup of tea."

BTW nice slip in of the https://www.facebook.com/CNCMOLDSNSTUFF

Sorry, but I won't be visiting.  I included here for the additional support.

Have a good next week Bob.  I have another full plate.  I have a
security/camera/phone customer that thinks I might be ABLE to help them
fix their dining area background music and order number paging system.

Well yeaaaaaa....................

Just have to figure out how to get something called Pandora connected
via WiFi to a paging amp to drop in 2x2 ceiling speakers.

And they pay me to do this stuff????  Cool!!

Les