Behaviour In Facebook Groups
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Behaviour in Facebook groups is a never-ending story – I just uncluttered my groups’s wall on Facebook.
This is the group’s description:
“This group is designed to promote each other’s success through education and teamwork.Share tips, tricks,your favourite books and quotes-and ask questions,they will be answered.Please introduce yourself on the wall and make friends.
NO ADS ! NO AFFILIATE LINKS ! NO HYPE ! NO FLUFF !”
I think it’s a polite and clear description of what to post and not to post on the group’s wall, isn’t it ? And it’s written in English, not in Mandarin. So how come that 50 % of the wall posts are affiliate links and links to business opportunities ?
Chances are that ignoring the description is a behaviour that tells a story about you ! My friend Tristram Lodge published an interesting article about this aspect.
It’s not about pleasing everyone. And I don’t say that everybody likes my behaviour. People are different, and that’s perfectly OK. Of course group members can promote themselves and their businesses, by posting videos, blog posts, inspirational quotes. That’s what it’s all about. And I share and retweet interesting stuff even if it’s the so-called competition.
What people do on their blogs is of course none of my business, it’s their business. It’s their business if their blog cries “Buy me”. On the other hand, what other people want to be posted on their groups’ walls, is their business.
In my opinion, a good behaviour to introduce yourself in a group is a brief personal introduction, accompanied by a link to a relevant blog post or video, for example.
And then coming back on a regular basis, post links to your blog and videos, inspirational quotes, comment on other people’s contributions, share and retweet them – and making new friends.
Other Facebook-related posts are about pulling your blog feed to your Facebook profile and backing up your Facebook profile to your desktop.
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Twitter: prfuller
says:
I agree with you 100% Oliver.
I belong to a number of groups and when I look at their wall all I see is self-promoted opportunities.
However, that is only half the story.
Some groups I belong to promise to provide some sort of value, usually how to develop traffic, however the only group messages I receive from the owner is, you guessed it, just about their opportunity.
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 13:13
Hi Peter,
thanks for your comment. You are right when pointing at the two sides of the coin. At the end of the day, a blog and a video are also self-promoting. But promoting opportunity links isn’t self-promoting at all, it’s promoting other people’s stuff. Even if I make money with it, nothing could be farther from self-promoting. Of course, I’m a great fan of promoting other people’s stuff, especially blog posts, videos etc.
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver,
Agreed on this one.
Your Facebook Group – or profile – is your home. When others are in your home they must play by your rules. If they don’t, they get the boot.
If people have valuable content to add I’ll let them post it. If it’s an advertisement they should pay me to use my valuable ad-space before posting.
Ryan
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 13:10
Hi Ryan,
thanks for your comment. Your social media profile is your home, but it’s only a rented one, so the landlord can throw you out any time. And me as tentant, I can throw out guests that don’t follow the rules.
Take care
Oliver
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I see where you’re coming from and totally agree with you. I have seen on some profiles where they just have a bunch of links to their opportunity which is pretty lazy. How can someone build rapport and trust if all they’re going to put on their profile page are links to their opportunity? Great post Oliver!!!
Sherman
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 13:08
Hi Sherman,
thanks for your comment. Linking to other sites is an important part of networking if it’s a link to a blog or a video but people should ask themselves if they’re doing themselves a favour when putting too many bizop links out there. I believe that it’s also the noise and the tone, not only the content.
Take care
Oliver
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Hi there Oliver,
Acting the right way in these groups is something people shouldn’t take lightly. After all, it’s their reputation, their image and their brand they are messing with if they blatantly put the wrong stuff out there.
Completely agree with you on this one.
Jerome Ratliff
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 13:04
Hi Jerome,
thanks for your comment. You hit the nail on its head that people risk their own reputation at the end of the day.
Take care
Oliver
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Everything in your group description seems perfectly reasonable to me. I join groups on Facebook, only to leave the group because there is very little sharing of ideas and tips, and too much bizopp spam.
I don’t mind following a link to someone’s blog post, or sharing the work of others. But I think that some groups need to draw the line, and really be about networking and sharing. I’m glad you took a stand Oliver!
Make it a great day!
-James
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 13:03
Hi James,
sharing links to blogs, videos etc. is a natural part of networking because a network consists of links, a lot of links…and it’s not always easy whether something is still a valuable link or already spammy. I think sometime’s it’s also the tone not only the content. I also appreciate you sharing your point of view.
Take care
Oliver
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Twitter: dianeaksten
says:
Oliver: I agree with you 100%~~I think it shows a total lack of respect for the intent of your group on someone’s part to post their opportunity anyway, especially if they are aware upfront.
Apparently, some people still don’t get it that business building is about building relationships FIRST…
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:58
Hi Diane,
thanks for your comment. I also agree with Charlie’s point of view that most members are playing nicely.
Take care
Oliver
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I have the same experience with my group Oliver. I used to send a polite message before deleting these posts. Now I just delete them and I ban persistent offenders. But most group members are great and I get good feedback from my regular messages.
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:57
Hi Charlie,
Thanks for your comment.
you are right that most members are awesome and follow the rules
Take care
Oliver
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I do not understand people’s logic at times, especially when they post non-value ads for their business opportunity. No one wants to be sold and everyone seems to be trying to sell their “best company” or “best compensation plan” in the industry! Well, I am glad you know what you are doing.
Keep Cranking My Friend!
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Oliver Reply:
June 23rd, 2010 at 23:09
Hi Karl,
thanks for your appreciative comment and your compliment. I’m glad that I can give it back to
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver,
Alot of people look at Facebook groups as another way to spam. They don’t realize they are spamming because they were never taught the proper way to advertise their opportunities, products or themselves.
Thanks for putting it out there and shedding some light on the subject.
.
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Oliver Reply:
June 26th, 2010 at 11:29
Hi Sharon,
thanks for your comment. First if all, I must apologize that I haven’t participated yet in actively syndicating in your tribe ! Mea culpa. And yes, they haven’t been taught how to advertise properly. The question is: Who is willing to learn it and who has the level of awareness that they are the problem and not the prospects or Facebook or whatever ?
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver,
I came across your blog through Amanda Marie’s site. This was quite an informative post. I have to agree with you. I do not like visiting groups and just seeing a mass advertising board. I think it is important to have good group behaviour on facebook and still remember that the most important thing for you to do is bring VALUE to those that are in the group. Thanks for this informative post.
Get Excited & Stay Excited!!
Blessings, Love & Light…
Kantrese “Tresie”
“Inspire. Encourage. Empower.”
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Oliver Reply:
September 22nd, 2010 at 08:24
Hi Kantrese,
thanks for your comment. I am glad you find my post informative. I have recently begun to reinforce “law & order”
in my own group because it became a mass advertising board as you said. VALUE is what counts !
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver
I must say I totally agree with you. I have joined a few groups and got put off by this sort of behavior. To me it is like going to a party and walking around doing a sales spell. People would not do that (or maybe they would ).
I am sure it works against them in the end.
Sue
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Oliver Reply:
November 17th, 2010 at 10:44
HI Sue,
thanks for your comment. Well, it’s their seed so they going to reap what they sow. Even if it’s short-term successful, I hardly believe it will get them very far.
Take care
Oliver
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Oliver, thanks for reiterating this policy and showing how important it is.
I have a technical question if you or someone else don’t mind answer this. If I’m the group creator and want to create a new discussion in my group, do the member of that group automatically get sent a notice that a new discussion has been posted? If not, do I have to manually send a message to all group members that a new post is up for discussion?
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Oliver Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 23:10
Hi Keith,
I can give you an answer if you refer to the old Facebook group template. If so, your group members wont get a personal message that you started a group discussion. They will see it if they visit your group.
In the new Facebook group template, the former discussions aren’t existent anymore.
Hope that helps, feel free to come back with further questions.
Thanks for your comment.
Take care
Oliver
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Hey Oliver,
that sounds FAIRLY familiar to me, I mean how often have you seen “someone” posting an affiliate link on your wall?
It happens so often, that I´m not even paying attention to someone, who´s doing some crappy stuffy like that.
You can block those folks, and than move on to the next one. Spammers alone can change their brutal behaviors when it comes to pitching links on fan pages and groups.
It´s their decision, and they´ll soon realize that´s probably not the best way, and might change it.. who knows..
All the best,
G
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Oliver Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 14:44
HI Gerald,
I also can’t imagine that this behaviour will get them very far…
Thanks for your comment.
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver,
Good report. I agree with the good attitude and approach method, and of course, group quality is in the hands of the moderator. Many groups have different rules in their guidelines…
… but I believe that you do not have to read any, if your motive in your heart is to help others. Cast your bread upon the water, it’ll return buttered!
Robert
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Oliver Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 14:43
Hi Robert,
you are right: What I wrote in my rules, is pretty much common sense. It seems however that not everybody has the same common sense
So it’s actually the moderators job to delete inappropriate contributions and eventually ban unruly group members from the group.
Thanks for your comment.
Take care
Oliver
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Hi Oliver,
This is quite an interesting topic. Yes, I believe people need to be educated on proper behavior. I like what Chris Farrell does. He makes it very clear that people cannot do what you are describing and if they break the rules, he bans them from the group.
That way he keeps it as it should be, a place to learn and inspire.
Thanks for the great post and have a great rest of the week!!!
Karen
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Oliver Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 14:34
Hi Karen,
banning unruly group members is probably the only way to cope with them, that’s right.
Thanks for your comment.
Take care
Oliver
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