So how exactly are we supposed to be using these? In some cases they’re used as a humorous way of adding extra content or emotion at the end of a post. But when it comes to marketing your business and promoting your content it’s important to know how to use them properly and gain greater success.
Anna Lamb-Creasey’s son had disappeared without a trace. She called hospitals and jails. She waited for days and then weeks and then a month, desperate for a sign of life. She posted to his Facebook page: “Rickie where are you? Love mom.”
So what happens to all those suddenly abandoned profiles? Their fate could go one of four ways:
The situation surfaces a multitude of questions and concerns. What happens to a Facebook profile after death? How do people interact with a dead user? Should loved ones be able to access a dead user’s profile at all? What is acceptable online grieving etiquette? And finally, what has grief become in the age of social media?
Whether you’re Facebook friends with anyone from work or not, a comment of this nature never brings anything good, and McClenathan wound up losing her job.
My boss sent me a friend request on facebook, what should I do? I don’t want them to see every post I make but I also don’t what there to be tension in the funeral home because I didn’t accept the request. It feels like a lose/lose situation.
On Tuesday afternoon Facebook held a huge live event to announce Graph Search. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who showed off the product, insisted that it is not Google-like Web search. But make no mistake, this is Facebook’s boldest attempt yet to go after Google’s search business. It’s not a clone of Google search; it’s an alternative to it. And your funeral home is at risk from it.
Do you ever wondered if what you’re doing on Funeral Home Facebook Page is right or not? Here’s a simple 12 step checklist to evaluate your Funeral Home Facebook Page and see if you’re on the right track. We also included a form below, fill it out and we will email you back a grade (0-100) and a few suggestions to make your Funeral Home Facebook Page better.
As we enter a pivotal new year for funeral homes, we thought it would be helpful to deliver some key items for your funeral home’s social media strategy checklist for 2013. And, as we also enter a new year of Google changes to the ever-important search algorithm, we include a review of organic SEO from a social standpoint.
In this story, Mashable explores the uncomfortable and emotional encounters many Facebook users are having with “Facebook ghosts” (status posts and updates from dead friends appearing in their Newsfeed’s).
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