Pointless rant about product promotions requiring facebook

fozmcfc

9,151,214 people like Kitkat on Facebook, 52,131,896 like Coca Cola.

It isn't any wonder, that along with the hundreds of millions of people on Facebook, companies love social media.

Love people who !!!!! and moan about social media, don't like it, don't join it, no skin off our noses, you're the ones losing out. Now lets see if I've won that tenner.

Hezzawithkids

I'm kinda with the OP on this one. I do use FB quite a lot for keeping in touch with people. I'm less keen on using it for comping, I don't really want my FB 'friends' to see that I spend far too much of my time online entering comps & giveaways, I'd rather they believed I was hard at work all day! Consequently I tend to avoid FB comps.

pimento

If you're having a problem with a company, Tweeting the MD or the company Twitter page is surprisingly effective.

CKhalvashi

missile wrote: »

I find it very hard to believe you have won all that, but hey ho :T.

When you're doing it across 5-6 countries, it's easier.

I have addresses I can use in most European countries to become 'resident' and can live legally anywhere in Europe or the former Soviet Union on the passports I have (English, Russian, Georgian; OH has Spanish, Ukrainian, Georgian). Montenegro, Albania and until next year, Kosovo, are the only 3 countries we can't magically 'live' in.

CK

ETA: Just checked our company Facebook page to the following

32,019 likes 9,473 talking about this

We're currently running a Facebook competition for US$5000 to be won by someone who likes the page on December 12th. This has gone up by about 3,000 in the last week.

We did a similar competition 2/3 years back on the company YouTube, and here are the results:

Latest Activity Oct 4, 2012

Network Channels: 120

Network Videos: 8,617

Network Video Views: 966,490,599

Network Subscribers: 522,086

Aggressive online marketing effectively works, especially as we've built a business model around working online.

nickyhutch

So these companies shouldn't make us of use what the rest of the world is using (social media) and up-to-the-minute tech (smartphones) just because some people refuse to use them? I don't think that's how it works.

2 minutes to open a facebook or twitter account which can be completely anonymous and used only for promotions or competitions - hardly the end of the world is it?

s_b

im with the OP
these companies cant groom me with their offers
im my own man
n way am i going to accept that facebook is the future
ive read georges 1984
i am not a clone i am a free man

ps im more equal than you

sillygoose

On a similar topic, I hate things that make you register online, you fill up with petrol or such like and get handed some voucher telling you 'enter your code online to see if you have won between a half price car wash and a trillion pounds cash'

Its as much effort as I am willing to type in the web address, then you get the page demanding registration before it will tell you... voucher goes straight in the bin at this point.

I know I can use a dummy phone number and disposable email but I can't be bothered - just gimme the freaking car wash!

vyle

I find it infinitely preferable to having to text to see if I win. At least it doesn't cost me money.

If I enter, I like the company, then unlike them as soon as it's over. I'm such a slag.

kermitfrog

nickyhutch wrote: »

So these companies shouldn't make us of use what the rest of the world is using (social media) and up-to-the-minute tech (smartphones) just because some people refuse to use them?

There's no problem with them using social media to reach their customers. There is a problem with them excluding customers who don't use social networking sites. It's just as easy for the companies to put a direct link on their promotion next to their Facebook or Twitter links.

nickyhutch

About as easy as it is for you to open a facebook account.

It's only you stopping you having an account. You're being excluded because you choose to be - you can change that.