Whoring out myself

[clevermanka]

Yesterday at faire, I had three people (one of whom I knew) ask me if I was available for hire for parties, etc. In each instance (they all happened at different times, in different places), I responded with an enthusiastic yes and gave the person a business card. Every time, the person looked at the card, looked at me and asked "Are you on Facebook?"

Fuck.

So now I have a Facebook account to use for networking dance gigs. I'm only going to use it as a promotional thing, though. No chatting, no personal interaction. If you know my real name, feel free to go over and friend me, but I'm not going to using it as a way to stay in touch with people beyond business transaction stuff.

Comments

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

That's how it starts.

You can do a "fan page" in your dance persona/name, you know. It somehow blocks a lot of interaction, but lets people contact you, and you can post your pictures and gigs on it.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I just heard about doing a fan page last night!!! I'm gonna set that up today.

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would set up a page. That's what "pages" are for. I have one made, but unpublished, for my jewelry business (which I will fire up once I have this damn stupid MBA squared away).

All the info you need about business pages can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/help/pages

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Adding my voice to the chorus of "make a page, not a personal account" if this is how you want to use it.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm gonna do that today.

[indigodreamer.livejournal.com]

I did a search for you, but none of the "Your Name"s seemed to be you. I third the suggestion of a "page" rather than a personal account for those uses, though.

(To illustrate the difference, my sister has a "page" for her political-figure self and a more private "personal account" for personal interactions with people she knows.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping I can have a fan page and delete my personal page, but if not, I'll just keep the personal page super private and not really use it.

[indigodreamer.livejournal.com]

Found you! I am your FIRST FAN!

(I did a search and your fan page came up; no personal account viewable.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

YAY! And thank you for letting me know. I'm glad that worked! I'll update today's LJ entry to let people know.

this icon's for you

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

Basically what everyone else said...

Re: this icon's for you

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

<3 the icon.

decline of society

[e4q.livejournal.com]

modden times, innit.

the game is the game, though.

Re: decline of society

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Decline of society indeed.

[auroraceleste.livejournal.com]

Facebook sucks. Can I hope it goes the way of myspace soon?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Well, it probably will now that I've finally signed up.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Alas, but as annoying as FB is, it is amazing for networking because of its ubiquity. It is how I advertise events and get most of my performance opportunities.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yup. I'm getting that impression. I talked to a booking agent last night after my show and he gets 70% of his business through Facebook now.