Comments on: Time to Replace your Online News Room with Facebook!

By: Todd Andrlik

Todd Andrlik — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:49:07 +0000

Sorry I’m just now seeing this post, but great idea, Paul. I think the key factor when weighing WordPress vs Faceback for online news rooms is hosting. With WordPress, you can host the newsroom on your own server while Facebook is third party and therefore comes with some risk. However, like you said, if you can’t do it yourself and you don’t want to pay to have WordPress integrated, Facebook sounds like a great solution.

By: Paul Dunay

Paul Dunay — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:04:39 +0000

@ Adele – you make a great point – since writing this many have challenged me on this exact issue and I think it would be good to use BOTH – facebook and your website

By: Paul Dunay

Paul Dunay — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:03:16 +0000

@ Eliane – I was suggesting more of a Fan page approach which would not get trafficked as much by family and friends

By: Strategic Growth Advisors

Strategic Growth Advisors — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:26:54 +0000

Thanks for the great pointers, Paul.
I agree with your post. Facebook has emerged as one of the best social media sites ever produced: it’s user-friendly, it’s fun to create profiles, as well as, of course, you can create fan pages that can bolster your business’s prominence.

By: Jason Kintzler

Jason Kintzler — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:33:41 +0000

I think it’s a good idea conceptually. It’s really might be just about semantics.
Here’s the difference:
Our service (PitchEngine) enables you to share your social PR content to your social networks – like your brand’s Facebook Page – where you’re ultimately driving people to.
If you have a separate Facebook newsroom, it may confuse the situation, especially since it’s difficult enough to get followers/fans on your brand page. We opted to utilize the Social Media Release as the mobile component to your PR outreach with consumers, journalists and other influencers. This way, you can take your content where they are – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc., to share!
Thanks for thinking outside the box Paul, it’s what PR 2.0 is all about!
Jason Kintzler
Founder of PitchEngine
@pitchengine

By: Paul Chaney

Paul Chaney — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:08:46 +0000

Paul, I’ve thought about using Facebook Pages in that very same way. Of course, my friend Jason Kintzler might not think to highly of it. After all, he created Pitch Engine to serve the same purpose.
Let’s make this part of the discussion on Friday’s User Friendly Thinking radio interview.

By: Adele McAear

Adele McAear — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:35:47 +0000

Interesting idea, but how is having it on Facebook any more secure than “..hosted on someone else’s website like on WordPress..”? I understand the appeal of having the information available to people where they normally spend time, rather than your own “island”, but I don’t necessarily think it’s a good idea to use it as your one and only news room. As a secondary newsroom, possibly. But do you really think it’s a good idea to entrust that much brand currency in a 3rd party service that can arbitrarily decide how and when people access your content? And where you have no control over what ads are served in the space? I’m not sure the benefits outweigh the warning bells, for me.

By: Elaine Fogel

Elaine Fogel — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Cool idea, Paul. Do you recommend that this page embrace Facebook friends in the same way that a personal page would? I worry about posts from family and friends that have nothing to do with the company’s activities and may confuse those looking just for company news and info.