I just supported fcc exams and at least half were facebook-twitter
users...including myself at 61. John KK4AJY
On May 20, 2014 6:39 PM, "Jim Lowman" <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Seriously, how many hams do you think he saw who were of the age
> demographic to be on Facebook or Twitter?
> I hadn't noticed a lot of young people in the crowd when we were there
> last year.
>
> I'm on Facebook and, in addition to staying in contact with friends and
> family who are scattered all over the country, there's a lot of good
> ham-related stuff on there.
> The QRZ page, for example. Twitter...well, I have an account, but rarely
> look at it.
>
> If the new Sales and Marketing Manager thinks that even 50 "likes" on
> Facebook is significant, he's borderline delusional.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> On 5/20/2014 1:23 PM, TTMaven wrote:
>
>> The new Sales and Marketing Manager delivered a running monolog, saying
>> TT will focus on Facebook and Twitter feeds ... er... um ... as if that is
>> a fresh, innovative approach. He offered no other answer or approach when
>> asked about it, saying one could receive as many as 4 Tweets a day! Now,
>> I don't do Facebook or Twitter, and I doubt getting 4 tweets a day from
>> could induce me to buy anything from anyone; more likely it would chase me
>> off completely.
>>
>> Oh well. I continue to hope for the best. Maybe younger hams will like
>> that approach, but it falls flat on me. Mr. Coultas said before he came
>> along, TT had something like 25 Facebook "Likes" - and he has already
>> doubled that number! Yeah... that should do it; we are moving now!
>>
>> That is just MY take... your mileage may differ.
>>
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>>
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