Stay off MYSPACE or I’ll hit your FACEBOOK!

People who blog annoy me! Why should people think that I have any interest in their personal life and their opinions? Can’t we go back to the day when there was no Internet, no Facebook, no MySpace, no personal web pages… NO OPINIONS AT ALL! It’s bad enough that you’re reading everything I’m writing. You don’t know me, so why should you care what I write? However, someone out there with nothing better to do will spend all day surfing the web and reading this nonsense. Do I sound bitter? Maybe just a little, but for good reason. Listen, I have no problem with people feeling the need to improve their business or status through social media on the web if it’s working. It’s 2009 and to keep up with the competition you have to get on board or be left behind. My problem is people who have no purpose in blogging except to feel important. Have a purpose!

Most of these social networking sites originally started with a purpose, but unfortunately it seems that more and more people have stopped focusing on the networks for “check me out!!!” People who use MySpace and Facebook click on the names of random people they don’t even know or haven’t seen in 10 years just so they can brag about how many friends they posted and who’s in their top 5. I hear comments like this all the time. day, especially from the younger generation and I think, if you’re really arguing about which friends of yours should be in your top 5, come find me so I can slap you! Or better yet, try adding me as one of your friends on Facebook so I can cyber slap you.

Ok, now that I’ve brought it to your attention, my purpose in writing all this is not to insult anyone, but to show the rest of the bloggers that when you write opinions, you should always end with a purpose. Opinions are fine, but they should always have a purpose! My purpose is to allow myself to use some of my anger, insults, and bitterness to somehow get your attention and keep you reading. Eventually, as I write more and more in this article, you will see that I am leading to something good, that I am leading to a purpose. So what is it?

I work for a successful auto parts store that can attribute most of its success to using the internet and other social media sites for growth. It’s amazing how many people today are really interested in what other people write or say, even if it’s just an opinion. We’ve been successful because instead of just joining a phenomenon like MySpace or Facebook to say “look at me!” we think outside the box and think of ways we could use these sites to generate more business.

In almost all personal profiles, people love to talk about and show photos of their favorite things, one of which is cars. Boat!!!!! A database of millions of car owners right in front of me and all he wants is to be my friend! I can tell from your photo that you love that car of yours, so why not market something that can make that car look or ride even better? All it takes is for a happy customer to refer me to one of their many friends on Facebook or MySpace, then they’ll tell their friends, then their friends will tell more friends, etc… etc… etc. … …! Sales are largely based on word of mouth, and in 2009 word of mouth can easily reach a database of over 100 million people in minutes. So I ask you again, what is my purpose? My goal is to use catchy titles and opening paragraphs to eventually get you interested enough in what I look like and what I sell! I promise I won’t cyber slap your Facebook if you become my friend today, if you’re lucky you may even become one of my top 5 customers!

FCP Groton is one of the world’s leading automotive dealers on the web.