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Where does one advertise these days if not social media? Where does one learn about local goings-on outside of their _immediate_ circle of family/close friends/
by efields 2y ago
Where does one advertise these days if not social media? Where does one learn about local goings-on outside of their _immediate_ circle of family/close friends/colleagues if not social media?
With a small local business, social media gives an audience. If you're selling anything visually captivating, it performs well in these spaces. We sell cut flowers on the side, so…
I don't ask these questions out of support of Instagram or Facebook, but I stop in there regularly because I don't know to learn a little bit about the greater community around me. My life is busy enough with work/family.
The cost of all this is being exposed to a lot of attention bait and I honestly don't like how I feel using it sometimes. But we've built up the social media ecosystem as a pillar of society at this point.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago> Where does one learn about local goings-on I subscribed to my local NHPR newsletter that tells me local events. There is also local news, newspaper, or radio.
- Schiendelman 2y agoOne way: You make a list of the venues and organizations that host the things you are interested in, you go to those events, and you talk to people.
- _qbxi 2y agoHe still advertises on social media. He still uses Facebook for his courses. He just uses his wife's account.
- chrisandchris 2y ago> Where does one learn about local goings-on outside [...] if nor social media? Imagine, there are people who don't care that much besides their family/friends circle. Maybe some newspaper/-site from time to time, but why cope with all the other stuff too all the time? Life goes on too if one doesn't know abou the latest stuff. Imagine there were hundreds or thousands of year of humanity you didn't know how your neighbour is except you walked there. At least that's fine for me. I don't miss social media (besides HN), and I don't miss anything.