Why All the Fuss about Facebook?

Recently a lot of the discussion on our group has centered around Facebook and is this just 'one more thing' we busy entreprenuers should add to our already overful plates.  Many have talked about how they 'hate' Facebook and others have chimed in about the dangers of their 'private' information being availalble online.

Others, myself included, have talked about how they enjoy Facebook. I, for one, have gotten back in touch with several friends I've known throughout the many moves our family has made during my husband's military career and I get to touch base with each of my adult children almost daily thanks to this marvelous website.

Now, let's talk business - THIS PAGE shows Facebook's official press released statistics. That is pretty impressive, eh?

• More than 400 million active users - 
• 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
• Average user has 130 friends
• People spend over 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook
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• http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/facebook-statistics-facts-figures-for-2010/

Do you start to see the value here?   The link above will take you to the full-size version of this graphic.

Here is another site Check Facebook . Com with some impressive statistics.
More Facebook trivia - did you know that Australia serves legally binding court notices via Facebook? Or that Michael Jackson has the #1 most popular page on Facebook (followed by Homer Simpson at #2 and Facebook itself at #3)? Would you have guessed that women over 55 make up the site's fastest growing American demographic?

Facebook Demographics & User Statistics

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So - NOW do you realize WHY your business NEEDS to be on Facebook?