About Facebook

Facebook.  It's a love-hate relationship isn't it?  It's helpful and can promote a business online but, well, Facebook.

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Yet because we anticipate at least some of our sales to be online and even by way of Facebook Marketplace, well, Facebook.

One of the challenges of Facebook for a small business is the need for followers and people to like your page.  I'm sure you have seen the requests, "Please like and follow us and tell your friends about us!".  

We are no different.  Except.


Twenty years ago a lady taught me to make bookmarks out of waxed linen cord, charms, and beads.  I like them.  I like that they work as a bookmark.  I enjoy making them.  I really enjoy the treasure hunt of looking for jewelry at estate sales and yard sales and thrift stores I can take apart and turn into a bookmark.  In a pinch I'll go to Hobby Lobby but the treasure hunt is fun for me.

I made these for a while and even sold quite a few of them at a Library Used Book Store in a place I used to live.  I have started making them again (and found a treasure trove at a local thrift store!).

We decided to bribe reward people for following/liking our business page on Facebook with a bookmark.  

The first 50 people who like and follow will get a bookmark.  

One thing which annoys us with some companies where we are customers is when they give out rewards to new customers and ignore those of us who have been customers for a while.  In light of that, we are going to give these to ALL the first 50 people who like and follow our page, including the 23 who already have.  So do us a favor and like, follow, and let us know.  I'll send you a personal message for your mailing address (let's keep that off the public Facebook, shall we?!) and get these in the mail by the weekend.  

Who knows, if it goes well, we might even extend this to the first 100 (which would then allow us to see some stats we are not allowed to see until we get 100 followers) (because Facebook).

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