{"id":921,"date":"2008-12-12T16:02:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:50:48","slug":"is-facebook-the-new-birthday-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/is-facebook-the-new-birthday-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Facebook the New Birthday Card?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-924\" style=\"border: 0pt none;margin: 5px\" title=\"Birthday\" src=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2008\/12\/573703_birthday_candles-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Ok, some of you might think this post is just a little self serving, because it is sort of about of my birthday, but not really. It&#8217;s really about people taking the time to do something nice, and using social media as the distribution channel. Many of you know that an important part of our brand strategy is built around social media.  As I sit at my desk and look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> live feed, I have to admit some of the status updates are a little corny, some amusing and some informative. I always get the most feedback on the informative ones, I mean does anyone really care that I am on the train to New York? Striving to find balance between providing useful information, selling something and having some fun while doing it seems to be the right approach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the hidden gems on Facebook is the Birthday Notification. It notifies all of your \u201cfriends\u201d that it is your birthday, and allows everyone to send their wishes. I don\u2019t know about you, but I find it almost impossible to remember everyone\u2019s birthday, let alone find time to send them a greeting. It allows you to stop selling and sharing updates for a moment and send someone you know an unsolicited and meaningful greeting. When you think about it, that does not happen very often.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more-->For me, I treasured all of the birthday greetings I received this week, and l am actually in the process of sending an individual thank you back to each person. I wanted to share one greeting here in this post. It proves my theory that going just a little beyond what others do will pay off in the future. So, if you don\u2019t yet know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytechopinion.com\/author\/NikNik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicole (Nik Nik)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytechopinion.com\/author\/Reggie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reggie Nicolay<\/a>, get to know them\u2026 they are a lovely and talented couple &#8211; Nicole has her own digital marketing business, and Reggie is the social media guru for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberhomes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberhomes<\/a>.  Thank you Reggie and Nik Nik for helping make my day a special one\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, some of you might think this post is just a little self serving, because it is sort of about of my birthday, but not really. It&#8217;s really about people taking the time to do something nice, and using social media as the distribution channel. 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