Comments on: Facebook Causes: Worth it or a Waste? http://www.prprescriptions.com/2009/04/22/facebook-causes-worth-it-or-a-waste/ Providing diagnoses to those trying to reach the masses Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:17:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: jaywalk1 http://www.prprescriptions.com/2009/04/22/facebook-causes-worth-it-or-a-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-188 jaywalk1 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:56:47 +0000 http://prprescriptions.com/?p=518#comment-188 @ Lateef and @Adam Thanks for the comments. I agree with you both. It does work depending on what your using it for. Fundraising is not always the tool's best application, but it is a good option to provide. I'll feature both of your comments and some of the responses I received from LinkedIn. @ Lateef and @Adam Thanks for the comments. I agree with you both. It does work depending on what your using it for. Fundraising is not always the tool’s best application, but it is a good option to provide.

I’ll feature both of your comments and some of the responses I received from LinkedIn.

]]> By: Adam http://www.prprescriptions.com/2009/04/22/facebook-causes-worth-it-or-a-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Adam Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:18:52 +0000 http://prprescriptions.com/?p=518#comment-187 They're a tactic, not a strategy. Causes work when they are being used in concert with a concrete ask or goal. It's a vehicle for building support but must have relevance to something bigger. They’re a tactic, not a strategy. Causes work when they are being used in concert with a concrete ask or goal. It’s a vehicle for building support but must have relevance to something bigger.

]]> By: Lateef http://www.prprescriptions.com/2009/04/22/facebook-causes-worth-it-or-a-waste/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Lateef Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:17:50 +0000 http://prprescriptions.com/?p=518#comment-186 It certainly is effective - it just depends on how you're looking at it - The Causes application isn’t offering you a magical portal to an untapped fundraising goldmine…and neither is any other online or social media application...I go into more detail on my <a href="http://www.gummyprint.com/posts/internet/fundraising-with-social-media-facebook-causes-and-others/" rel="nofollow">post about Facebook Causes and their slamming in the Washington Post</a>. It certainly is effective – it just depends on how you’re looking at it -

The Causes application isn’t offering you a magical portal to an untapped fundraising goldmine…and neither is any other online or social media application…I go into more detail on my post about Facebook Causes and their slamming in the Washington Post.

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