Why Everyone is Wrong

Everyone wants a website.  “You need a website,” everyone says.  “If you don’t have a website,” everyone says, “you’re non-existent.”

“Everyone” is wrong.

Web sites are cumbersome.  Even the simplest website is technically intimidating not to mention time-consuming to maintain.  Consider the fact that if I don’t set aside time to come to see it then I’ll never know what is on it!  If you don’t have a website already, spare yourself the headache. 

The widely used but oft misused Facebook Fan Page is the solution for the organization with limited resources (both time and human):

  • They have more functionality than any traditional website (add photos, video, events, schedule, online donation button, discussion forum etc).
  • They are free and anyone with the minimal technical know-how can maintain one.
  • Anyone (even the aforementioned “everyone”) can view it with or without a Facebook account
  • Get a custom domain name (www.your-organization.com) for it

Post an update on a traditional site and, like the proverbial tree in the woods, you can wonder if it actually makes a noise.  Post it on your Facebook Fan Page and all of your fans will see it, can share it and comment on it.

Make life easier.  Ignore everyone.

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