One of my coworkers at Bluegrass mentioned that she had an almost new dulcimer she wanted to sell. She said it just wasn’t quite the right fit for her. It was a little too long.
I asked her if she was advertising and she said she did, mainly by word of mouth. I asked if she’d advertised on Facebook, and she said that had never occurred to her.
I told her that I’d sold vehicles and land and all kinds of stuff on Facebook, by targeting pages that were specifically interested in those things. I offered to create an ad for her and told her that after she approved it, I’d post it on 15 or 20 relevant FB sites.
She said that sounded like a great idea!
So I spent about an hour yesterday creating this ad, and told her I’d post it as a picture, then create links to her contact information.
So I work up the ad, ready to launch. Then I get a message from her that said, “Thank you so much! Just make sure only your friends and my friends can see it.”
OK. Blew that sale out of the water.
Of course I am respecting her wishes but….what?? This is not the first time I’ve created ads for people, but this is the first time they asked me not to actually advertise!
Since I do this for others once or twice a year, should I create a dummy Facebook account for contact purposes for people who are leery of getting their contact info out there? How do I resolve this? (And no, I’m not being paid. I just like doing it.)