Quote Originally Posted by Mike Merz
Hey, Laurie.

Being old school, like yourself .. .. I've always felt your website to be akin to an offline storefront. First impressions can make or break a potential relationship; your self and product branding need to be qualified by your visitors in order to establish credibility. That's not easy to do when you're using a sub domain off of a free hosting service provider, or using a social networking site page as your home page. It's almost like working out of a suitcase in comparison. These sites should be used to supplement ... not be your main residence, IMHO.

Cheers,

Mike
Yeah I've tried explaining that to quite a few people and not just about FB, myspace as well, these should be used a lead generation, nothing more, because they could in fact get shut down at any moment. And considering how many of these sites get slapped with lawsuits - FB is dealing with a major one now, it can only be a matter of time before the "well is tapped dry". And once the novelty wears off, it wears off, just like bebo and myspace, so it's important to work while you can lead wise and then off to the next "fad" lol