Facebook – Mixing Business & Personal

Posted on February 9, 2010

There’s an awful lot of talk on this subject. You have a Facebook account to keep up with your friends. But you also wind up with business associates as Facebook friends. (The whole topic of the use of the word ‘friend’ by Facebook is left for another day.)

Was it just coincidence that I saw these two tweets in my twitter stream, one after the other?

From Alicia Arenas

Thank you! RT @JesusNeedsNewPR: Dear Facebook Friends: I like you, really, I do. But I do not want your Facebook Valentines.

Followed by this from BKMcDaddy Designs

A Freelancer’s Guide to Professionalism on Facebook – http://bit.ly/cPzUYs

In the Freelancer’s Guide, there are suggestions for using Facebook lists to control what you post to whom.

There are good reasons for mixing business with personal on Facebook, but it does mean you need to think carefully before you post. I had one friend (real friend, oh, and business associate) mention a problem she had recently with Facebook. Seems that an old friend posted something from the past that my friend really didn’t want made public. (Sometimes it’s true – What happens in the past, stays in the past.)

Then there’s this great advice on the Dos and Don’ts for Job Searchers on Social Media. Lettergirl has a couple of good points in there!

Lots of good advice out there. I think number one on the list is to think before you post.