I have been attempting a career change since around November of 2014 after twelve years in the chiropractic profession, when I signed up for Realtourvision.com, a real estate virtual tour company that offers virtual real estate tours of properties for sale.
I also built a website concentrating on niche website design using pre-built templates (digimatrix) that can be easily customized, meaning very affordable and slick websites for small businesses.
I entered 2015 with high hopes for both ventures, making do with occasional manual labor jobs to support the startups.
So I published my websites and made it clear on my Facebook account that this is what I was doing and placed information there as well, with links to the sites. So, after almost a year, I haven't received so much as one business lead from my almost 200 "Friends" list, some of whom are very successful, but I have to admit, I haven't sent any leads to my "Friends" either. In my defense, if I am not doing any business, I really don't have the connections to benefit my network.
I think that the term, "Friends" on Facebook should at least be replaced with something like, "People who are watching you to make sure you get no business."
Anyway, I have begun to avoid the Facebook lately, and I swear, my mood has improved immensely.
I also built a website concentrating on niche website design using pre-built templates (digimatrix) that can be easily customized, meaning very affordable and slick websites for small businesses.
I entered 2015 with high hopes for both ventures, making do with occasional manual labor jobs to support the startups.
So I published my websites and made it clear on my Facebook account that this is what I was doing and placed information there as well, with links to the sites. So, after almost a year, I haven't received so much as one business lead from my almost 200 "Friends" list, some of whom are very successful, but I have to admit, I haven't sent any leads to my "Friends" either. In my defense, if I am not doing any business, I really don't have the connections to benefit my network.
I think that the term, "Friends" on Facebook should at least be replaced with something like, "People who are watching you to make sure you get no business."
Anyway, I have begun to avoid the Facebook lately, and I swear, my mood has improved immensely.
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