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As a social media user and a marketer, if Facebook becomes a paid service, would you still use it?

Facebook is a platform used by people who wants to communicate with family and friends, as well as marketers for business. If this service becomes a paid service, would you still use it? and why?

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Question added by George Durzi , Digital Marketing Manager , Dyson
Date Posted: 2012/12/26
Aziz ur Rehman Qureshi
by Aziz ur Rehman Qureshi , Business Strategist and Partner , AvenirTec

Facebook has already started paid services for marketing activities.
You can reach the people by paying Facebook to promote your post or your post will be visible to limited followers.
The company is already trying different strategies to facilitate marketers thus they are making them premium by charging for it.
On other hand Facebook is now public limited that's why it's has to charge for it's services somehow to make their shareholders happy.
Also at this stage Facebook can't risk charging it's general users because there are many competitors like Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, Youtube which are improvising with time and becoming threat for Facebook.

Roba Al-Assi
by Roba Al-Assi , Brand and Communications Director , Bayt.com

It depends on the network, but I might be more comfortable paying actually as I'd have to worry less about what they sell to advertisers.

Syed Waqas Saghir
by Syed Waqas Saghir , Independent Digital Marketing Consultant , Brainy Bulls

Facebook is already offering premium services specially for Internet Marketer, whether you have some business or some website or else products to market, you can use the Premium Ad Services that works as same like the concept of Google Adword (PPC) Pay Per Click Advertisement Campaign.
Anyhow, I believe that Facebook will never ever try to convert Social Network completely as a paid service or else if it happens, than I must say that "PEOPLE WILL HAVE ALWAYS MANY OTHER CHOICES/ OPTIONS" Have a Nice Day.
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Ajish Kumar
by Ajish Kumar , Freelance Digital Marketer , Freelancing

yes, It depends based on your target audience and where they hang out.

Edgar Rodriguez
by Edgar Rodriguez , Production Control Supervisor/ Safety Director , RBH AEROSPACE

It's a publicly traded company.
Wouldn't make sense for them to do that.
You'd piss off a lot of people.

Amit Amberker
by Amit Amberker , Looking for Creative Designing Projects which needs to be Done on Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW , Freelancer and Self Employed

Hi George Durzi :) Yes, I would still Use FB as a Social Media User and a Marketer if it becomes a Paid Service.

miriam mwangi
by miriam mwangi , CUSTOMER SERVICE EXECUTIVE , EMAAR MALLS GROUP

Yes for the benefit of reliable information its also a source of advertisement depending on the kind of company and the good and services thats you deal with. If your number of customers who are on face book are correspondent why not I'll do anything to maintain them as they are beneficial to.my business

Suhyb Irar
by Suhyb Irar , Digital Marketing Manager , Global Business College of Australia

Well, there is other alternatives to use other than facebook for communication.

Ahmed Hussein
by Ahmed Hussein , Digital & Social Media - Senior Account Manager , ASD'AA BCW

i think Facebook becomes essentials for every online marketer to use it or put it on his plan whatever if its free or paid i think everyone should used Facebook as a marketing tool

Mary Gaied
by Mary Gaied , Digital Marketing Consultant , Freelance

No, I would not. It will definitely harm Facebook and give other social media channels a chance to rise.

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