I'm a little late in posting, but I wanted to let everybody know the results of our post-Drupalcamp SC survey.  Overall, I think it was a very good camp.  23 out of 24 respondents said the overall value was Very Good or Excellent, so that makes me happy.  

Most of the comments in the survey were positive.  There was one person who seemed unhappy about every aspect of the camp, and of course there was some constructive criticism.  The website was down a lot in the days before and day of the conference, and as a result we didn't have a good list of attendees to "check off" as they arrived.  Next year we will have a better website, for sure!

You can view the entire survey results here:  http://www.broadstreetconsulting.net/files/Drupalcampsc-2014-Survey.pdf

Thanks again to all those who helped out with the camp and all those who attended, and especially those who gave us some feedback. 

There are many reasons why Facebook's advertising could present more trouble than its worth. One big reason is that for many companies, Facebook advertising is permanently connected to a user account. Which means if the administrator, or owner of the page, leaves the company, he/she takes all the Facebook ad history (creative and analytics reporting) with him/her. You can always add another manager, but you can never transfer your administrative rights.

Another big reason is that for companies like Broadstreet Consulting, who manage multiple accounts, it is not possible to designate different payment methods for different campaigns. All of your campaigns will be charged to the same primary payment method that you have listed. Facebook will attempt to bill charges to your primary payment method first, but in the event that a payment fails, they will attempt to bill other payment methods that you have associated with your account. This means it is very likely, especially if you don't already know this, that Facebook will bill the wrong credit cards for your clients.

There is a solution: the Facebook business account.

I had an old friend ask me (via LinkedIn), What do I think of Bitcoin?    While I do have opinions about this, no one has ever asked me before!  In particular, this person was wondering if they should invest in Bitcoin.  

In case you don't know, Bitcoin are a form of virtual digital currency, and you can buy and sell them like any other currency.  Bitcoin has been in the news for various reasons, but the most public was when the government shut down a shady website called "Silk Road" and seized $28 Million in Bitcoin.   So here was my answer to the question....

I would consider it a very risky investment at this point. I believe in the concept of having alternative currencies and I believe we should be able to transact business online anonymously (ie, without credit cards), but up until now BitCoins have been used mostly for kind of shady purposes so they have a bad rap right now.

Facebook’s December algorithm change has cut the reach of brand pages nearly 50% in their never-ending push to get page owners to “boost” their posts.  Boosting a post is a cute slogan that means paying Facebook to publish your post in the news feed of your fans.

Until recently, Facebook’s algorithm consisted of analyzing how many people interact with a post on your business page by liking, commenting or sharing it.  The quantity of interaction would determine how visible that post would be in the newsfeed of your fans.  This was a fun system.  Page owners had to get creative luring their fans into interaction.  For me, as the manager of my customers’ Facebook pages, this creative challenge was invigorating.