Ten Percent Firearms Facebook Page.

[tenpercentfirearms]

I made a Ten Percent Firearms Facebook Page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taft-CA/Ten-Percent-Firearms/110449431519

Come check it out. I also updated my website a little to incorporate it.

http://www.tenpercentfirearms.com/

Let me know what you think.

Also, if you want to join my mafia in Mafia Wars, hit me up!

[tenpercentfirearms]

I just played with Zen Cart some more and figured out how to make the side box wider so I could get the Facebook module to look nicer. I also noticed I still had Host-99 listed as my host.

I proudly fixed that to read Geo Vario (http://www.geovario.com/)!

[Sunwolf]

Have alot of time on our hands lately,huh?

[Sunwolf]

You mean I`m gonna have to sign up for facebook?Barely got the hang of footbook!

[gn3hz3ku1*]

if you dont sell online.. i am not going to be your friend

[jumbopanda]

I'm a fan!

[chefdude]

I have a question why would you make it a sigle shot as per your video."FNH FS2000 is legal for California use.
Here is a demonstration of a FNH FS2000 5.56mm rifle. Before importing it into the state, we had the gas piston and gas plug removed, making it a bolt action rifle. If you ever leave the state, simply re-insert the gas piston and plug and shoot this rifle as it was intended to be shot. DO NOT DO SO IN CALIFORNIA"
you could put a longer muzzle break to make it legal in length and then construct a bullet button...
just curious

[rimmer]

Nice job. You have a very nice looking gun shop. I wish you good luck in your new shop.

Oscar

[Fjold]

Trying to pick up all the teenage girl gun buying business?

[Gunaria]

Get getting desperate I see.:rolleyes:

[chickenfried]

hmm odd I had you pegged as a myspace kinda guy :p

[dwtt]

What happened to the original scooter picture, the one on I-5?

Coincidentally, I'm reading a book called Branded by Alissa Quart about marketing to teenagers. Your gun shop can help counterweigh the influences of fashion and accessory companies on impressionable teenagers.

[AngelDecoys]

Nice to see someone in the firearms community step up and use technology in a more effective manner (you already do with a web page, but this is a good expansion on that). Facebook is increasingly being used by businesses to increase presence and exposure. Be sure you've set up your profile settings so that pictures/videos can't be used by third parties. Nice.

Next you'll have a twitter account for instant updates on your shooting and/or geocatching. :thumbsup:

A couple questions.
1. As opposed to setting this up as a personal account, how did you make this an open group so one can 'become a fan?'
2. How did you set up the address so that its clean as opposed to the usual profile address?

BTW - Now that I think about it, a CGF twitter account might be a more immediate way of disseminating information over the email alerts. Not sure who to mention that too but since you're on the board, guess i just did ;) Anyway, might be a consideration to pass along.

Look forward to more product reviews, and have a great evening.

[Army]

At least you will finally have a sign people can find and read from the highway :D

[jeffyboy]

I see a tweet coming in the near future :clown:

[Turbinator]

Trying to pick up all the teenage girl gun buying business?

If he were, he would have opened up a Myspace account instead. :)

Turby

[gcvt]

I'm not going to look for fear you're not wearing pants.

[tenpercentfirearms]

I have a question why would you make it a sigle shot as per your video."FNH FS2000 is legal for California use.
Here is a demonstration of a FNH FS2000 5.56mm rifle. Before importing it into the state, we had the gas piston and gas plug removed, making it a bolt action rifle. If you ever leave the state, simply re-insert the gas piston and plug and shoot this rifle as it was intended to be shot. DO NOT DO SO IN CALIFORNIA"
you could put a longer muzzle break to make it legal in length and then construct a bullet button...
just curious

How much did it cost to convert it to single shot? What does it require to convert it back to semi-auto once out of the state? Simplicity is the reason for just making it a bolt action. The available methods for extending a muzzle brake and putting on a fixed magazine are more trouble than they are worth on my end.

Nice to see someone in the firearms community step up and use technology in a more effective manner (you already do with a web page, but this is a good expansion on that). Facebook is increasingly being used by businesses to increase presence and exposure. Be sure you've set up your profile settings so that pictures/videos can't be used by third parties. Nice.

Next you'll have a twitter account for instant updates on your shooting and/or geocatching. :thumbsup:

A couple questions.
1. As opposed to setting this up as a personal account, how did you make this an open group so one can 'become a fan?'
2. How did you set up the address so that its clean as opposed to the usual profile address?

BTW - Now that I think about it, a CGF twitter account might be a more immediate way of disseminating information over the email alerts. Not sure who to mention that too but since you're on the board, guess i just did ;) Anyway, might be a consideration to pass along.

Look forward to more product reviews, and have a great evening.

1. You can simply add a fan page about your business or cause. It is really easy to do. I can also do advertising too, but haven't decided if I want to do that yet. It seems simple to do.
2. That was the address they gave me!

I am on Twitter as well. It would be interesting to have a CGN Facebook and Twitter. They all link together and you could do quick updates that way. Thank you for bringing that up. I will carry it on.

And that is really the point of my TPF FB page, it is a good way to do video and pictures without having to customize my website all the time. Sure some customers might not have an FB account. Oh well. Sometimes things are just fun to do.

Trying to pick up all the teenage girl gun buying business?

Frank, you need to educate yourself. Myspace is for teenagers and Facebook is for your demographic. :eek:

[AngelDecoys]

I am on Twitter as well. It would be interesting to have a CGN Facebook and Twitter. They all link together and you could do quick updates that way.
....

Frank, you need to educate yourself.

OK, got it with regards to adding the group. That was easy enough. How did you get FB embedded into your main 'tenpercentfirearms.com' website? Been trying to figure that one out for a few hours.

BTW - Calgun members already have a facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=26740744435) but not sure who's running that one. I'm sure you know you can link twitter with FB. Don't know whether that's worth adding to your web page but might open up data mining, or disseminating 'sale' information cheaply with your target audience.

I'm sure the 'picking up little girls' comment is just in jest. :p

Ironically, even the NRA-ILA had this to say in an email i received today.
Websites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter attract millions of users. Recent estimates are that two out of every three Americans visit social networking websites, and roughly 90% of teenagers have profiles on at least one of these sites. These online communities foster a connection between their users, and allow distribution of user-generated content (like pictures, profiles, music, video, and text).
To others. Many people (not to pick on Frank) have an aversion to the social networking types of sites. (Probably privacy concerns being #1). Think about how much Calguns has grown. I would have never considered an online forum to attract over 30,000 people (All on some level looking for a common connection, information, etc).

I've always considered Facebook as more of an adult site, but the group feature is an interesting way of separating your personal page (and contacts/info/privacy) with a business page. More importantly, that 18-40's demographic is the crowd that buys merchandise.

OK, that turned into a long boring soapbox rant. Sorry, i just get all pumped up seeing technology used productively for small businesses and/or causes. I need more coffee.

[Sunwolf]

"More importantly, that 18-40's demographic is the crowd that buys merchandise. "

Oh yeah?In a pig`s eye!

[Stormfeather]

Im a fan!

[AngelDecoys]

Oh yeah?In a pig`s eye!

You're right. Quick enough to be critical, too lazy to offer the correct data. Bureau of Labor Board Statistics has different ages. It shows spending dropping off after 54. You can look it up yourself here (ftp://ftp.bls.gov).

Spending habits aside, the use of FB (or twitter) is a good business practice, albeit a new strategy. I'll stand by the rest but am really more curious in how to drop the FB onto an outside web page.

[tenpercentfirearms]

Spending habits aside, the use of FB (or twitter) is a good business practice, albeit a new strategy. I'll stand by the rest but am really more curious in how to drop the FB onto an outside web page.

Once you create your group FB account, there is a link on the left hand side of the page that says, "Add Fan Box to your site".

So I spent a few hours yesterday doing a little Zen Cart research and found a way to make them all work together. It wasn't that hard, but you have to be somewhat tech savy with Zen Cart to make it work.

If you have built your own website and know how to just cut and paste code, you can probably get it set up fairly easy. I had to adjust some column sizes and over all page sizes on the TPF site to get it to work together smoothly.

[AngelDecoys]

Thanks for the help. Got some tinkering to do.

[Sunwolf]

You're right. Quick enough to be critical, too lazy to offer the correct data. Bureau of Labor Board Statistics has different ages. It shows spending dropping off after 54. You can look it up yourself here (ftp://ftp.bls.gov).

Spending habits aside, the use of FB (or twitter) is a good business practice, albeit a new strategy. I'll stand by the rest but am really more curious in how to drop the FB onto an outside web page.
15 year olds spend money faster than 40 year olds!