{"id":838,"date":"2009-02-11T05:32:17","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T10:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=838"},"modified":"2009-02-13T19:44:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T00:44:01","slug":"getting-clients-with-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/02\/11\/getting-clients-with-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Clients With Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an interesting situation, I had a prospect send me a note through Facebook to contact her about doing a custom website. When we were chatting, it turned out that the reason she called me over anyone else was that I had invited her to join Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>We chatted about how much we both liked Facebook and how fun it was. 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