Ever wonder how certain advertisements display on your Facebook page and not on others? It's possibly because of the information-data you entered in your Facebook profile. Your date of birth. Your level of education. Relationship information. Sexual orientation. Political views. The grade of content posted daily to your Facebook.com wall. All of that data is quietly gathered possibly by Facebook's advertising team either manually done by people, or allegedly thru the Facebook advertising automation intelligence gathering as a way to serve "tailored ads" to your Facebook profile for your Facebook friends and Facebook fans to see and possibly respond to. This is how Facebook stays on the plus side of earning billions in $ gUaP $.
Unrelated news: Business Insider has an interesting report on a man who used smart money decisions to successfully transform his life going from employee to future "side hustle millionaire." The article discusses the trending topic of the "side hustle." Not only did he successfully transition from employee to entrepreneur in a matter of months, but he also saved up his side hustle income and believed enough in himself to do the transformation business work.he started his side hustle by writing about personal finance as a means of overcoming his day job situation and getting out of debt. Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of MakingSenseofCents.com also dug herself out of personal debt by starting a personal finance blog in 2011 and went from being broke to achieving [side hustle millionaire] status. it's never too late in life to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and do transformation business work out of inspiration or desperation and overcome the odds. If you're looking to start a business regardless of age or past experience, maybe it's time to stop spending so much time posting to Facebook and worrying about "what people think," and get serious about entrepreneurship like Michelle and Clint Proctor and "get that side hustle going," as Marie Forleo once said. Time to "get organized with no delay!"
On the flip side of things… Do you really think you have privacy today with your Facebook profile though you have sheltered your Facebook profile wall from being seen by the general public and only my friends? Guess what? Your information is never private. It may be private to the general public as far as shielding your Facebook posts from strangers. But what about your personal information allegedly being shared among advertisers and possibly anyone else? Who's to say that Facebook doesn't know more about you than what you already think?
Take a listen to the CNBC.com podcast above and determine for yourself if you're truly certain that you have 100% privacy on Facebook.