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Neil McCauley
15-08-2016, 11:15
Howard Popeck speaks at length to people with interesting things to say: Geoffrey Owen, main-man at Helius Designs

Hello Geoff, and thank you agreeing to be interviewed about social media in our shrinking audiophile world. So …. my first question; what’s your perception of the importance or irrelevance of Facebook in reaching out to potential audiophile buyers?


Ah. Hmm. Howard, I suspect that you’re interviewing the wrong person. When I started writing novels I intended my first book to be the standard two hundred pages – it finished up a thousand page quadrilogy. Similarly, when I recently wrote about VTA/SRA for you, I had intended to limit the article to maybe 3 pages and it ended up at 12. So …..

So?


So when you ask seemingly simple questions about the influence of social media on the audio industry, I fear I might become a cure for insomnia....but I’ll strive to embrace the mantra of brevity and keep the answers short. ( he says just having wasted the first 100 words )

Okay, fine. Let’s go.


Facebook is a form of promotion best defined as a digital medium that facilitates consumer networking...in other words it’s a venue through which customers, fans, enthusiasts or disgruntled owners can communicate independently with each other and exchange experiences.


Never heard it described as a venue but, the description seems logical to me. Please continue.


Let’s go back a step - once a customer’s eye settles on a specific product, I believe their .....


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