Social Analytics Meets Social Intelligence, Facebook Premium Offers

Social marketers are always on the lookout for solid ways to measure and analyze performance.  When it comes to content effectiveness, the more experienced marketers are moving away from asking “What happened?” to “Why did it happen?”. In their quest to understand what content works, they are starting to seek answers to what their most […]

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Key Takeaways From The Facebook Marketing Conference

Facebook Reach GeneratorFacebook has a grand scheme to make advertising on its properties less risky and less guess-work than buying ads anywhere else on the Internet. Facebook wants ads to be content, and now its Reach Generator allows advertisers to pay a fixed fee to guarantee that their content is seen by 75 percent of their fans. Of all the announcements made at the Facebook Marketing Conference on Wednesday, Reach Generator is the most innovative because it provides a powerful alternative to CPC and CPM for the world’s richest brands, and a way for Facebook make more efficient use of its inventory.

Here’s a breakdown of Reach Generator and the other big news from the Facebook Marketing Conference, and how it changed the marketing industry landscape.

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Key Takeaways From The Facebook Marketing Conference

Facebook Reach GeneratorFacebook has a grand scheme to make advertising on its properties less risky and less guess-work than buying ads anywhere else on the Internet. Facebook wants ads to be content, and now its Reach Generator allows advertisers to pay a fixed fee to guarantee that their content is seen by 75 percent of their fans. Of all the announcements made at the Facebook Marketing Conference on Wednesday, Reach Generator is the most innovative because it provides a powerful alternative to CPC and CPM for the world’s richest brands, and a way for Facebook make more efficient use of its inventory.

Here’s a breakdown of Reach Generator and the other big news from the Facebook Marketing Conference, and how it changed the marketing industry landscape.

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How The Cult Of Zuck Will Survive Sheryl’s IPO

Facebook F fmc printA tug of war between innovation and monetization as Facebook grows could dilute The Hacker Way, says a paywalled piece from CNN Fortune. But a plan hatched since it filed its S-1 to IPO. Rather than sacrifice the user experience for revenue or vice versa, Facebook is merging the two. Content is being transformed into ads, and those ads are being blended into blank spaces and feeds where they’re less obtrusive.

Scaling a company from 200 20-somethings to 3,000 30-year olds is no cakewalk. If the plan works, though, Facebook could bridge the gap between engineering and advertising, make the company feel a whole lot smaller, and let The Hacker Way live on.

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Social Shift: How Your Brand Should Prepare for Timeline

Facebook is notorious for making changes to their layout without as much as a heads up for users. The major switch from the infamous “Wall,” to “Timeline.” is no exception. Whether you love it or hate it for your personal page, Facebook has now opened up a the Timeline layout for brands as of yesterday, […]

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