Marketing in the
Facebook Era
How hypertargeting, broadcast referrals, and
new methods of measurement are yielding
higher response rates and lift
“Clara’s book recognizes that
we’ve come to a place where
people can represent their real
Clara Shih (@clarashih) identity—and use the social filters
on the Web to connect with the
Author of The Facebook Era & world around them.”
CEO, Hearsay Labs —Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer, Facebook

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The trends and numbers

Welcome to the Facebook Era
Over 300M active users
6 billion minutes spent each day
1M developers
from 180 countries
is email dead?

PUBLISH
everybody-to-
everybody
many-to-many
1-1 1-many
CONSUME

Facebook’s growth is staggering
300 mm
250
200
150
100
Sept 06 Sept 07 Sept 08 Sept 09

Winning mainstream audience appeal
Source: Nielsen Online Global Index, Dec 2008

CMOs are shifting dollars to social media
CMO Council – March
2009
“ Digital marketing and new
media dominates demand
generation and advertising
spend allocation priorities for
the coming year, with budgets
aimed at online and Web 2.0
initiatives almost 50% higher
than spend earmarked for
traditional media. ”

Four Pillars of Facebook Marketing
Facebook Apps Facebook Pages Facebook Ads Engagement Ads

The new consumer pyschology

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Why Facebook was different

Facebook as a forum for online identity
Photos and interests
Demographic info
Employer, school, city
Friends
Socially acceptable to share

Facebook Connect extends trusted identity to
any website

As a result, user expectations have changed
Due diligence expected
Personalized interactions
Transitive trust

Facebook and Twitter invented new modes
of communication
Casual
But emotional
Foster weak ties
Capture long tail

Transitive trust in marketing: the power of
referrals
Word of mouth automated
Michael Jones
and implicit
is a fan of
Bonobos Existing customers = your
volunteer sales force

eMarketer: Consumers trust their friends

Recalculating Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
Social CLV = CLV
+ Level of influence x Size of network

Direct marketing through
hypertargeted ads

What is hypertargeting?
Photos and interests
Demographic info
Employer, school, city
Friends
Wealth of information from
Facebook profiles

On Facebook, ads are a form of direct
marketing
“ Fifty percent of my
advertising is wasted, I Define your idea
marketing list attributes
just don’t know which
Minimize “wasted” ads
fifty percent” Test and iterate

Tip: Start campaigns with a broad audience,
then hone in on segments
You may be surprised who
is converting
Bid differently for different
“lists”

Think global, act local
CASE STUDY
Bonobos Pants Company
Targeted men ages 25-50
Geo/college-specific
Timed with sporting events
Pay more for premium audiences

The Facebook “landing page” tab

Try it yourself
Limited Time Offer
Receive a free Facebook ad
credit with book purchase

New Facebook-Nielsen ‘Brand Lift’ tool
measures ad impact
Polls to measure sentiment and
purchase intent
No personally identifiable
information
General availability in early 2010
Must be a Nielsen customer

New Facebook ‘Engagement Sampling Ad’
Home page campaigns start at $50K
CASE STUDY: Texas Pete hot sauce
5000 samples in 2 days
Facebook starting to store mailing
addresses
Mailing addresses shared with
advertisers for sample only, not as
for list use after the fact

Tip: Use Facebook’s ad tool to check your
audience size
Analogous to the size of
your marketing list

All about Facebook Pages

The ultimate opt-in marketing channels
CASE STUDY
Dell Outlet moved $2M in inventory over
Twitter last year

Tip: Create drip campaigns for your Facebook
Page
Campaign calendars provide
brand consistency, build trust,
and are more easily
measured
Tip: link your Facebook Page
to your Twitter handle

Drive and measure response with special
offers

Tip: Test which days/times yield highest
response rates for your audience

Tip: Target messages to fans
Eg, Social Networking
Conference in London
More targeting options
coming soon

Facebook and CRM

Faceforce: Bringing Facebook into Salesforce
(2007)
Developed by Todd Perry and
me in summer of 2007
First business app on Facebook
platform
Faceforce pulls real-time
Facebook profile and friend
information into Salesforce lead,
contact, and account records
Cannot permanently store
Facebook data
Updated version now available
in private beta

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