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I AM TIJS VROLIX
STRATEGIC PLANNER AT PROXIMITY BBDO
VISIT HTTP://PROX.TO/FARM
LET’S TALK
FACEBOOK
ON 29 DECEMBER 2006
i logged in to facebook for the first time ever
using someone else’s credentials
By Poj on Flickr




A BRIEF HISTORY
OF FACEBOOK
STARTED IN JANUARY 2004
by harvard student mark zuckerberg
called thefacebook.com back then
ORIGINALLY INVITE-ONLY FOR US UNIVERSITIES
500


375


250


125


 0
      12/2004   12/2006   10/2007   01/2009   04/2009     09/2009        02/2010


                                                active users (millions), source wikipedia
By TweetWall Pro on Flickr




BY THE WAY
WHERE’S MARC?
By TweetWall Pro on Flickr




BY THE WAY
THERE’S MARC
By Poj on Flickr




FAST FORWARD
TO TODAY
3 450 300
BELGIANS ON FACEBOOK
facebook.com/advertising
60   LIVE IN TURNHOUT, BELGIUM
     between the ages of 18 and 24
FACEBOOK
for marketeers
Survey             Lexicon      Open Graph
 Poll               Groups
      Games     Mobile              Like      Community Page

               Sponsored       Traffic      Pages
  API               Connect             Ads         Targeted
      Platform                      Profiles
                                                Share
Fan                Social Plugins
              Beacon                    Application
                           Viral
Developer                                             Banner
                   Word of mouth
                                        Graph API
FACEBOOK PROFILES
FACEBOOK ADS
FACEBOOK GROUPS
FACEBOOK GROUPS
         PAGES
FACEBOOK GROUPS
     c ommu n i t y
                    PAGES
FACEBOOK GROUPS
     c ommu n i t y
                    PAGES
                    CONFUSION
By peter_hasselbom on Flickr




WHAT IS
THE DIFFERENCE?
PAGES                            GROUPS
• “.. may only be created by     • “.. can be created by any user
  an official representative of     and about any topic”
  that entity”                   • more privacy controls
• indexed by search engines      • member management
• no size limitations            • size limitations (email
                                   blasts, ...)
• not connected to profiles
                                 • always connected to one/
• support applications
                                   more profile(s)
• support vanity urls            • ...
• statistics
• ...
COMMUNITY PAGES?
“Community Pages are a new type of Facebook
Page dedicated to a topic or experience that is
owned collectively by the community
connected to it.”
• Facebook’s answer to unofficial pages
• think of them as Facebook wikis
CONCLUSION
PAGES WIN
By peter_hasselbom on Flickr




NOW HOW DO WE
STAND OUT?
APART FROM REGULAR AND
INTERESTING CONTENT
you’ve got to make sure it looks good
and offers something people want to come back for
MUST HAVE APPS
FOR YOUR PAGE    RSS
• load external content
• Facebook Notes app allows you to import
• some thirdparty apps allow more
  branding/formatting
MUST HAVE APPS
FOR YOUR PAGE    TWITTER
MUST HAVE APPS
FOR YOUR PAGE    HTML/FBML
• add branding to your pages
• Facebook’s “Static FBML” app or “Extend Info” app
  for extra blocks and tabs
MUST HAVE APPS
FOR YOUR PAGE    FLASH
• add ... Flash
• “Flash Player” app, again by Facebook
MUST HAVE APPS
FOR YOUR PAGE    YOUR OWN
• by far the most unique
• not too hard
By peter_hasselbom on Flickr




AGAIN
STAND OUT!
By The Suss-Man (Mike) on Flickr




WWF (WORLD WIDE FACEBOOK)
IS THE NEW WWW
SOCIAL PLUGINS
SINGLE SIGNON
GRAPH API
By Darren Hester on Flickr




MEASURE
AND OPTIMIZE
PAGES
INSIGHTS
• measuring interactions (wall
  posts, likes, comments, ...)
• A/S/L split
• post quality: engagement
  quality benchmark

FOCUS ON QUALITY
RATHER THAN QUANTITY
By musiquegirl on Flickr




THINGS TO LOOK
OUT FOR
PRIVACY DEBATE
MOBILE
not just for geeks
TWITTERISATION
&CREDITS
  PAYMENT
By wild1don on Flickr




FACEBOOK TO ENTER
LOCATION
FACEBOOK TODAY IS AN
IMPRESSIVE MARKETING TOOL
yet don’t forget about the others
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