This document discusses the growth of messaging apps and how Messenger can help businesses connect with customers. It provides the following key points: 1. By 2018, 2 billion people will be using messaging apps to communicate globally. Messaging has become the preferred method of communication for people of all generations. 2. Messenger has over 1.2 billion active users, growing by 300 million in the past year. Nearly 20 million business pages are actively messaging customers through Messenger. 3. The Messenger Platform allows businesses to create experiences like providing customer service, enabling transactions, and acquiring new customers to drive business results across the customer lifecycle. Planning how messaging can be integrated into the customer experience will be important for