13 Ingredients in the Perfect Social Media Contest
Social media contests require careful planning and nimble execution. Here’s a checklist from Jay Baer on the 13 ingredients necessary to do social media contests right.
5 Reasons You Don’t Buy Likes with Facebook Advertising
“We use all of our Facebook ads budget to get more Likes on our page.” So said a new, corporate client in a recent kickoff meeting. “Is that how we should continue using those dollars?” he asked. My short answer was “No.” My medium answer was “Hell, no.” Here’s my longer answer, and the 5 reasons […]
5 Super-Charged Social Media Management Tools
Trying to assemble a team of social media management tools that can do everything you need? These 5 have you covered.
The Hard Truth About the Viral Potential of Facebook Sweepstakes
Facebook’s early days were incredible. Companies like Zynga, who were able to take early advantage of the social network’s viral potential, grew into multi-million dollar entities over a period of weeks. We were all new; brands and common users alike saw shares and invites as the path to virality, and for a time, it seemed […]
Facebook is Getting More Two-Faced By the Day
In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about two new announcements from Facebook that appear to come from opposite ends of the philosophical spectrum. Maybe. Or Maybe Not. Within 96 hours, Facebook made two pronouncements (I like to imagine them being made via scrolls read in a town square, preceded by trumpeter […]
When Funny Becomes Inferno a Cautionary Tale of Social Media Humor Gone Wrong
An alert Convince & Convert fan sent me a Twitter direct message this week, alerting me to a gaping, self-inflicted social media wound bleeding all over the Facebook page of the Evansville, Indiana airport. The status update in question has been removed, but I grabbed some screen shots before admins realized they had no career […]
Busting Facebook’s Most Widespread Myth
For over a year, rumor has had it on the web that Facebook Page posts reach an average of only 16% of fans. Actually, Facebook itself started this rumor in February of 2012 at the Facebook Marketing Conference in New York. This famous figure of 16% has been repeated on all social media blogs so that […]
Using Creative Interactivity to Generate Facebook Results
What do you think of when I say “Facebook marketing”? You are probably thinking “coupons”, “promotions”, “product launch”, or even “contests”. Brands are well aware of the interest of the largest social network and its functions for promoting and creating an enthusiastic following. But Facebook is not only the El Dorado for “commercial” brands, it […]