Posts Tagged ‘ Facebook ’

Social media, segmentation and marketing success

From broadcast emails to placing banner ads to capture eyeballs, the metrics have gravitated towards something new, including actions, conversion, click-throughs and even amount of purchase. Different companies, and even internal groups within companies, use different metrics to determine success. As businesses become more used to the digital arena, segmentation and profiling play an increasingly important role in targeted campaigns.[ READ MORE ]

Listening, profiling and publishing – the three phases of social

Businesses are now realizing that just listening to what is being said about a certain topic, product, service or brand and responding to everyone in the same way isn’t as effective as they had hoped. So what’s a marketer to do? [ READ MORE ]

10 consumer facts about Facebook

Facebook has become a cultural phenomenon over the years and an object of affection for marketers to connect with its users. Experian Simmons has put together 10 consumer behavioral stats based on their National Consumer Study and New Media Study about the social networking site leading up to its Friday IPO launch: 39% of Facebook [...][ READ MORE ]

Reaching “Fast Track Couples” – They are Connected and They Spend

A Mosaic® USA segment called Fast Track Couples consists of young couples and families already on the road to upward mobility. Although 90% are under the age of 35, most are married, work at good jobs and own their homes. [ READ MORE ]

Facebook acquires photo-sharing network Instagram

Yesterday, Facebook announced the acquisition of Instagram, a popular photo sharing network with over 30 million users, for $1 billion. Visits to the Instagram website have steadily increased over the past 24 weeks and reached 3.8 million last...[ READ MORE ]

Three categories of Facebook data to enhance customer insight and user experience

The key to accessing this customer data on Facebook is the request for permission opt-in authorization process of Facebook Connect. This Facebook Connect button can be placed on a Facebook Fan Page, in an application or on a Website, and establishes permission to access some or all of the data that is associated with a Facebook user’s account. [ READ MORE ]

10 Key Statistics about Facebook

As Facebook Inc. filed for its initial-public-offering last week, now is the perfect time to examine the website’s performance online and how its audience compares with that of other social networks. Given the expected $75 billion to $100 billion initial valuation, we’re all already aware of the magnitude of the business – below we reveal how much of a behemoth the website itself is in the US and other markets. [ READ MORE ]

How to target your audience like a politician

Here’s an example of how we helped a government official in a local re-election campaign: Using Experian Marketing Services data, the official ran segmented TV ads in his local election area. The TV ad was tailored so that multiple ads with different messages were delivered to each of his demographic segments. The result of the targeted messaging led to strong re-election numbers and an eventual campaign win for the official. [ READ MORE ]

The Latest Obsession

Given our environment of hyper-innovation, it’s hard not to become myopic focusing on what’s next and how to plan for it. In our world of fast-paced change, some of the biggest gains can be had by understanding constants versus variables, and the most important constant is the customer.[ READ MORE ]

Mitt Romney Winning the Facebook Race

Despite the results of the Iowa caucus and South Carolina primary, if you look at Facebook, Mitt Romney is ahead by a huge margin. Total visits to the Facebook pages of the presidential candidates highlights the growth to Mitt Romney’s Facebook page over the past few weeks, visits have jumped 248% last week as compared to the week ending Dec, 24, 2011.[ READ MORE ]