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Study Reveals Why Consumers Fan Facebook Pages. Have you ever wondered why people decide to become fans of Facebook pages?

Study Reveals Why Consumers Fan Facebook Pages

Understanding the reasons people become fans can help your business or brand develop better strategies. In this article, I take a look at two studies. The first reveals why consumers fan businesses on Facebook. The second one examines how marketers are keeping up with the ever-changing world of social media. #1: Nearly 40% of Consumers “Like” Companies on Facebook to Publicly Display Their Brand Affiliation to Friends As Facebook grows, we’re able to learn even more about the behaviors and preferences of its users. Nearly 40% of Facebook users who become fans do so to receive discounts and promotions and 39% become fans to show their support for a brand to their friends.

. #2: Marketers Are Challenged to Stay Up-to-Date on the Latest Social Media Developments It’s no surprise that marketers are struggling to stay current with the constantly fluctuating social media trends. The 25 Largest Brand Facebook Pages With Most Likes. Facebook just keeps growing as one of the most important platforms on the web for brands to engage with and with that in mind we thought we would share the 25 biggest Facebook pages belonging to brands.

The 25 Largest Brand Facebook Pages With Most Likes

The list includes brands only and doesn’t include pages belonging to applications or celebrities. You’ll recognize the biggest brands on the list and to a large extent you would expect that most of their numbers are coming through pure advertising although there are some that don’t even seem to be actively pushing their pages and the growth has been largely pushed by fans (lucky them!). I’ve pretty much left tons of music bands, TV shows and pages that would probably grow organically without the need for advertising and focused on brands and businesses that are engaging through Facebook as a key marketing strategy.

Starbucks (16,032,409) Coca Cola (15,095,389) Oreo (12,085,126) Skittles (11,508,441) Red Bull (10,198,875) Victoria’s Secret (8,429,334) Disney (8,394,141) iTunes (7,071,721) Like-Button von Facebook: Personenbezogene Daten – gefällt mir (nicht)! - Legal Tribune ONLINE - Job. Wissen. Leben. Seit seiner Einführung haben tausende Webseitenbetreiber den Like-Button von Facebook in ihre Seiten eingebunden.

Like-Button von Facebook: Personenbezogene Daten – gefällt mir (nicht)! - Legal Tribune ONLINE - Job. Wissen. Leben.

Das Pikante: Der Button späht Nutzer dabei auch dann aus, wenn er nicht angeklickt wird. Ist nun Facebook der neue Big Brother? Michael Marc Maisch hält den kleinen Daumen für datenschutzwidrig und warnt vor drohenden Bußgeldern. Facebook als Betreiber des weltgrößten Sozialen Netzwerks mit über 500 Millionen Nutzern hat im April 2010 den sogenannten Like-Button ("Gefällt mir" oder "Empfehlen") vorgestellt. Der Like-Button ermöglicht, bestimmte definierte Medieninhalte über News-Feeds an Empfänger innerhalb von Facebook in Echtzeit zu verbreiten. Facebook geht dabei davon aus, dass menschliche Beziehungen und Interessen miteinander verknüpft sind. Sobald eine Webseite mit einem Like-Button von einem Nutzer aufgerufen wird, lädt im Browser unbemerkbar ein Skript, das versucht, den Nutzer als Facebook-Mitglied zu identifizieren. Hindernis: Schutzpflichten im Telemedienrecht. 13 Simple Ways Of Increasing Your Facebook Likes.

Facebook pages have only been around for well over a year at this stage and the landscape has changed dramatically during that period of time. In the early days you could suggest the page to a couple of hundred friends and they’d all become a fan just out of interest but the times have changed and getting likes is a serious challenge. I wanted to talk about some of the main ways that you can acquire likes and really build a following for your Facebook page and even though not all these options might be applicable to you some of them may just fit in with what you are doing. It’s vitally important that you have have a plan for what you are going to do with all your new likes and an actual reason for acquiring them rather than just a race to the top and to beat your competitors, I can’t stress that enough.

Here are some tips for getting more likes… Adding Fanbox To Your Site So this is probably the single most effective thing that you could possibly do. Advertising.