Understanding Facebook Insights

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Delivering the data you need to supercharge your fan growth. Understanding Facebook Insights is key to successful Facebook marketing. But it seems like the folks at Facebook add new metrics every day! People talking about this. Engaged users. Virality. What exactly do they mean? Join Jeff Widman, founder of PageLever and foremost expert in the budding field of Facebook metrics, as we discuss how to extract actionable insights for your business. Expect to learn: What metrics matter the most for exposure? How can the newsfeed work for or against you? What businesses have boosted their fan base, and how have they done it?

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Who’s presenting?

Jeff WidmanCo-founderPageLever@jeffwidman

Jill CarlsonMarketing Manager

Argyle Social@carlsonjill

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Details

• Jill will lead Q & A at the end of the call.

• Tag your tweets with #insights101

• We’re recording this shin dig.

• We’ll send an email follow up to everyone with the recording & slides.

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You will learn

• Basic terms & where to find the data

• Trends across pages

• Changes in Timeline that impact your page

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15 Second Commercial - Jeff

Actionable Facebook Analytics

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Agenda

• Overview of Facebook analytics

• Important changes with Timeline

• Questions & Answers

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Overview of Facebook Analytics

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Facebook Metrics that matter

• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• PTAT

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Facebook Metrics that matter

• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• PTAT

The goal is to be good at business because of Facebook, not good at

Facebook.

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Facebook Metrics Visualized

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Facebook Metrics that matter

• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• PTAT

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How many pages are you a fan of?

• Poll:

• 0-5

• 6-20

• 21-50

• 51+

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• Poll:

• 0-5

• 6-20

• 21-50

• 51+

How many pages are you a fan of?

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Fan Growth

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Fan Growth

Focus your ad targeting tightly so Facebook recommends your Page.

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• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• PTAT

Facebook Metrics that matter

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In the last 6 months, how many of those pages have you returned to?

• Poll:

• 0-5

• 6-10

• 11-25

• 26-50

• 51+

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In the last 6 months, how many of those pages have you returned to?

• Poll:

• 0-5

• 6-10

• 11-25

• 26-50

• 51+

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In the last 6 months, how many of those pages have you returned to?

• Poll:

• 0-5

• 6-10

• 11-25

• 26-50

• 51+

Your fans don’t come back to your page.

They hang out in the newsfeed.

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Visibility: Pageviews

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Visibility: Pageviews

Design your on-page experience primarily to convert visitors into

fans.

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Visibility: Reach

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Visibility: Reach

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Visibility: Reach

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Visibility: Reach

Edgerank drastically impacts your reach.

Optimize your content.

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• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• PTAT

Facebook Metrics that matter:

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Consumptions

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Engagement by consumption type

Use the quick feedback loop to deliver content that resonates.

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Storytime

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• Fans

• Views

• Engagements

• People Talking About This

Facebook Metrics that matter:

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Engaged Users vs. PTAT

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• Likes

• Mentions

• Shares

• Answers a question

• Recommends your page

• RSVPs to event

• Checks in

• Tags a photo

• Comments

• Posts to wall

PTAT: What creates a story?

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PTAT: Engagements that create a story

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Sidenote: Daily Comments + Likes

• Daily comments and likes now only available in 3rd party tools like PageLever

• Actionable versus reportable metrics

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Storytime

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Important changes with Timeline

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How many pages have you migrated to Timeline?

• Poll:

– None

– Some

– All

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Change #1: Cover photo

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Change #1: Cover photo

You can’t ask fans to upload your cover, but fantastic photos will

beg to be shared.

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Change #2: Applications

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Change #2: Applications

Custom landing tabs are pretty much useless.

Find new applications to highlight.

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Change #3: Timeline format

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Change #3: Timeline format

Before you switch to Timeline, spend time spring-cleaning old

posts.

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What about engagement?

Is Timeline impacting engagement on pages? PageLever study of 15 million fans across 5

pages shows…

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What about engagement?

Is Timeline impacting engagement on pages? PageLever study of 15 million fans across 5

pages shows…

So far, there’s no discernible change in engagement after

switching to Timeline.

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Q&A

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But first…we’re doing another webcast!

Understanding Facebook InsightsPart II

With Jeff Widman from PageLever

April 19, 2012 @ 2PM ESTar.gy/insights201

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Q&A

Jeff Widman@jeffwidman

Jill Carlson@carlsonjill

Hashtag your questions with #insights101Thanks for joining us!