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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

640 Million on Facebook. Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. Its easy to say “I want a Facebook page&# or “I’m opening a company Twitter account&# , but is that really where you should start? Million users on YouTube. Here’s the answer.

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The Five Reasons Why Most Facebook Brand Pages Aren’t True Communities

Convince & Convert

Most Facebook brand pages aren’t actually online communities. Most Facebook fans didn’t decide to “like” a brand’s page because they wanted to be part of an online community. The vast majority of fans don’t participate on Facebook pages. Most of them are just casual observers or lurkers.

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“The Algorithm,” Explained

Likeable

John spends thousands of dollars on this hobby every year, but he is a social media “lurker” and doesn’t engage with (i.e. The Facebook algorithm knows John loves camping, but never engages with any of your content—so John will never see the ad. Need help optimizing your campaigns and driving results for your business?

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The Social Media Analytics Compass: What and How to Measure

Razor Social

On Facebook you can set up an ad (you don’t have to run it) targeted to your Facebook fans and then change the targeting options to work out the profile of your audience. In an audience you will typically have the following: Lurkers – People that monitor what you share but don’t interact. Platform analytics.

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TikTok Stories: How To Take Advantage of Super-Short Videos

Hootsuite

Following suit from the likes of Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and the rest, TikTok is the latest app to hop on the trend. Social media experts often use sponsored posts to A/B test content before they decide on a permanent post or campaign. Try one campaign, then try the other on a different day at a similar time.

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20 Important TikTok Stats Marketers Need to Know in 2020

Hootsuite

But the viral video app’s success has not come at the expense of competitors like Facebook, Instagram, or even Snapchat. For Facebook, it’s Lasso. With 800 million monthly active users, TikTok is making headway on Instagram, WeChat, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Whatsapp. Not yet, at least. Instagram has Reels.

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104 Fascinating Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2014 (and 2015)

Webbiquity SMM

67 percent of marketers say increasing sales directly attributable to digital marketing campaigns is a top priority this year. As one would suspect, Facebook is the most popular method for sharing interesting content. 7 Facebook Marketing stats. Facebook accounts for 15.8% 71% of online adults use Facebook.

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