Facebook Ad Click-Through Rates Are Really Pitiful

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Quite by coincidence, I've encountered a few statistics on Facebook's advertising platform. I thought I'd post links to the results I've uncovered, in case anybody is wondering about average CTR rates for Facebook. First up, Rod Boothby got a click-through rate of 0.01%: This week, I ran $105 worth of Facebook Fliers. ...

Staying Connected Among the Cookie Lovers?

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

I'm about a month late on this, but I wanted to comment on this curious move by cookie-makers Pepperidge Farm to launch ArtoftheCookie.com, a website dedicated to their cookies and, uh, maintaining connections among women. From the New York Times article on the campaign's launch, a Pepperidge Farm VP comments ...

New Marketing Rules

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

"Old Rules; beg for coverage and beg for each sale;New Rules: create thought-leadership by participating in a community that helps customers buy." Via Andre at Nitobi, and from the pages of Pragmatic Marketing, this is the right mantra for communications today. And it's a good thing too. As Andre so eloquently ...

12 Ways to Make Your Website Ready for Social Media Creators

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Before you launch a social media marketing campaign--contacting bloggers for product reviews, posting videos on YouTube, advertising on Facebook, whatever--make sure your house is in order. This article describes ways to make your website a friendly, usable place for social media creators like bloggers, podcasters and video-bloggers. Get Linkable Ensure that social ...