Comments on: Facebook pages want to know: Are you for real? http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/2009/facebook-pages-want-to-know-are-you-for-real/ where conversation and digital minds meet Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:20:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Визитки http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/2009/facebook-pages-want-to-know-are-you-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-6933 Визитки Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:40:39 +0000 http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/?p=2353#comment-6933 Very impressive indeed! Very impressive indeed! ]]> By: Mark Badger http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/2009/facebook-pages-want-to-know-are-you-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-6886 Mark Badger Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:29:39 +0000 http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/?p=2353#comment-6886 Craig, The benefit is the way Facebook friends end up passively promoting the brands by becoming fans of their pages. Though Starbucks may want to message me directly once I become a fan of their brand page, they are probably much more interested in having that event show up in my friends' news feeds as well as having that association persist on my Facebook profile. It's the social networking equivalent of the bandwagon effect. Craig,

The benefit is the way Facebook friends end up passively promoting the brands by becoming fans of their pages. Though Starbucks may want to message me directly once I become a fan of their brand page, they are probably much more interested in having that event show up in my friends’ news feeds as well as having that association persist on my Facebook profile. It’s the social networking equivalent of the bandwagon effect.

]]> By: Craig Andrews http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/2009/facebook-pages-want-to-know-are-you-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-6885 Craig Andrews Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:27:40 +0000 http://molecularvoices.molecular.com/?p=2353#comment-6885 Facebook baffles me... why do all of these brands want facebook pages when they can have regular web sites (remember that whole ".com" thing?) that they can 100% control and do with as they please, without worrying about the whims of another company? TV commercials now frequently say "visit facebook.com/brand" instead of "visit brand.com" - and I just can't wrap my mind around it. Facebook baffles me… why do all of these brands want facebook pages when they can have regular web sites (remember that whole “.com” thing?) that they can 100% control and do with as they please, without worrying about the whims of another company?

TV commercials now frequently say “visit facebook.com/brand” instead of “visit brand.com” – and I just can’t wrap my mind around it.

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