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How To Keep Bad Facebook Posts From Eating Your Lunch by…• Understanding Edgerank• Recognizing Different Facebook Accounts• Understanding Insights• Getting Tips to Optimize Your Posts ‐

TODAY

Lori MillerSales Marketing & ResearchWHNT News 19

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UNDERSTANDING EDGERANK

Section 1 of 4

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The greater the number of edges on an object, the higher its score. 

Affinity, Weight, Time Decay

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AFFINITY ‐ Favors people you know & interact with most

Every action builds affinity.  

Listed relationships count, too

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WEIGHT ‐ Favors high interaction, is weighted to different types

Comments are about 4xmore valuable than 

likes

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TIME DECAY ‐ Favors recent over old

A Facebook post typically 

lives for about 3 hours

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SOURCE: http://edgerankchecker.com/blog/2012/01/post‐impressions‐june‐vs‐dec‐2011/

CHANGES IN NEWSFEED = 50% drop in business page impressions (per post over 6 months June‐Dec 2011)

WHY WE CARE

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TYPES OF FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS

Section 2 of 4

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PROFILE

Personal UseFor Individuals

“Friends”

PAGE

Authorized & OfficialFor Businesses, Brands,

Celebrities & Organizations

“Fans”

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COMMUNITY

Topics, Causes, Experiences, Interests“Created from fields on your profile page”

No single author, unofficial

Usually starts with Wikipedia story + comments

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PLACE

Physical Locations + Map“Created by mobile check‐ins”No single author, unofficial

Shows friends currently checked in+ activity stream of friends who’ve visited in the past

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OFFICIAL “PAGE”

UNOFFICIAL “PLACES”

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BUT WAIT…

If you choose the first box“Local Business or Place” ‐‐ your business account opens as a PLACE.

And that can cause some confusion…

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Offering YOUR account to OTHERS to claim ‐‐ to ensure quality?

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UPSIDE FOR PLACES:SAME METRICS + CHECK‐INS

This Place has check‐ins

This Page does not

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https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=173862936001320

ACCORDING TO FACEBOOK:“Place pages are not the same as Facebook Pages.”

“Place pages are not added to your profile (timeline) when you check in, but rather, only if you choose to “LIKE” them.”

DOWNSIDE #1:CHECK‐INS DON’T SHOW UP 

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DOWNSIDE #2:CONFUSION

It would appear that you run the risk of having duplicates with the sameexact name.

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DOWNSIDE #3:THE SMALL CHANCE THAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT CLAIM YOUR BUSINESS ACCOUNT.

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UNDERSTANDING INSIGHTS

Section 3 of 4

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Big picture view of your page

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REACH ‐ Unique people who saw the post

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ENGAGED USERS ‐clicked on the post when they saw it and went to the page

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TALKING ABOUT THIS ‐engaged with it (liked, commented, shared )

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VIRALITY‐ % of people who interacted out of the total different people who saw it

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likes, comments & shares

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TO IMMEDIATELY OPTIMIZE YOUR FACEBOOK EFFORTS

Section 4 of 4

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Pageviews to your website ( traffic )

Feedback from and Discussion with Fans ( engagement )

1. Define the Content Mission

Prioritize

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2. Lead With the Pictures

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3. Tell Fans What You Want Them to Do…but don’t abuse it

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4. Monitor What Works

How many posts?How many words?Any day of the week better?What gets the most negative feedback?

These are industry stats.  

What are yours?? 

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5. Ask ‐ and Answer ‐ Questions

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A NOTE ABOUT COMMENTS:  See the “grayed out” comments?  These are comments flagged as spam by Facebook’s algorithms ‐‐ and there may be nothing wrong with it

All caps?  Facebook thinks it’s spam

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Lori [email protected]@lorimillerwhntfacebook.com/blorimillerlinkedin.com/in/blorimiller