The ABC of Posting on Facebook

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This is a presentation built for an interactive workshop held at HUB Bucharest in September 2012. I focused more on how to keep people engaged by refining your posting strategy according to a world that is getting more and more packed with information.

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WHERE WE STAND TODAY

2008 2004 2010 2012

100 mil. 1 mil. 500 mil. 900 mil.

NOW: 1 bil. accounts

WHO ROCKS

51,2 mil. likes Coca-Cola

31,9 mil. likes Starbucks

5,9 mil. check-ins

30,9 mil. likes Red Bull

RomAnia

Jan. 2012

NOW: 5,5 mil. accounts

Jan. 2011

2,4 mil. 4,4 mil. ● ●

RomAnia by age

1% 2% 5%

15.5%

30.4%

30.3%

15.5%

18-14 y.o.

25-34 ani

13-17 y.o.

35-44 y.o.

45-54 y.o.

55-64 y.o. 65+ years old

men – 50,3% women – 49,7%

6,3 mil. likes Inna

1,5 mil. likes Alexandra Stan

1,5 mil. likes Akcent

RomAnia who rocks?

1.900 likes The Hub Bucharest

46.500 LIKES Decât o revistă

5.800 likes Life after Work

2.400 likes Sacoșa de pânză

800 likes Magiun Topoloveni

228 likes JuKaVa

RomAnia small businesses

organically grown no notoriety no ads

What does being active mean?

Only post when you have something to say

What does being active mean?

If you have nothing to say, start doing things offline and you’ll have.

Only post when your audience is online

What does being active mean?

If you target parents, don’t post in the middle of the night

If you have a global audience, find a way to post more often

Keep the conversation going

What does being active mean?

Don’t just post things, watch how people react and reply

What to post?

What to post?

photos videos text links

source: web liquid

by engagement created

emotional, touching stories challenging, passionate debates

3 more clicks times

What to post?

crucial news simple questions 2 more clicks

times

What to post?

What to post about?

about you and your activity actions events special offers

about your market things that directly impact you information for the general public

What to post about?

about partners and friends that are active when they do extraordinary things when they organize contests or have promotions

What to post about?

How to post? best post types

HOW TO POST? best post types

PHOTOS with a description of at least 140 characters

VIDEOS introductory description of at least 280 characters

HOW TO POST? best post types

explain carefully what’s the video about, who’s speaking and make people understand why would it be worth watching it

Ken Robinson on education

STATUS at least 280 characters

2.697 characters 128 likes

HOW TO POST? best post types

LINKS with a long description, that would introduce or summarize the subject your link is about

bad example

HOW TO POST? best post types

How not to post?

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

STATUS

LINKS

with an excessively long description

with a description that is too short

under 140 characters

with a short description (not enough context)

having success on Facebook =

trial and error

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