The Conversion Blog

If you’re all over Facebook marketing, you can’t have missed the recent F8 Facebook Developer conference and the subsequent announcements Facebook had for local and AR. While these exciting developments are set to change the way users and developers interact with the platform one feature remains as important as ever on Facebook -- in fact, the conference even made use of it to publicize their sessions.

Launched April 2016, Facebook Live is still a great way to boost engagement on your profile and notify all of your followers of your activity. Given that for the last three years Facebook has been sharing page notifications to less than 20% of your followers but almost 100% of your followers are notified of you going live this is a huge deal.

Despite having been around for so long, the idea of going live is daunting to a lot of businesses. What do you post? How do you do it? Taking the plunge is hard when it’s into the unknown so we’ve made a guide on getting started with Facebook live.

At its most basic, micro-targeting is the hyper-segmentation of audiences coupled with personalized messages or offers to increase conversions. Your favorite brands do this all the time, and it’s pretty effective. Once you know what your audience wants and their specific demographics you can use this to make compelling ads that are highly relevant.

For international markets, micro-targeting has become an essential component of most campaigns because it allows you to granularly target your audience. Here’s a look at how you can set up micro-targeting campaigns on Facebook today. Facebook may be changing its policies, but there are still ways to appeal to international social audiences.

It’s no secret that the Facebook algorithm is constantly changing. Given the fact that, over the course of its lifespan, Facebook has evolved from an invite-only networking platform to one of the largest social giants in the industry (with one billion daily active users) it makes sense that they constantly refine the way their platform works.

Interest in blockchain and FinTech is, for the most part, still tied to the value of Bitcoin in USD as people slowly begin to understand what the technology is about but while recent fluctuations in Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies might have you doubting your resolve social media growth is possible with or without the massive search volumes we’re seeing this year for the keywords “blockchain” and “ico”, and this growth can in turn drive more traffic to your site. Here are our top 3 social media growth hacks that companies in the FinTech and blockchain space can utilize today.

This year, the social media landscape changed dramatically for digital marketers and ecommerce merchants. If you haven’t adjusted the way you approach social media, now is the time to review your strategies and flex with the changes. Here’s a look at what 2017 meant for social media and trends in 2018 that are about to change all that again (as well as what this means for your ecommerce social media plans in 2018).