Less than 1/10 Facebook users like brand pages

Nov 11, 2011 by Dirk Singer

The other day research company TNS came out with research claiming that social media users were sick of so-called “digital waste” from brands, with 60% of US and 61% of UK consumers not wanting to engage with them on Facebook or Twitter.

In fact, separate research from analytics firm Crowd Science does show that liking a brand Facebook page is the exception and not the norm.   ‘Only’ 9% of Facebook users have liked a brand page.  And not surprisingly, the older the user, the less likely they are to give up a like.

Of course, a pool of 1/10 Facebook users is still significant given the ’1-9-90′ school of thought that you need to target the 9% of people who actively comment and share.

So how do you get that 9% to actually like your page.   The most effective routes are also the obvious ones.   Crowd Science’s infographic shows that many Facebook users simply want to show support for a brand, while good and interesting content works well too.

As a result, placing prompts for visitors to like your Facebook page on other social properties / your website makes sense.   As does a widget or preview bar displaying the type of content they might expect to see.

 

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• Crowd Science’s Facebook Study: People Most Often Click Like to Show Support and Enjoyment (insidefacebook.com)
• Less than 20% of Facebook content is Liked (infographic) (zdnet.com)
• 58% of Facebook Users Expect Exclusive Content From Business Pages [Data] (hubspot.com)