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What Subjects engage on Facebook? Find out with Zuum’s new Subject Analysis reports

July 16, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

We just launched a couple of great new reports on Zuum. These should give unparalleled views on what subjects perform best on Facebook. Our Subject Explorer and Subject Analyzer are two reports that work together to give you the most accurate view ever of what content makes the biggest impact on Facebook.

Zuum users will find these reports on the left side navigation when they’re logged into the Zuum tool.

Subject Explorer or: What topics should I be posting about?

Subject Explorer goes well beyond just showing you which keywords drive the best engagement. It gives you multiple parameters for filtering those subjects, based on critical engagement criteria. So the subjects it presents are subjects that work the way you want them to work.

Zuum's new Facebook engagement tool subject explorer

Minimum Average Engagement Rate: Slider let’s you view only words  above a certain engagement level. For example, you may want to only view subjects generating 20% above the average engagement.

Minimum Number of Posts Containing the Term: A subject that works in one post is very different from one that works again and again. The more times a high engaging subject is used, the more consistently it’s performing, and the more likely it will be to drive engagement for future posts. You may want to view at least 2-3 months of data to ensure there’s a broad range of subjects to analyze.

Minimum Number of Pages the Term is Used On: Brand and product terms usually are among the most engaging terms. By selecting more than one page, you’ll quickly eliminate most terms specific to a certain page, and get a better sense of what subjects are working across the entire industry.
You can rollover any term to get a quick view of its engagement rate, posting volume, and pages used by.

Subject Analyzer or: How are the most engaging subjects being used by marketers?

A detailed breakout of how a given subject is being used across all the pages you’ve selected. When you click on any term in the Subject Explorer, you’ll go straight to this view.

Zuum's new facebook engagement analysis too subject analyzer

Across the top is data on the posting volume, average engagement rate for posts with that term, what types of engagements is pulled, and the media type that term was used with.

Top Related Terms: Shows the most common terms used in all posts on this subject.
Posting Calendar: Which brands posted about that subject on which days.
Top Brand Post: The most engaging page post on that subject.
Top Fan Post: The most engaging fan post on that subject.
More Brand Posts: Click to view a listing of all brand posts on that subject, ranked by engagement.
More Fan Posts: Click to view a listing of all fan posts on that subject, ranked by engagement.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: announcements, content, Facebook strategy, product, subject, tool

The Facebook Metrics You Need To Know

June 6, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

This posted on iMedia today. Facebook’s been on a tear rolling out new features and new metrics. This article tries to define a fast-evolving subject.

To the article >>

Zuum Facebook chart high engagement posts

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: content, content marketing, content strategy, facebook, facebook content, facebook marketing, facebook page, facebook page strategy, Facebook strategy

Facebook Report :: What 9 top brands posted for Easter

April 11, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

Holidays are always a content opportunity for brands. This is a look at some of the more interesting Easter-themed posts from some of the leading brands on Facebook.

Facebook Report – What Top Brands Posted for Easter
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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: content marketing, content strategy, facebook, facebook marketing, Facebook strategy, social media, social media strategy

Facebook Marketing Lessons from Large Brands

March 6, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

My latest article, on what small businesses can learn from large businesses regarding Facebook page activities. It’s published in the Content Marketing Institute, one of the more thriving sites covering the fast-growing area of content marketing.

In the article we conduct an analysis on automobile industry Facebook pages. Looking at both large manufacturers and small, local dealers, we break down what’s working, what’s not working, and what the dealerships can learn from the larger brands. The emphasis is on subject analysis, and we feature a number of Zuum charts that clearly pinpoint the findings and recommendations.

Here’s the link.

And here’s an example of one of the charts. We then drill in to see how the Nissan dealers listed here can improve their engagement.

Facebook content analysis on automotive industry

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: article, content strategy, facebook data, Facebook strategy, industry analysis, large business, small business, social media, social media strategy, zuum

Stunning Surf Video Content Curated By Red Bull

January 17, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

You don’t have to produce content to have it engage your community. This week Red Bull shares some remarkable footage from a brand, Billabong, that may sell a completely different product, but certainly appeals to the same extreme sports interest. I also like how they’re using short, punctuated copy that plays entirely off the posted video. It feels conversational the way people really post.

Click through to see the video.

Below is this week’s report. Click the image if you’d like to click through to the individual posts.

Our FREE Top Ten weekly report features the top post from each of the top ten brands on Facebook. You can either sign up or view the complete list of posts in our latest report, featured in the archives on this page.

Also, you can get a FREE TRIAL of Zuum by just registering.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: coca-cola, converse, disney, facebook, facebook marketing, Facebook strategy, mtv, oreo, red bull, report, skittles, social media strategy, starbucks, top ten, youtube

Zuum Report: Facebook Page Data Averages for Q4 2011

January 9, 2012 By Doug Schumacher

I just published an interesting look across 10 popular industries to see how Page performance compares for areas like engagement rate, page growth rate, and posting volume. We covered a number of industries, including politics, airlines, hospitals, fashion retail, snack foods, restaurants, sports footwear, and YouTube stars.

Key findings include:

  • Industries with emotional subjects tend to have higher engagement rates
  • Page engagement rates within an industry often vary significantly
  • The more Likes a page has, the harder it is to get high engagement
  • High posting volume often aligns with high engagement rates

Some things I expected, and some I didn’t.

 

Facebook Page Data Averages
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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: facebook, facebook analytics, facebook page, Facebook strategy, research, social media marketing, social media strategy

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