The Facebook Story

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Analysis of the brand Facebook in detail. It covers the history of facebook along with its features and analysis. It tells you the uses, advantages and marketing of Facebook.

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‘Fuh-get Blackboard... do it on Facebook!’

Evolution

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Demographics

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Demographics
Gender Age

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Demographics
% of online social media posts mentioning the network
12 10 8 6 4 2 0

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Trends

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When it comes to social networking, is more always better?

Needs

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When it comes to social networking, is more always better?

Needs (contd.)

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Growth


100 million users are logging in at least once a day More than four million users are becoming fans of Facebook’s public profile pages every day 24 million “pieces of content” were being shared per month 660,000 developers from more than 180 countries have built







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Market Research Analysis


Conducted a survey of 116 people across varied age groups Objective of the survey: To gauge the appeal of Facebook To find out how is it different to people from other networking sites To know the brand loyalty of



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Market Research Findings


Male to Female Ratio:

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Age groups of people surveyed:

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Occupation

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How people spend their idle time:

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Awareness of Social Networking sites:

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Account in which of the social networking sites:

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Facebook user since how long:

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Frequency of logging into Facebook:

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Market Research Findings


Preference order of Facebook:

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Market Research Findings


Preference order of Orkut:

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•Preference order for LinkedIn:

Market Research Findings


Preference order for LinkedIn:

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Market Research Findings


Reasons for logging into Facebook:

Primary reason found as ‘Connecting to People’

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Market Research Findings


Reasons for logging into Facebook:

Secondary reason found as ‘For exciting Applications’

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Applications people are most well acquainted with:

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Market Research Findings


Word Association for Facebook:

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Competition Analysis

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Competition Analysis (contd)…

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SWOT Analysis

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To increase its user base by inducing new users to create accounts and existing users to log in more frequently

Marketing objective of Facebook
Lot of market yet to be explored

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Market Segmentation


Age Group-12-17, 18-25, 26-35, 35-55 Social status and lifestyleOutgoing, trendy, business networking, introverts etc. Income- There should be affordability on the part of the user to be able to access internet on a regular basis in order to spend leisure time





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Target Market


Need to capture the need for social networking in everyone, right from a businessman to a housewife, right from a teenager to a mature adult Target kids, students, young adults and adults It should act like a mass product which has something to offer to everyone





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Positioning of Facebook


Current positioning: “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life” Proposed positioning statement:



“Facebook is not just another social networking site. If you are a student, it can help you in knowledge 1/19/13

4 P’s

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Products..
Facebook Chat Profile Pages Inbox Friends

Updated Privacy Controls Facebook Ads

Networks

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Pricing


CPC or CPM campaign Like Google Adwords, you set your own budget



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Country USA UK Canada Turkey France Italy Australia Colombia Chile Spain Argentina Venezuela

Facebook users 30/12/08 42,078,960 14,937,810 10,862,040 7,394,340 6,587,240 5,585,700 4,330,040 3,632,760 4,153,020 2,596,080 2,255,300 1,874,220 897,040

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Facebook users 17/03/09 55,329,460 17,765,160 11,655,980 9,957,180 8,742,900 8,678,000 5,152,960 4,508,960 4,341,240 3,948,300 3,353,280 2,578,540 2,236,380

% growth Dec 08 Mar 09 31.5% 19% 7.3% 25.5% 32.7% 55.4% 19% 24.1% 4.5% 52.1% 48.7% 37.6% 149.3%

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Place
Country Sweden Denmark Belgium Mexico Norway Germany Hong Kong Switzerland India Greece South Africa Finland Egypt Facebook users 30/12/08 1,696,700 1,776,260 1,655,940 1,440,640 1,456,140 1,255,480 1,458,520 1,122,900 1,071,280 999,580 920,200 918,940 822,560 850,420 Facebook users 17/03/09 2,097,840 2,093,900 2,043,380 1,932,940 1,884,800 1,772,380 1,683,980 1,391,220 1,367,560 1,360,620 1,227,220 1,131,580 1,125,900 1,069,260 % growth Dec 08 Mar 09 23.6% 17.9% 23.4% 34.2% 29.4% 41.2% 15.5% 23.9% 27.7% 36.1% 33.4% 23.1% 36.9% 25.7%

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Malaysia

Promotion
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Facebook’s success is coming from branded display advertising with premium CPMs • $125 million brand ads Facebook's ad deal with


• Methods Revenue • $500 million

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$150 million

Present Marketing Strategies of Facebook
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Paid Groups Targeted Ads

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New Marketing Strategies


The all new Facebook Enhanced Security Customized Homepage & easy to use







New themes & make your own themes

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made easy

Even they can use it
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made easy

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Even Gattu can use it

Facebook’s Reunion campaign you remember when Do
was the last time you were sent out of the class ??

Catch up on old times

Reunion of 1988-89 Batch Bombay Scottish

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Sponsoring Reality shows


Sponsoring the new generation “it” program Facebook Presents MTV Roadies



Unedited footage and gossips available on facebook communities and blogs

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Heal The Planet


Tie up with GREENPEACE to form online communities



Spread awareness and encourage offline participation for GREENPEACE



Asking environmental experts to write blogs in the joint

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Corporate Tie-Up


Tie up with Bennett, Coleman & Co. (Teach India) Ad Space Contract to be included in the tie up.



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Tie up with Tier 2 city universities Conducting Career counseling lectures



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FX Mafia Wars Gaming


Association with XBOX to create Mafia Wars Game



Promoting the application as a gaming competition



Competition to be held in all metros and finals in Mumbai

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'Facebook- Say it all!'


Please share because we care First of a kind service to address personal problems of users





Marketing this application through online, print and outdoor media

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The NewBiz Facebook


Exclusive business networking site B2B and B2C New business user interface

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Pen pal is back on Facebook


Make new friends in every continent Our application helps you find friends of similar interests worldwide





Make your own circle of friends

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Get a friend and win a smile

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Blogging


Official communities where famous personalities can write their thoughts



Creating a BlogSpot Articles of renowned authors and writers on this blog



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Financial Projections
Marketing Strategies Setting up of new Sales offices of Facebook in metro cities New version of FB Facebook Agony Aunt Sponsorship for Roadies Facebook's Reunion campaigns New Biz Facebook Corporate Partnerships Knowledge initiative National level game competition 1/19/13

Projected Expenditure 5,25,00,000.00 2,00,00,000.00 24,00,000.00

10,00,00,000.00 50,00,000.00 5,00,00,000.00 15,00,00,000.00 2,00,00,000.00 2,00,00,000.00

Financial ProjectionsImpact of Marketing strategies

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Contingency Plan


12 lakhs new users will be added by 2012
Year Tier I + 15-30 Tier II + 15- 30+ Age age group 30 age group Group 1.2 3 2 0.75 1.5 0.75 0.2 0.8 0.4 Biz-Biz

End of 2010 End of 2011 End of 2012

0.2 0.8 0.6

(Figures

are in Lakhs)



Management will review each years result and take corrective action as needed

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Sufficient capital cushion is maintained

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