Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account
by anon808 on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @07:05PM
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"This is the same story as Google AdWords back in the day."
Not really, adwords pretty much worked from day one, bid for placement was inspired by the goto.com paid search engine model which was minting money back in the 00s if I remember correctly.
Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account
by kposehn on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @07:16PM
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It worked, but people still panned it. FB is the same way :-/
Re:GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work, Pulls $10 Million Account
by drumdance on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @07:47PM
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I don't remember anybody panning it. I'm probably an outlier[1], but do remember a friend of mine going from broke to making a good living off it through affiliate marketing within 3 months.
[1]Early on he quickly became one of Google's biggest customers, even working alone. He was invited to the first Google Zeitgest. These days he spends in the multiple tens of millions per year on Google.
You can go nuts with FB ads, you just simply have to get past the notion that it works the same way as every other medium. Unlike AdWords, where you bid on someone searching for "Cadillac SRX" in San Jose, FB is all about inception of interest.
The goal is to create intent in people through innovative ways; the people that spend the millions and keep doing so are the ones who actually, you know, come up with something new.
This is the same story as Google AdWords back in the day.