What's new in Facebook - Fascinating Facts

[jay]

Here are 10 facts you might not know about Facebook

[jay]

For the first time ever, Ford is bucking with tradition and turning to the web — with Facebook as the platform — to exhibit its latest vehicle. The automaker has already far surpassed its goal of 30,000 fans prior to the launch. The automaker decided to make the launch an online play with Facebook as the primary platform. Read more - Inside the 2011 Ford Explorer Facebook Reveal.

[Anthony]

Saw this on Mashable last week and 'liked' around the 25k mark. Been following Ford's Facebook marketing tactics for a while and can definitely tell this is their best launch yet. Clearly put a heavy budget into it and learned from past mistakes

It will be interesting to see who wins the Free Ford explorer tho!

For the first time ever, Ford is bucking with tradition and turning to the web — with Facebook as the platform — to exhibit its latest vehicle. The automaker has already far surpassed its goal of 30,000 fans prior to the launch. The automaker decided to make the launch an online play with Facebook as the primary platform. Read more - Inside the 2011 Ford Explorer Facebook Reveal.

[latha]

Hi Anthony, Glad to see your very first post. Looks like Ford is indeed focusing and might have pinned down what works very well.
Went to their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FordExplorer

What I love is the ability for "a live wall Q&A with Mulally and Facebook chats with featured Ford employees."

How often can you get to meet with and chat with people who truly matter. Also, this adds a sense of belonging - you tend to feel that your ideas matter.

Look at the amount of comments they recd http://www.facebook.com/FordExplorer?v= ... 1693335697 - Not bad
http://www.facebook.com/FordExplorer?v= ... 883&ref=mf

I Love what they are doing. Hopefully they would publish their stats and the impact Social marketing had on their sales (revenue) soon. Also, Starbucks is really into taking Facebook to the next level as well.

[jay]

Facebook has begun the rollout of a new feature, Facebook Questions, which will allow users to get answers to their queries from the entire Facebook community.

For example, if you take a picture of a bird, but don’t know what species it is, you can post the picture on Facebook Questions and get your answer.

[jay]

Facebook decided to make navigating photo albums simpler, easier and more fun. Now, a photo album will automatically display additional photos as you scroll down a single page. You no longer need to click "Next" or try to guess which page number will reveal the best photos - Read More about Photo Browsing on a Single Page

[jay]

Retailers can now sell products right on their Facebook pages – no need for users to ever exit Facebook.com.Take a look at
Facebook shopping carts