“After liking a company, 51% of consumers say they expect the company to send them marketing messages, while 40% say they don’t expect to receive marketing messages from the company.”
Forget Goldilocks, that’s more like Alice in Wonderland. If you don’t get the mix of entertainment vs value correct, only 57% of the unhappy followers will click the “Unlike” button but don’t rejoice yet. The rest of the unmerry band will simply ignore you or chose to stop showing your posts in their feed. Either way, it means you’re broadcasting to less people than you think you are. That’s why page activity is, in many ways, a better indicator because it’s proof that people are actually reading your message.
Why do people jump ship? Mostly because there were too many posts coming through either individually (63%) or because the have too many marketing messages in their newsfeed as a whole (43%).
38% said they unliked a brand because it was boring and 26% said they only signed up to get a one time offer and unliked soon after. I’m surprised that number is so low. With so many companies offering deals and giveaways on Facebook, I would expect that “one-time” number to be much larger.
The good news is that “unlike” doesn’t mean you’re un-loved. 63% of people surveyed said that their decision to disconnect from a brand on Facebook didn’t effect their opinion of the brand overall. I love Hershey’s chocolate but I don’t follow them on Facebook. Maybe I should.
Unfortunately, the point of all of this is that there’s no formula for success on Facebook. Random posts may work for Skittles but not so much for Bank of America. TV fans may tolerate multiple posts a day from their favorite show but as much as I love Del Taco, I’m signing off if they hit me up more than once a day.
The best thing about Facebook is that it’s easy to change the plan. Play around with content and frequency until you find the right mix that works for both you and your followers. It could take a while to get there, but if you hit the mark, it’s worth the effort.
You can download the full Subscribers, Fans and Followers: The Social Breakup report for free at ExactTarget.
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