Facebook Giving Some Brands a Sneak Peek at Fans' Other Likes

Company testing new data offering—but only for 'priority' marketers

Most brands only have a basic understanding of who their Facebook fans are. They can see gender, age and location breakdowns through Facebook’s Insights tool, but they’re hard-pressed to find out much else, particularly their other interests. Coca-Cola knows its fans like the soda brand, but what about the TV show it sponsors, American Idol

A number of social marketing firms like Wildfire, SocialCode and Relevvant have created workarounds—typically asking users to give a brand permission to access their interest graph when they sign up for the brand’s Facebook app—but marketers are limited to that subset of their fans.

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