Facebook Ad Issues: Weak Execution, Or Faulty Product?

To the executive class, Facebook looks an awful lot like an old-school media company. That’s because its business model is built on earning revenue through, you guessed it, selling ads. In order for people to buy the ads, they have to prove effective and get people to buy things. But this return on investment has historically been difficult, no matter the medium.

To the executive class, Facebook looks an awful lot like an old-school media company. That’s because its business model is built on earning revenue through, you guessed it, selling ads. In order for people to buy the ads, they have to prove effective and get people to buy things. But this return on investment has historically been difficult, no matter the medium.

And generating profits through ads may be even harder than it seems for Facebook, GigaOM pointed out.

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