Companies Turn Facebook Users Into Brand Advocates

Brands put millions of dollars into spreading their messages over Facebook, but it turns out that it's the users who are the most powerful marketing tools. Through Facebook's open graph tools, brands are letting users share deals, post stories, and become beacons of information to build brand awareness and drive sales. Angela Bandlow, vice president of marketing for Extole, talked with AllFacebook about how users are becoming a more important part of the equation.

Brands put millions of dollars into spreading their messages over Facebook, but it turns out that it’s the users who are the most powerful marketing tools. Through Facebook’s open graph tools, brands are letting users share deals, post stories, and become beacons of information to build brand awareness and drive sales. Angela Bandlow, vice president of marketing for Extole, talked with AllFacebook about how users are becoming a more important part of the equation.

Bandlow pointed out a handful of cases where companies worked with Extole to build their brands, finding that the best way to do that is to let the users become advocates.

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