Chapter 4

Analyzing Facebook Metrics

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Keeping tabs on users with Facebook Insights

Bullet Using Facebook Insights to improve content

Bullet Downloading Insights data

Bullet Understanding the Insights Overview dashboard

Bullet Diving into Insights detail pages

You’ve created a spiffy Facebook page, added a couple of bells and whistles, posted regularly to your timeline, responded to comments, and recruited likes. One of your goals was probably to drive more traffic to your website. But how do you calculate the fruits of your efforts?

In this chapter, we show you some ways to measure the effectiveness of your Facebook presence using Facebook’s own analytics package, called Insights. For more information on Facebook for marketing, see Book 5.

Monitoring Facebook Interaction with Insights

Facebook Insights shows the performance of your Facebook page, including engagement, reach, and demographics. The data you receive is the same regardless of the type of page you selected when you first set it ...

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