3. Agenda Who am I? Why it is important to you Facebook 101 How you can find news stories How to promote your own stories How to network with other journalists How to find sources 3
5. Why I Am Here Over 40 campaigns on Facebook Co-Founded FacebookCamp (Toronto) Largest Facebook Dev Garage in the world! Co-Founded Refresh Partners in May 2007 1st Marketing Agency focused on Social Networks Founded Shiny Agency in May 2009 Specialized marketing agency focused on bringing brands to social networks 5
9. Real-Time-Web = Facebook Daily: 175 million active users 55 million status updates Weekly: 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared Monthly: 2.5 billion photos uploaded 3.5 million events created 9
10. Canada on Facebook The Territories: 0% Alberta: 11% The Maritimes: 8% Manitoba: 3% British Columbia: 14% Quebec: 19% Saskatchewan: 3% Ontario: 40% Canada: 14 million users Source: FacebookSocialAds, Jan, 2010 10