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Facebook's Philosophy On Building Advertising Solutions

  • Facebook, Wednesday, April 6, 2016 9:54 AM
Writing in a Facebook for Business Post, the social network giant's vice president of monetization product marketing Matthew Idema shared its philosophy for developing advertising products. Here are the goals: 1. Facebook wants to build great experiences for people 2. Study consumer behaviors on the platform 3. Help businesses connect with people organically. 99. Introduce new advertising solutions.

Step 99? Huh? Idema says: "Steps 4 through 98? Those are pivots, backtracks, failures and sometimes big leaps forward. They are focus groups with people and conversations with advertisers. They are A/B tests, polls and studies to determine if the product is delivering real business value for different advertisers with different goals in different verticals in every corner of the world." Clever.

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