Study: Facebook messages effective, ads work

New research from ComScore claims people exposed to brand messages and ads on Facebook are more inclined to buy products. Take Target and Starbucks, for example.
By Matt Wilson | Posted: June 13, 2012
It's been a tough few weeks for Facebook. The Wall Street Journal pieced together the full story Monday of the social media giant's initial public offering, calling it a "debacle." A Reuters/Ipsos poll released a week earlier found that 80 percent of users had never clicked on a Facebook ad. Not long before that, General Motors pulled its Facebook ads completely . Tuesday, the company pushed back, at least as far as its advertising goes. Working with Faceb read more...

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